Monday, August 22, 2011
Zucchini/squash boats
I hope this works. It always makes me nervous when I'm this avant garde.
We had a fridge full of yellow squash and zucchini given to us via the garden of a friend of a friend.
So we decided to stuff them and make 'boats.'
NOTE: do not try this unless you've read this whole entry and I say it comes out decent. Because I'm totally making this up, with no guidance.
INGREDIENTS:
- one yellow squash
- one zucchini
- extra virgin olive oil, cold-pressed
- salt
- garlic powder
- Italian seasoning
- two Morningstar breakfast patties
- 5.2 ounces Boursin shallot & chive Gourney cheese
- one egg
- about 1 cup corn flake crumbs (or bread crumbs)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Slice squash and zucchini in half long-ways and gut out the seeds with a spoon. (feed to tortoise if you have one, they love squash guts.)
Child can then use pastry brush to coat each half with olive oil. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and garlic to each and a hearty sprinkle of Italian seasoning.
In a bowl, mix cheese, breadcrumbs and egg. Stir into a filling. Mix in broken bits of vegetarian sausage patty.
Fill boats (the squash and zucchini) with filling. Assemble the halves back to whole vegetables. Wrap in aluminum foil. Bake 45 minutes.
It's delicious!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI make it frequently in the summer. You can also use rice or bulgar (more like filled peppers) I also add whatever is going bad in the fridge. Tomatoes, carrots. I call them garbage boats!
ReplyDeleteI used to have a recipe for something like this, and I lost it. I worried it wouldn't set because of the volume of cheese, but I don't think I have any grains or rice. I based this on lasagna filling. Kinda.
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