Recipie: Zuchinni Boats

Hey y'all!

Does anyone have frozen butt cheeks yet! Haha
Well as I mentioned on Facebook I wanted to post a recipe that I randomly came up with , and of course I google it to see if anyone stole my idea and sure enough Food Network had it published. No really they did. So I decided to show you my way of doing what i would call "Zuchinni boats". This was the first time I have ever made it, so please excuse me if it doesn't look practiced. This is a low calorie, no starch meal and its cuteenough to be a very romantic dinner for Valentines day.

Here is what you will need (if u don't have it improvise)

Turkey meat
One large diced onion
2 minced cloves of Gaaaaalic (garlic)
3 large Zuchinnis
Olive oil (for roasting)
Italian gravy (red tomato sauce, you can use canned spaghetti sauce, but if you are serving this to italians keep this on the down low, you might get wacked) haha
Mozzerella cheese (or whatever u have as long as it melts)
as much as u like
Italian seasonings (salt pepper, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes)


Ok so to start off you want to wash and slice your zuchinnis. I chop both ends and half it through the middle. Then half them again. If your zuchinnis are long and skinny halve them but don't cut them into another half again, it looks better that way like a gondola..haha

Then core about a half inch from the zuchinnis. Next you want to roast them, and to do this drizzle a bit of OLIVE oil over the zuchinnis and pop them in the oven for about 35 minutes on a high heat about 525.

and then...

While you get your roast on, you want to prepare the filling. Combine your turkey meat, diced onion, garlic, and seasonings until it is all browned. Shred your favorite cheese (this is all I had on hand it was a bit of mozz, and some colby). I would preffer you use all mozz, but use what you have as long as it gets gooey and cheesy.

Once your zuchinnis are halfway roasted remove them from the oven and begin to assemble to boats. Spoon a bit if the turkey mixture onto each of the boats. Not too much or else everyone will be overboard..hehe next take some "Italian gravy" or your favorite red pasta sauce and spoon it over top of each of the boats on top of the turkey mix. Then pack some of the cheese on top of each boat, and pop them back into the oven at a lower heat, like 400, for about 15 more minutes or until the cheese has become bubbly and golden.

This is what your master piece should look like.

Now that they are ready you can serve it with a nice green salad on the side. These are hearty, so if you wanted to you could also serve some crusty french , or garlic bread as well :)

I am also just now envisioning a breakfast version with scrambled eggs, sausage and potatoes, maybe some salsa and cheddar cheese !

The best part about this recipie is that it is healthy, so you can always go for seconds without the guilt. Plus it looks like it took forever but you know the secret. (Let me know what u guys think, or if you tried it, and even some more ideas for different versions. I sometimes don't like recipes becsue they tend to limit your creativity, but for those of you who don't cook that much ... well this ones for you.

Gods love and blessings you my brothers and sisters :)