Eggplant for babies and Ratatouille

Eggplant for babies

Ty LOVED and still loves eggplant from an early age. For baby food I would not cut and salt the eggplant, instead I would jut slice it and steam it. After cool I would puree it and wahlah! Babyfood! For first finger food stage I would cut it into little cubes and steam it. Although it would turn a pretty nasty color, and really have no taste, Ty would scarf down the soft little cubes in no time flat.

Garden Vegetable and Turkey Ratatouille

This is not really Ratatouille (a vegetable stew), well the top is, but come on, what kid does not eating it after watching one of the best animated films ever made? This is great food for toddlers and adults! Feel free to change up the vegetables to your favorites as well as the meat choice (or you can leave the meat out vegetarians).

• 1 medium summer squash
• 1 large zucchini
• 1 medium eggplant
• 1 large onion
• 2 large tomatoes
• 1lg green/red/yellow pepper, sliced
• (All the above should be sliced into very thin rounds)
• 1lb cooked ground turkey
• 2c cooked brown rice (you can use brown rice pasta if you would like or any of your other favorite rice/pasta) cooked in your favorite sodium free broth
• handful of fresh or dried herbs (think Italian herbs, rosemary, basil, oregano)
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 jar of your favorite tomato based pasta sauce
• salt and pepper to taste
• EVOO

1. Put a thin layer of pasta sauce on bottom of large glass oven safe pan and top with rice
2. Top with turkey, salted and peppered, mix garlic in to turkey first
3. Top turkey with more pasta sauce
4. Take all your vegetables and put them in a large bowl.
5. Salt, pepper, and toss vegetables with a little EVOO and mix in herbs
6. Place vegetables on top of meat in an even layer
7. Bake at 350 until vegetables are soft!