KID AT HEART: Ratatouille

This is Remy. A rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef despite of his father's dream for him and despite the fact that he is a rat living in a rat-phobic community. He has a very good sense of smell when it comes to food!

He would risk to go in houses and find real food in the kitchen than eat spoiled food in the garbage. He hates the smell!

This is Gasteau. He is the author of the famosue book "Anyone Can Cook". When Remy found out that Gasteau died, he was devasted and found himself alone in the streets of Paris. He luckily found Gasteau's restaurant which before was a five-start restaurant, now down to 3 stars. Upon entering the restaurant, he meets a young clumsy garbage boy.

This is the young clumsy garbage boy he met, Linguini. Because of his clumsiness, he accidentally knocked some ingredients into the soup. Remy saved Linguini by placing some ingredients into the soup and everyone liked it! This started Linguini's career as a chef! But not everyone knows that Remy is the one who guides Linguini in making those dishes.

I loved the movie because it was something different. The movie's so cute and funny!

RATATOUILLE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:

3 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil

1 medium onion, thinly sliced

1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped

2 large tomatoes (halved and sliced 1/2 inch thick)

1 medium eggplant (cut into 1 inch diced)

1/2 pound medium zucchini (sliced crosswise, 1 inch thick)

1 medium red bell pepper (cut into 1 inch pieces)

1 bay leaf

salt and ground pepper

PROCEDURE:

1. Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet.
2. Add the onion and cook in moderate heat until softened about 5 minutes.
3. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
4. Reduce the heatto moderately low and add the tomatoes, bell pepper, zucchini, eggplant and bay leaf.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Cover and cook. Stir occasionally, until vegetables are very tender.
7. Discard the bay leaf.
8. Serve it warm.

It can be refrigerated for 3 days!