Cheesy Sausage Zucchini Boats
 
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The easy way to turn summer bounty into savory, flavor-rich food that everyone will love.
Alison:
Serves: 4-6 servings
Grocery List
  • 1 lb. ground Italian sausage (or sausage of your choice)
  • 1 onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1½ c. sliced Cremini mushrooms
  • 1 pepper, green or hot (your choice)
  • 4 medium zucchinis
  • Black beans (optional)
  • ½ tsp. curry (optional)
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 1½ c. freshly shredded cheese (Mozzarella or Gouda)
Here's how...
  1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. In a large sauté pan, brown 1 lb. of ground Italian sausage. While the sausage cooks, wash and chop the veggies.
  2. Slice four zucchinis lengthwise to make 8 boats. Scoop out the majority of the zucchini from the rind. Coarsely chop the zucchini that you scooped out and set it aside.
  3. Once the sausage is fully cooked, remove the meat and most of the grease leaving behind 1 T. or so of the drippings in which to sauté your vegetables. To the hot grease, add in the onions. and the pepper and sauté for 3 or 4 minutes on medium heat. Next, add in the zucchini that you scooped out. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add in the mushrooms and garlic and sauté until all looks the texture you'd like, 3-4 more minutes. Add the sausage back in to the mixture.
  4. Add in ½ tsp. curry, if you like curry, ½ tsp. pepper, and salt to taste. you could even spice things up with some crushed red pepper if you'd like.
  5. Set the scooped out zucchini boats on a large rimmed baking sheet. Fill each with the hot sausage mixture heaping it until it's all used up. Sprinkle with 1½ c. freshly grated cheese.
  6. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until the zucchini is tender (can be easily pierced with a fork). Serve hot.
Recipe by That Which Nourishes at https://thatwhichnourishes.com/cheesy-sausage-zucchini-boats/