Cooking spree! Ratatouille

No pork here but I have a Musgovian eggplant half and have never even eaten the dish. Since even 2nd graders can pronounce the word correctly now, it's time.
It's pretty enough to eat raw.

And smells good enough to wait.
Excellent with a salad using homemade 1000 Island dressing and homemade croutons from the last loaf of bread. Consists totally of staples so this is a do-over.


Odd, Mom made this dish all the time but called it Eggplant Creole. Just googled that recipe and it's a legit modification of shrimp creole for vegetarians. Huh. Can't find it in Joy of Cooking so it must have been a clipped recipe.

Joy of Cooking did have a recipe for Grilled Ratatouille Salad, very similar to this one on epicurious.com, but Joy includes grilled fennel, tomatoes, and a head of garlic. Yum. I even bought fennel last week (to make Italian sausage) but need to pick up some feta... and another eggplant!