Ratatouille, zucchini brownies, bialys, and soap

Easiest Ratatouille

1 cup tomato sauce in bottom of 10" casserole dish

Chop half an onion and a clove of garlic, sprinkle on top.

Drizzle olive oil over sauce mixture.

Slice zucchini (and/or summer squash and/or eggplant and/or bell pepper) very thinly or use a mandolin.

Arrange in a spiral on top of sauce until the entire surface is covered.

Season with salt, pepper and thyme, drizzle with olive oil.

Cut piece of parchment paper to fit inside to cover (I only had a small scrap of the paper left, and it still worked).

Bake at 375 for about 40-45 minutes, until veggies are as soft as you want.

Adapted from Smitten Kitchen.

Zucchini Brownies

1 cup white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp baking cocoa

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/3 cup olive oil

1 cup honey

2 cups shredded zucchini

Mix wet ingredients and dry separately, then mix dry into wet.  Add more flour if needed.  Pour into a greased 9x13 pan, bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

 Bialys

Recipe by Smitten Kitchen.

 Melt and Pour Oatmeal and Honey Soap

I'm not a fan of melt and pour soaps anymore, because of their ingredients, but I had a bunch of the base leftover from a past project and wanted to use it up.

Melt down small amounts of the base at a time in the microwave or a double boiler (which is only for non-food use after this!).

Grind a small amount of oats at a time in your food processor until almost flour-like (or use oat flour).

Add a few drops of honey and as many ground oats as you want into the melted base a little at a time, making sure the base can hold the mixture- a little goes a long way!

Pour into molds and let cool until hardened.