Quinoa Salad Bowl

Ok, so this is what I made for my birthday lunch. It's not much of a celebratory meal, considering the fact that I'm turning the big 3-0.  Where's the cake you ask?  Well, I've been trying for a while to exercise on a regular basis again and eat healthier.  My lifestyle lately was working too much, working late, and thus, too tired (and lazy) to actually work out.  Oh, and did I also mention that the past few weeks, Jeremie's dad was in town? Travelling and moving from place to place meant we were going out for dinner every night.

Stewy Ratatouille

I can't stop raving about this ratatouille.  You can do so many things with it.  It's probably my go to dinner when I can't decide what to make for dinner.  I've made it so many times now and keep coming up with new ways to use up the leftovers.

I'm sure there are many versions of ratatouille.  This one is almost like a stew.  The vegetables get cooked down in it's own juices with tomatoes until it's nice and thick.  I like to add a few anchovies to bump up the flavour and fold in roasted garlic cloves at the end.  I started adding the roasted garlic when I had ratatouille at a comfort food restaurant in Vancouver called Burgoo.  They do a stewy version as well and serve it with crumbled goat cheese and toasted bread crumbs on top.