Beef / Pork

Layered Zucchini is for Dinner.

Layered Zucchini takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Layered Zucchini takes 40 minutes to cook.

Layered Zucchini makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Layered Zucchini are:

4 cups water
6 cups sliced zucchini (about 3 medium)
1 pound ground round
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups low-fat spaghetti sauce (such as Muir Glen Organic)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
2 cups fat-free cottage cheese
1 tablespoon dried parsley
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Cooking spray
1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs, divided
1 3/4 cups (3 1/2 ounces) preshredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided

Here is how you make Layered Zucchini:

Preheat oven to 350?.Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add zucchini; cook 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and cool.Place the beef and garlic in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook until browned, stirring to crumble. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, salt, basil, and oregano; cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat.Combine the cottage cheese, parsley, and eggs in a medium bowl.Arrange zucchini slices in a shallow 3-quart casserole coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle the zucchini with half of the breadcrumbs. Spread half of cottage cheese mixture over breadcrumbs; cover with half of the meat mixture and 1 cup mozzarella. Repeat the layers with the remaining breadcrumbs, cottage cheese mixture, and meat mixture; reserve the remaining mozzarella. Bake at 350? for 40 minutes.Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella, and bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese melts.Makes 10 1-cup servingsNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NICOLEM72.

The nutritional information for Layered Zucchini is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 307.9

• Total Fat: 17.4 g
• Cholesterol: 103.5 mg
• Sodium: 665.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 26.5 g