A Vegetarian Recipe For Ratatouille Soup – Eggplant Recipe


This is one of the most popular zucchini recipes in our family.

My mom makes this for just about every family gathering.

I recommend  this easy ratatouille recipe for one of those quick dinner ideas we need after a long day!

Quick List Ingredients:

1 eggplant
6 small zucchini
2 bell peppers
1 summer squash
4 large tomatoes

Easy Ratatouille Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large onions, finely chopped
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic salt (optional)
  • 1 eggplant, diced in 1/2 in cubes
  • 6 small zucchini, sliced
  • 2 bell peppers, seeded and diced
  • 1 summer squash, sliced
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup minced parsley (optional)
  • 4 large tomatoes cut in wedges or 1 can stewed tomatoes, drained

Directions:

  1. Heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil add onions and garlic and saute about 5 minutes.
  2. Stir in eggplant, zucchini, peppers, squash, salt and parsley.
  3. Add remaining vegetable oil to prevent sticking.
  4. Cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Add tomatoes and cook on med heat for 15 minutes.
  6. Garnish with more tomatoes and parsley if desired.

Yield: 8 generous servings

Creating A Vegetarian Dinner Party Menu


Creating a great vegetarian party menu that your guests will love can be fun, beautiful, and delicious!

Include a variety of foods that can be satisfying to a variety of people, but that doesn’t scream “VEGETARIAN”.

All dinner menu’s with or without meat have a basic course of items and yours should be no different.

Create a veggie menu that includes the following courses:

  • Appetizers
  • Soup and Salad
  • Main Dish
  • Dessert

Now the fun part is adding the ingredients in.

Get creative focus on ingredients that you are comfortable cooking with.

Here are some quick dinner ideas to help get you going:

Simple yet delicious

Small Dinner Salad
Fresh Asparagus Soup
Vegetable Cutlets
“Fried” Brown Rice
Bananas Foster

Easy and affordable vegetarian party dish

Vegetable Soup
Fresh Tomatoes with Mozzarella and Basil
Spaghetti Bolognese
Garlic Bread
Tiramisu

And don’t forget a theme Mexican dinner party

Spicy Tortilla Soup
Bean Burritos
Refried Beans with Spicy Salsa Topping
Cheese Enchiladas
Chiles Rellenos
Sopapillas

Here are some great “meatless” main dish ideas:

  • vegetarian lasagna with a blend of creamy cheese and spinach and spices is perfect in and of itself.
  • Polenta with spicy black bean sauce
  • stir-fry, swimming in soy sauces and fresh vegetables
  • of Italian stuffed shells, loaded with tomato sauce and basil, garlic, and oregano

The possibilities are endless. Look through your vegetarian cookbooks or if you don’t have one no worries I can help with that, check the Vegetarian Cookbooks link to the top of this page for some excellent vegetarian  cookbooks that I personally recommend. You can also check out the great tasty vegetarian recipes I have that you can print off. You can create an Easy Vegetarian Dinner Party Menu that will excite, tantalize and WOW even the toughest critics!


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