So my fiancé and I celebrated Father’s Day a little early with his family since his parents are taking a Summer vacation starting this Friday. For dinner we had steaks and roasted asparagus at his sister’s house and I brought my stuffed zucchini dish. This is my first time cooking for his family so I was a little nervous but it actually turned out really awesome.
I only had about 25 minutes to prepare everything before we had to leave to get to their house so this is really simple quick dish that anyone can prepare even after a long day at work.
Ingredients Needed:
- zucchini
- bag of frozen peas, carrots and corn – Preferably from a non-GMO company like Eden
- 1/2 cup of uncooked quinoa which yields about a cup cooked
- small white onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- mediterranean sea salt & black pepper
- Bragg Liquid Aminos – healthy vegan non-GMO alternative to soy sauce
- coconut spray
- coconut oil
To start, cut off the end of the zucchini and cut it in half. Then scoop out the center and seeds with a spoon. Spray your baking dish or on a cookie sheet with coconut oil and place the halved zucchini in and spray with them with coconut oil. I used my Corningware so that I could put the lid on and easily transport it to his sister’s house. Bake the zucchini at 350 for 10 minutes.
While that is baking, cook the quinoa so it will be done in about 5 minutes. Then dice up the onion, garlic, and leftover inner parts from the zucchini.
Melt a tablespoon of coconut oil in a frying pan and then add the diced up mixture. Let this cook and get nice and soft for about 10 minutes while stirring. When the quinoa is cooked, add that to the frying pan and stir it all up with 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Add a 2 tablespoons of the Bragg Liquid Aminos and stir it all together.
Once the zucchini is done, take it out of the oven and spoon the frying pan mixture into the zucchini halves. I let mine overflow into the dish and use up all of the mixture. Bake uncovered for about 20 minutes at 350.
Once it was done I added a little fresh basil on top and served it. Delicioso! The coconut oil almost give it a slight butter flavor and the Bragg Liquid Aminos is just a perfect zing of soy sauce flavor.
Dinner went well and I got to play with Ben’s sister’s baby! 8 months old and so adorable! We also had leftovers to take for lunch the next day. This zucchini I used was over 5 pounds, maybe 8 pounds, locally grown by Ben’s mom at the school she works for. That made me want to start a garden so we can have huge fresh produce all the time. Maybe a future project!
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