We are huge Monster’s Inc, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles fans. I thought Ratatouille was okay. We have no kids yet, but own them all and frequently watch them. For our 5 year wedding anniversary last month, we took a picture with Sully at Disneyland. Disneyland rocks! But that is a different post.
I love Ratatouille for a different reason – a date night theme night we did awhile back.
It has stuck in my mind as such a FUN date night. The food sucked and the movie was ‘eh,’ BUT what a memorable night! I am really selling huh?
I pretty much spilled the beans here, but we MADE Ratatouille and then watched Ratatouille. We are big on staying in and saving money, but the fun factor shouldn’t suffer. You need to make date night special…somehow. Not only making great food (or trying) and drinks, but also creating your atmosphere.
We always make sure the house is clean. We light candles. Pick a movie, activity or just eat dinner at the table. We listen to records or a new album. Recently, we purchased some French music.
Back to Rataouille, the food. It is a peasant’s dish and making the traditional recipe is just not very good. I won’t say anything about the movie, but there are modified recipes to try.
It was so fun just cooking the Ratatouille, eating the Ratatouille and then watch the movie where they are cooking and eating Ratatouille. We drank wine and listened to French music, and learned about another culture’s dish. So fun!
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What a great idea! I wish that you would post the actual recipes that you are using…unless I missed it on the site
I will check again. Can’t wait to hear what else yu guys come up with in combination for a dinner. So what cocktail would you serve with that? wine? Way to keep the fun alive! Staying in doesn’t need to be boring 
LOL! Just saw the wine comment! Would still like to see the recipes that you guys use!