Side Dish

Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce is for Side Dish.

Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce takes several minutes to prepare.

Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce takes several minutes to cook.

Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce makes 2 servings.

The ingredients for Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce are:

1 small sweet red (or yellow or orange) pepper (I peel the skin off) sliced into thin strips
1 large baby zucchini chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon cream cheese (light or fat free)
salt & pepper to taste
chili peppers (optional -- if you like a bite)

Here is how you make Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce:

1. Remove seeds from pepper (and peel skin - preferrable). Cut into thin strips.2. Dice zucchini.3. Dice onion.4. Add olive oil to sauce pan and heat.5. Add onion and cook until translucent.6. Add pepper and zucchini -- saute over med/high heat until sweated.7. With a hand blender, blend all vegetables until liquified. 8. Cook over med/high heat until the liquid has reduced to a sauce consitency of your liking (I usually cook for about 30-35 minutes -- this give you a med thick sauce -- you'll have to play with this to find how you like it).9. Once reduced to a thickness of your liking, remove from heat and stir in cream cheese.10. Pour over your meat or vegetables and enjoy!Number of Servings: 2Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JINXED63.

The nutritional information for Red Pepper and Zucchini Sauce is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 2
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 96.6

• Total Fat: 9.4 g
• Cholesterol: 8.0 mg
• Sodium: 22.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 2.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 1.1 g