In the nonprofit world, you often get by with very little or you create something from nothing or from bits and pieces. You make use of everything.
I am pretty good at that, at finding creative uses for odd bits of this and that. As I've noted here in the past, when that practice is applied to the kitchen, it makes for some interesting meals. Some are good, some are just odd.
My ratatouille soup was good.Last weekend I roasted a chicken stuffed with onion, garlic, rosemary and thyme. I poured stewed tomatoes over it. I often make my own stewed tomatoes, following no particular recipe. This year, there seems to be a bumper crop, and family and coworkers are keeping me well stocked.
We ate the chicken with a side dish of ratatouille. Later that day, I made chicken stock from the leftovers, added more stewed tomatoes, and cut my ratatouille into smaller pieces. There was a bit of white meat left, and that went into the soup pot, too.
It was easy, it was fast and it made use of everything that was left over. There was enough to keep me fed all week and enough to freeze. It was accompanied by slices of French bread toasted with a basil-and-tomato-infused specialty cheese.
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Your dish looks delicious.I have been reading your past posts and having a great 'ol time.:)
Thanks, Maryann.
I was just looking at the soup photo and thinking I could have done a better job.
Maybe I will try again!
My favorite black bean soup combines the leftovers from two separate dishes, Cuban black beans and a shrimp and tomato dish. Like your ratatouille soup, those kinds of combos are the best.
Oh, Lydia, that tempts me!
I've made ratatouille pizza, too, but I think I liked the soup best.
How true - some are good and some are just odd. It's a joy when they turn out as well as your soup did but sometimes the odd is almost as fun.
Usually even the odd ones are good - but not always...
And isn't there an old saying "you can always make soup" (implying that if whatever you are cooking fails....)
I think your soup is lovely :-)
Tanna and Katie, I lke the odd ones a lot, which I guess means I am odd.
My husband, on the other hand, is such a purist that he will seldom try any of my off-the-wall efforts.
I've seen him make his own though.
Too bad he only likes onion soup....
Mimi, we have such a similar attitude towards food! I try to use up everything, and sometimes my creations are good, and sometimes they are just odd. And sometimes I don't have the courage to post some of my odder, but actually tasty, but most unphotogenic dishes.
I love ratatouille, and roast chicken is a staple in my life. Sounds great!
Toni, maybe we ought to host an "Odd Creations Day."
We do have the same approach.
As always, everything looked so yummy here.
And I must say, you are SO creative in the kitchen. I really admire that creativity.
Necessity breeds creativity, I guess. When I was in college, I had to be creative with my money. It's good training for running a nonprofit.
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