Italian-style Stuffed Zucchini Squash (crock Pot)
Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5 hrs
Ingredients
- Servings: 2
- 1 medium zucchini or 1 medium summer squash, halved lengthwise, with seeds removed
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup uncooked brown rice
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- fresh parsley (optional)
- fresh basil (optional)
- mozzarella cheese (optional) or soy mozzarella cheese (optional)
- parmesan cheese (optional) or vegan parmesan cheese (optional)
Recipe
- 1 to toast pine nuts, place them in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally until golden or about 5 minutes.
- 2 place the zucchini halves in the bottom of an oval shaped slow cooker.
- 3 in a small bowl or measuring cup, combine the tomato sauce and vinegar.
- 4 in another small bowl, combine the onions, garlic, rice, parsley, basil, pepper, along with 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce-vinegar mixture.
- 5 fill the zucchini halves with the rice mixture.
- 6 top with the remaining tomato sauce-vinegar mixture.
- 7 cover and cook on low until the rice is tender, 4 to 6 hours.
- 8 garnish with the pine nuts, fresh herbs, and cheese.
- 9 makes 2 main dish servings or 4 side dish servings.
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