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When zucchini is plentiful in my garden, I slice and parboil it, then freeze it in 4-cup containers for recipes like this. It saves time—and lets us enjoy fresh zucchini year-round.—Sandy Robideau, Eureka, Montana
Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 366 calories, 17 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 130 mg cholesterol, 836 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 31 g protein.
Originally published as Zucchini Italiano in Country Ground Beef , p49
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Reviewed on Oct. 08, 2011 by scsvatek
My family really enjoyed this. I will make it again but with a few changes. I would add a can of diced tomatoes, bell peppers and try to make it a bit more spicy. It has great potential.
Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2010 by kjablue
This dish was EXCELLENT. I mostly followed the recipe except I used low fat cottage cheese and low fat cheddar and brown rice. The author didn't say whether or not to use quick rice or long grain and since I was short on time I used the quick brown rice.My only complaint with this recipe is that you have to have one pan to par boil the zucchini, another to brown the ground beef, another to cook the rice, a bowl to mix the cottage cheese and egg and you need the 8in square pan to bake the mixture in the oven. I cooked the rice in the microwave and after I added the rice to the ground beef mixture, I used that bowl to mix the cottage cheese/egg.This dish is so tasty that for sure I'd make it again but next time I'm going to double the zucchini and the ground beef mixture and freeze both to assemble the next time we want to make it. It'll save having to do so many dishes.One last thing, my husband has type II diabetes and this didn't spike his blood sugar at all, is very filling and as he was finishing up, he was already asking when we'd be having it again!
This dish was EXCELLENT. I mostly followed the recipe except I used low fat cottage cheese and low fat cheddar and brown rice. The author didn't say whether or not to use quick rice or long grain and since I was short on time I used the quick brown rice.
My only complaint with this recipe is that you have to have one pan to par boil the zucchini, another to brown the ground beef, another to cook the rice, a bowl to mix the cottage cheese and egg and you need the 8in square pan to bake the mixture in the oven. I cooked the rice in the microwave and after I added the rice to the ground beef mixture, I used that bowl to mix the cottage cheese/egg.
This dish is so tasty that for sure I'd make it again but next time I'm going to double the zucchini and the ground beef mixture and freeze both to assemble the next time we want to make it. It'll save having to do so many dishes.
One last thing, my husband has type II diabetes and this didn't spike his blood sugar at all, is very filling and as he was finishing up, he was already asking when we'd be having it again!
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