Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
nip 'n tuck zucchini
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__Japanese proverb
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__Nora Ephron
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__William Shakespeare
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It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Nip 'N Tuck Zucchini
Ingredients:
3 medium sized zucchini
1 and 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
1/3 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1 cup chopped fresh tomato
) 1 tablespoon dry bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon dried chervil leaves
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 375�.
2) Cut zucchini in half lengthwise, then scoop out pulp,
leaving 1/4" shells.
2) Coarsley chop the pulp. Set the shells and pulp aside.
3) Heat the oil over medium heat in a 10 inch nonstick skillet.
4) Stir in onion and garlic and cook two to three minutes,
stirrin' occasionally.
5) Add reserved pulp and mushrooms to skillet.
Cook two to three minutes, stirrin' frequently.
6) Remove the skillet from the burner, then stir in the tomato,
bread crumbs, chervil and pepper.
7) Spoon the pulp mixture evenly into shells.
8) Put the shells in a 11x7 inch bakin' dish and cover with foil.
9) Bake twenty-five to thirty minutes, just 'til the shells are crisp-tender.
10) Sprinkle with the parmesan cheese,
then let stand five minutes before servin'.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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