Ratatouille Stuffed Shells – a Twist On a Childhood Favorite | the Vegetarian Carnivore

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Ratatouille is a French dish that originated in the south of France and is a sort of comfort food, as it contains a plethora of hot and fresh vegetables. It is a hearty meal. Traditionally, the vegetables for this dish are sliced and then alternated in a baking pan, and then cooked together. But I decided to cube the vegetables instead into small pieces to make it easier to stuff in the shells. Ratatouille is a French dish that originated in the south of France and is a sort of comfort food, as it contains a plethora of hot and fresh vegetables. It is a hearty meal. Traditionally, the vegetables for this dish are sliced and then alternated in a baking pan, and then cooked together. But I decided to cube the vegetables instead into small pieces to make it easier to stuff in the shells.

Oh, the memories I remember watching Ratatouille as a little girl and it quickly became one of my all time favorite movies, right up there next to Finding Nemo. And what was even better was that this dish is inherently vegetarian as well. I did not have to account for making a veggie meat substitute this time. I can’t tell you how many times I read Green Eggs and Ham and asked my mom for green eggs and ham when I was a toddler, before realizing that, sadly, green eggs did not exist and ham was meat. Oh, the memories I remember watching Ratatouille as a little girl and it quickly became one of my all time favorite movies, right up there next to Finding Nemo. And what was even better was that this dish is inherently vegetarian as well. I did not have to account for making a veggie meat substitute this time. I can’t tell you how many times I read Green Eggs and Ham and asked my mom for green eggs and ham when I was a toddler, before realizing that, sadly, green eggs did not exist and ham was meat.

But no matter, for ratatouille was not out of bounds for me! So even when I was little and did not have the concept of meat substitutes, I could enjoy this dish in all its glory.

This dish is seriously so easy to make. The most difficult part is getting all the ingredients together(seriously!). So without further ado…

Ingredients

Jumbo shells, 1 box

2 cups marinara sauce, homemade or store bought

1 to 2 cups quattro formaggio, shredded

1 eggplant, cubed

1 zucchini, cubed

2 tomatoes, cubed

1 sweet onion, diced

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 bunch basil, roughly chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

Olive oil

Salt and pepper, to taste

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