Quick Stove Top Ratatouille with Feta

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Author Notes: Spending a few days at a beach town by myself, cooking for one, has been liberating. I walk to the fresh produce stand, pick a few veggies grown locally, and go back to create stove top meals, since the oven does not work. Yesterday I made a delicious fish stew that was ready in 15 minutes. Today I made this dish - a concoction of traditional ratatouille vegetables with a surprise of fresh corn and minimal seasonings. And I have leftovers for a great egg scramble breakfast or lunch tomorrow. Yay! - Bevi

Serves 2

  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 onion, roughly chopped
  • 1 small eggplant, skin on, diced
  • 1 small yellow squash or zucchini, quartered lengthwise and then roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon lemon thyme
  • 1 ear sweet corn, cut off the cob
  • juice of one half lemon
  • 3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled roughly
  • salt and pepper to taste
  1. Using tongs, char the red pepper directly over the stove top flame. I set my pepper right on the burner; and turned as the pepper nicely charred. Remove from the stove top flame and place in a paper bag to cool while you prepare the vegetables.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add the onions and saute until they start to sweat. Add the eggplant and continue to saute - you want all the vegetables to be lightly and beautifully browned. Then add the squash. Continue to brown, and then add the thyme. After a little more browning, add the salt and pepper to taste. (Remember that the feta will add more saltiness.)
  3. While the vegetables are sauteing, remove the charred skin from the red pepper, but allow a little of the char to remain on the pepper. Dice, and add to the vegetable mixture. Add the lemon juice. Stir everything together.
  4. Add the sweet corn, and immediately follow with the feta cheese. Stir the mixture very briefly to allow the cheese to melt slightly.
  5. Serve heated or at room temperature - it's nice both ways. Serve with a nice bread and glass of white wine. This is a very satisfying meal for one person, and delicious for two with another small side dish.

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10 months ago lapadia

Hey Bevi, Nice! I must say then, that what you describe does sound relaxing!

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10 months ago lapadia

Cooking for one's self while away from home, I can't say I would do that, but as long as you had fun my hat's off to you! Nice use of the vegetables you picked up...

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10 months ago Bevi

I have to say that I am really enjoying the feeling of eating when I want to, picking what looks good at the farm stand, and going next door to the fish store for whatever is freshest. I also get to eat lots of really fresh seafood - something that is rare for me in VT. Plus only having a stove top is actually kind of nice. Who needs the heat of an oven in this weather?

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