Zucchini Boats

This recipe is so fun to make, a little more complicated than just diced up zucchini, but I bet your kids would love to eat zucchini if they shaped like boats. I don’t really cook or eat zucchini normally, but ever since the incident of me getting zucchini instead of cucumber, I ended up with some fun recipes using zucchini.

It would be a lot better if you make sure you get medium zucchini, mine is slightly too big for my baking dish so I ended up using baking tray. Nothing wrong with it, but I ended up cooking the zucchini tiny bit longer, cause they are bigger. I bought 4 zucchini and they all weigh about 4.5 pounds, so they are massive! And I ended up only using 3 of them.

You can use fresh chopped up tomatoes, I used can because thats what I have. Also you can use ground beef instead of sausage, I like the hot sausage cause they are so flavorful and hot!

Ingredients:

4 medium zucchini

1 pound hot Italian sausage casings removed

1 small yellow onion -chopped

2 cloves garlic -minced

1 14.5oz can whole peeled tomatoes

1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning

salt and pepper 

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1 tbsp fresh parsley -chopped

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. 

• Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to carefully scoop/scrape the flesh out of the zucchinis.

• Sprinkle some salt over the zucchini boats. Arrange the zucchini in the baking dish/tray.

• In a large skillet over medium high heat, add the sausage, breaking up the meat with a spatula and cook until browned for about 4-5  minutes.

• Add the onion and cook for an additional 3 minutes or until onion is softened. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

• Add the whole peeled tomatoes can, without the juice. You can use chopped fresh tomatoes instead. 

• Add Italian seasoning, some salt and pepper. Stir to combine.

• Spoon the meat mixture evenly into the zucchini boats, then top with the shredded cheese.

• Bake in the oven until zucchini is tender and cheese is melted and golden brown, for about 25 minutes.

• Sprinkle with parsley, serve, enjoy!