Last Thursday was my last time to do the CSA veggie delivery. So sad. The weather has been excruciatingly hot around here, leaving our local farms with parched lands, not enough water to feed their crops hydrated, and no veggies that want to grow in this heat! Even the hot weather loving crops are slowing down.In my last CSA bag were 3 big sweet onions, 3 purple onions, an eggplant, and 3 or 4 beautiful zucchinis. Each week I try to do something different with the squash and zucchini, and today was something new and original.
Here is the recipe for Baked Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
2 long zucchini, or 3 -4 smaller ones
1 lb ground beef
1 c uncooked brown rice, prepared according to package directions (about 3 c cooked)
1 small onion, chopped
1 t garlic, minced
1 14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 c chicken broth, water, or water plus 2 t bouillon powder or cubes
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2-1 tsp Cajun seasoning
1 egg
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut zucchini in half lengthwise. With a spoon, scoop out soft center and set pulp aside. Place zucchini, cut side down on a microwave safe plate, add 2 T water and cook in microwave for 4-6 minutes, depending on size. You may have to do this in two batches. Place in a 9X13 baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
Brown beef in skillet along with chopped onions, garlic, garlic powder, and Cajun seasoning. Drain. Add to cooked brown rice, stir till combined. Beat egg in a separate bowl - add a scoop of the mixture to the beaten egg, stir (this is to temper the egg) and add back to meat/rice mixture. Spoon mixture into the hollowed out zucchini, heaping all the extra mixture on top and in between boats.
In a blender, combine 1 14.5 oz can of fire roasted diced tomatoes and 1 c water or broth. Blend till thoroughly combined and smooth. Pour over the zucchini boats. Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Enjoy! We had a salad on the side, which was a nice accompaniment.
The entire family devoured this! There are no leftovers. Even my dear brother in law, who HATES zucchini, loved this!
3 comments:
I've got a bunch of rice right now....need to put some in the freezer, but I think I'll try this out with some of it! Thanks for the idea....looks so yummy-licious!
when i was overseas, we used to have stuffed zucchini pretty regularly. she would also include some bacon in it... :)
Alright....got it in the oven! This is alot like stuffed peppers I've made before except without the cheese (and the added fat of the cheese!) I put the scraped out pulp into the blender with the tomato/broth mixture. I've not used the Cajun seasoning much before but like the taste of it. Yumma, yumma, yumma......I'll let you know how it turns out.
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