Slow Cooker Ratatouille
Yield: 4 servings
Active Time: 10 minutes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours in slow cooker
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Slow Cooker Ratatouille is a comforting, vegetable-packed dish where tender eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, and tomatoes slowly simmer with garlic, herbs, and olive oil. The slow cooker enhances the flavors, creating a rich, rustic stew perfect for an effortless, hearty meal. Enjoy!

Ingredients for Single Meal

  • 1 - eggplant(s)
  • 3 - small zucchini
  • 1 - red bell pepper(s)
  • 1 - orange bell pepper(s)
  • 1 - 15 oz. can(s) crushed tomatoes
  • 1 - 6 oz. can(s) tomato paste
  • 2 - tsp minced garlic
  • 1 - tsp dried basil
  • - Salt and pepper
  • Garnish: - fresh basil leaves**
  • Side: - salad**
  • Side: - pasta**
  • 1 - gallon-size freezer baggie(s)
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Cooking Directions for Single Meal

  1. Slice the eggplant and zucchini. Seed and slice the bell peppers.
  2. Place all of the sliced vegetables into the slow cooker. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, minced garlic, and dried basil. Gently combine. Set the slow cooker on low and let cook for 6 to 8 hours. Once cooked, spoon over pasta.
  3. Prepare the pasta before dinner.
  4. Prepare the salad.
  5. Serve Slow Cooker Ratatouille over pasta with side salad.

Freezeasy Meal Prep Directions

  1. Slice 2 eggplants and 8 zucchinis. Seed and slice the 2 red and 2 yellow bell peppers.
  2. Open 2 cans of crushed tomatoes. Open 2 cans of tomato paste.

To each gallon-size plastic freezer baggie, add the following ingredients:

  • Half of the sliced eggplant and zucchini
  • Half of the sliced red and yellow bell peppers
  • 1 - 15 oz. can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 - 6 oz. can tomato paste
  • 2 tsp minced onion
  • 1 tsp dried basil

Remove as much air as you can and seal. Freeze up to 6 months in your fridge freezer or 12 months in a deep freezer.

Freeze & Thaw Instructions

Put baggie in the freezer and freeze up to 6 months in fridge freezer or 12 months in a deep freezer. Thaw in the fridge overnight, or a warm bowl of water for about 20 minutes, before transferring to the slow cooker and cooking on low for 6 to 8 hours.

Special notes

None

Dairy-Free Modifications

Recipe is dairy-free when served with dairy-free sides.

Gluten-Free Modifications

Recipe is gluten-free when served with gluten-free pasta.

Printable Label Recipe Title

Slow Cooker Ratatouille

Printable Label Instructions

Thaw and slow cook on low for 8 hours.
Serve over pasta with side salad.

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