Too Much Zucchini!

Our summer garden is so sad this year. Last year we managed a couple of cucumbers and about a million tomatoes. Two of my most favorite pieces of produce. This year we decided to plan strawberries - doesn't work with dogs stomping on them and peeing on them! - tomatoes - a different variety, which just doesn't seem to like our yard - and zucchini - it won't stop. There are small ones, medium ones, and giant ones. All the time. Every day I explore through the jungle of zucchini leaves and find...more zucchini!


So, to take care of the problem, I've been pinning a bunch of zucchini recipes. Luckily, Pastor Husband loves zucchini every which way. I, on the other hand, only love it when it doesn't taste like zucchini. Last night's dinner was a success for both of us: Zucchini Pizza.


Here is what you need:
Zucchini - how ever many you feel like making
Garlic
Olive Oil
Lemon
Pepper
Bread Crumbs
Tomatoes (mine were store bought, so sad!)
Cheese


Preheat Oven: 350 degrees

Step One

Make the Olive Oil spread

Mix together some olive oil and lemon juice until there's a good balance between the two. Then add some ground pepper and minced garlic. Taste it as you go along. (Remember you're the chef in your house...always taste before serving!)

Step Two

Prepare the Zucchini

Slice the zucchini in half and then thinly slice the bottoms so they don't wobble. Scoop out the seeds. Brush all of it with the olive oil spread and then make your pizza. I did a layer of tomatoes, cheese, pepperoni, and then more cheese. Then sprinkle with some bread crumbs

Step Three

Bake!

Place the zucchini on a cookie sheet, baking dish (lined with foil for easy clean-up), whatever works for you. Bake, uncovered, for about 20 minutes. You can, afterward, add more cheese and broil it, but we were hungry now and one more step was one step too many.

The zucchini isn't mushy and the olive oil spread plus the spicy pepperoni made me almost forget that I was eating zucchini.

BONUS STEP!

The noodles were just spaghetti and the great thing was that I used the left over olive oil spread for the sauce. Yummy!

see...giant size and baby size

more cheese for Pastor Husband than me, he loves it, I do not

how did my napkin holder turn into this?

The End