Rat Patootie

We got a huge eggplant, some red onions, and yellow bell peppers in the veggie box at school yesterday. So, I decided ratatouille was going on the menu, for Kristi and myself at least, at our house. Well, there's no better way to get the minions into food they're not used to than letting them help when they ask.
I cut up the onions, Claire added the tomato paste and sautéed them. Pearce cut up the tomatoes and I got on the zucchini and peppers. I also did for the Aubergine (look at me being polley view francey).
Claire also cut some lavender and rosemary off the pots on the porch. I got the oregano because it's the newest and smallest of the herbs.
Well, it's all in the crockpot now and we'll see what we see in a few hours. The kids and I are going to finish watching Ratatouille.

Premier of the Collards

I have never done collards from scratch. The kids get a school lunch box on Mondays and Thursdays with a farm fresh veggie box on Thursdays. Last week they had collards in the box so in the spirit of not letting things go to waste I'm trying some crockpot collards. They also put kale in there but that'll be another post (think Italian soup)