Category: Vegetable
Zucchini boats w Italian Chicken Sausage
What a simple lowfat option for those large zucchini’s coming from the garden this time of year. Trying to keep my eating more lowfat and clean Im forced to avoid my favorite fried zucs.this was so easy and delicious! Its also lowfat!
- Large zucchini
- Italian chicken sausage 98 percent ff
- Chopped 1/4 cup each onion, red bell, green bell, cored center of zuc, two. Garlic cloved
- Tsp garlic powder
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- Two springs fresh basil stemmed and chopped
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Jared marinara sauce
- Parm and or mozzarella shreaded
Cut ends and then lenghtwise zucchini
Pending size half to fit baking dish
Carefully core out soft centers fine chopping half for meatloaf mixture.
Mis meat, chopped veggies, seasonings , egg breadcrumbs together and form into loafs on sectioned squash. The sausage already is heavy seasoned and simply delicious!
Arrange over 1 cup sauce in cooking dish.
Sprinkle w parmasean optional
Bake 400 degrees 40 minutes
Cover with mozzarella and bake 5 more minutes to melt.
Served over whole wheat basil pasta
Angel hair wholewheat pasta is so delicious and a bit lighter than the white flour version . I cook according to the box and then toss w olive oil, crushed chopped fresh basil and salt and pepper
Simple delicious!!