The Family Table: Mom’s Sausage Ratatouille, a Winning Winter Warmer

The Family Table: Mom’s Sausage Ratatouille, a Winning Winter Warmer
(From L to R) Scott Haseltine, his mother Jean, sister Heathe, and older sister Sandy at Heathe's wedding, about 25 years ago. Courtesy of Scott Haseltine
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Submitted by Scott D. Haseltine, Aurora, Ohio

Some families’ go-to wintertime dishes are a hearty stew or a pot of chili or the like. At our house when I was growing up, Mom’s Sausage Ratatouille was always guaranteed to take the chill off the worst winter weather Northeast Ohio had to offer. Much like a good stew or chili, it actually tasted better heated over on the second or third day. Plus, since it survived so well in the freezer, a big batch made in December could see a welcome return in January or February.