•Add the onion and sauté lightly until softened.

•Add zucchini, capsicum, eggplant and tomato and mix through.

•Add about 1/2 cup of water and cover, simmering over a lowish heat until the tomato starts to collapse and mingle into a delicious sauce.

•Simmer for about 45 – 50  minutes…this is normally enough time.

•Remove the lid from the pan and stir through gently.

•Season with salt and pepper.

•Add freshly chopped herbs or torn basil right at the very end.

•Serve in generous bowls topped with a little Gruyere and enjoy.

Mix the eggs with the sugar using an electric mixer for about 2 minutes.

Use a flat wooden spoon to slowly stir in the flour until the batter is smooth.

Mix in the apple chunks, pour the cake batter into a buttered and floured cake mold - we used a round 9 inch cake pan.

Bake for 5 minutes at 400F, then lower to 360F (or 350F is your oven doesn't have a 360F option) degrees and bake for the approximately 30 minutes or until it turns golden. To test if the cake is done insert a toothpick into the middle, if it comes out clean, then the cake is done.

•Six  ounces of flour

•Trois Grande ouef

•Troisgrande pommes, peeled and cut in small chunks

•1kg flour : Soixantequinze cents.

•Dairy butter : Trois dollars et cinquante cents.

•6 pack eggs : Deux dollars et quatre-vingt cents.

•Eggplant : Deux dollars et cinquante cents

•Zucchini : Deux dollars

•Apples : Trois dollars et soixante cents.

•Capsicum : Une dollars et cinquante cents.

•Tomatoes : Neuf dollars et trente cents.

•Kingfish : Trente dollars et dix cents.

•Total cost: Cinquante dollars et Cinquante cents.

1 large onion

chopped

1 red or orange pepper

 deseeded and thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

1 tbsp chopped rosemary

1 aubergine

 diced

2 courgettes

 diced

400g can chopped tomatoes

1 tsp balsamic vinegar

4 large eggs

handful basil leaves

•“Tasty French food” 8 out of 10-dad

•“Very nice ratatouille needs more salt though” 9 out of 10