Zucchini anyone?

This is now one of my favorite recipes! My husband is actually excited to come home and eat zucchini!
If you're like me, ...you can doing it with a little boy crying while he is clutched to your pant leg.
But there is a sense of achievement of getting something done other than diaper changes!!

~~Now when your son is down for a nap you can type up the rest of the recipe~~

This recipe is great for zucchini season when you have a ton of zucchini laying around!!! You can really only make zucchini bread so many time in one week!!!

 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups spaghetti or pizza sauce
• 4 (31 oz total) medium zucchini
• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 small onion, finely diced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
• 14 oz lean Italian turkey sausage, removed from casing (or pork sausage is awesome too)
• 1/2 cup part skim shredded mozzarella
• 1/8 cup fresh Parmesan cheese (or grated)

Directions:

Bring a large pot of water to boil.

Preheat oven to 400°. Cut zucchini in half lengthwise and using a spoon or melon baller, scoop out flesh, leaving 1/4" thick. Chop the scooped out flesh of the zucchini in small pieces and set aside.

Drop zucchini halves in boiling water and cook 2 minute. Remove from water.

Place 1/4 cup of sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 12" baking dish, and place zucchini halves cut side up.

In a large saute pan, brown sausage, breaking up as it cooks into smaller pieces until browned; set aside. Heat oil and add onion, garlic and bell pepper. Cook on a medium-low heat for about 2-3 minutes, until onions are translucent. Add chopped zucchini, season with salt and pepper and cook about 2-3 minutes. Combine with sausage and cook a few more minutes.

 

Using a spoon, fill each hollowed zucchini with 1/3 cup cooked sausage, pressing firmly. Top each with 2 tablespoons each of sauce, 1 tablespoon each of shredded mozzarella cheese and 1 teaspoon each of parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake 20 minutes until cheese is melted and zucchini is cooked through.