Zucchini Boats Parmesan
A quick and easy zucchini boat recipe accompanied by some oven baked garlicky potatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil divided
- 1 large potato or 2 small ones
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- salt and black pepper
- 2 medium fresh zucchini
- 1/2 medium fresh onion chopped
- 1/2 cup pepperoni chopped
- 2 Roma tomatoes sliced
- 1 cup mozzarella sliced or shredded enough to cover the zucchini
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese divided
Instructions
- Set the oven at 400°F/205°C. Line two baking pans with aluminum foil. Cut the potatoes up into a little bigger than bite size chunks. Chop up the garlic. Put the potatoes in the pan. Generously drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. Add the chopped garlic and sprinkle salt and black pepper. Mix it all up so that the potatoes get covered with the oil etc. Put them in the oven.
- Put a skillet on at medium high and eyeball a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Rinse and dry off the zucchini. Cut the ends off and cut them in half length wise. Use a teaspoon to scrape out the seeds and just a little of the flesh. Spray the second pan with oil and lay the zucchini out in it. Put it in the oven.
- Chop up the zucchini stuff, the onion and the pepperoni. Put them in the skillet and add a little salt and pepper. Stir occasionally and when the onion is just starting to get brown spoon the mixture into the zucchini.
- Cover with the tomato slices and the mozzarella. Lightly drizzle with some evoo and lightly sprinkle some dried oregano, dried basil and some grated parmesan. Hold some parmesan back for serving garnish. Put it back in the oven and when the cheese has melted take both pans out and put the portions on the serving plates.
- Then top with the grated parmesan that you saved and enjoy your quick and easy Zucchini Boats Parmesan supper.
Notes
You could substitute any kind of cooked meat, chicken or even fish for the pepperoni and canned tomatoes or tomato sauce for the sliced tomatoes. But I'd bet that you already figured that.
Nutrition
Calories: 1147.7kcalCarbohydrates: 5.4gProtein: 8.6gFat: 123.3gSaturated Fat: 21.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12.8gMonounsaturated Fat: 85.2gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 33.9mgSodium: 584mgPotassium: 270.4mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1.7gVitamin A: 585.5IUVitamin C: 9.9mgCalcium: 98.3mgIron: 1.7mg
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