Italian Zucchini Boats

I am always looking for recipes to use as many garden veggies as possible. Recently, I saw a bunch of recipes for Zucchini Boats. I figured it was a great way to use up the abundance of zucchini from my garden. An added bonus was also incorporating a bunch of other fresh grown ingredients. I used this recipe for reference but mostly made it up as I went along. 

Ingredients

3 zucchinis

1 lb pork sausage

3 small or 2 medium peppers

1/4 cup onion

3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced

1/2-3/4 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

1 jar spaghetti sauce

olive oil

fresh herbs - I used parsley, basil and oregano

DF mozzarella chesee (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut the zucchinis in half, length wise. Scoop out the seedy insides to make the boats. In a 9x13 pan, pour a little bit of the spaghetti sauce to coat the bottom of the pan. Place the zucchini boats inside, skins down. 

Brown sausage in a medium saute pan and set aside. In the same pan, use the leftover sausage grease or add olive oil to the pan if there is no grease. Saute the garlic until fragrant. Add the peppers and onion to the pan. Saute until they are slightly softened. Mix in the tomatoes, fresh herbs, sausage. Cook for a couple minutes and add the remaining spaghetti sauce. 

Scoop the sausage mixture into each boat. Top each boat with cheese, if desired. Bake for 35 minutes until the cheese is melted and the zucchini is soft.