Zucchini Boats With Red Pepper

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 medium zucchini, about 8 inches long
• 1 tablespoon canola oil or 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped small
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons almonds, chopped
• 1/16 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/16 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup brown rice, cooked
• 2 tablespoons wheat germ (optional)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 large sweet red pepper, seeded and shaped into sails
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (optional)

Recipe

• 1 slice zucchini in half lengthways; scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/4 inch thick shell.
• 2 chop zucchini pulp and add to a frying pan.
• 3 add oil to frying pan, chopped onion, minced garlic, chopped almonds, rosemary and basil and saute' for about 5 to 6 minutes over medium heat or until mixture is softened.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, mix together egg, 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, cooked rice, wheat germ and soy sauce.
• 5 add cooked zucchini mixture and mix well.
• 6 preheat oven to 350 f degrees.
• 7 arrange zucchini shells in a lightly greased 9" x 13" oven-proof casserole dish.
• 8 spoon zucchini mixture into zucchini shells.
• 9 sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of grated cheese over each shell.
• 10 bake in preheated 350 f oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until filling is golden on top.
• 11 place sweet red pepper sails stuck on wooden toothpicks on each boat to look like sails.
• 12 if desired, sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese on each boat when serving.
• 13 serve immediately.