Stuffed Zucchini

I was told I could not get this recipe unless I made a blog post about it, so I guess you could say I was bribed. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had us over for dinner a few nights ago, and Kelli made this DELICIOUS meal for us. It was super yummy and we ate it all up- even little C. I changed a few ingredients because it's what I had on hand. Thanks for sharing, Kels!

Only photo I got. Yikes!

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

8 fresh zucchinis 

1 (32 oz) jar spaghetti sauce

1 cup cottage cheese or ricotta cheese

1 cup grated parmesan cheese or shredded mozzarella cheese

2 eggs

2 tsp italian seasoning or dried parsley and oregano 

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

• Wash and cut zucchini in half long-ways. Hollow out middle and either discard the "guts" or save for zucchini bread. ;)
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place hollowed zucchinis in two 9x13 baking pans.
• Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once cooked, add spaghetti sauce and heat through.
• In a bowl, mix cheeses, eggs, seasonings, salt, and pepper.
• Smear cheese mixture over each zucchini and then spoon meat sauce on top of that.
• Bake 45-50 or until zucchini is cooked through.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve warm.

Serves: 4        Total time: 1.5 hours