To much squash from the garden???

Summer Squash!! (Make-Over)

I LOVE summer Squash!! I know that my whole family does as well! Before I had only had it sauteed in a pan with a little bit of butter and salt & Pepper, or I would use it in a veggie stir fry! BUT I came across this recipe on allrecipes.com, and it has quickly become, yet another, staple in our kitchen! Ben and I LOVED these. The flavor was outstanding, and these boats served as an excellent appetizer for our dinner last night! Of course, I made a few changes to the recipe. So here it is!! I would HIGHLY encourage you (even if you aren't a summer squash fan) To make these ASAP!! The following recipe is off Allrecipes.com, but I added into it my changes!!

INGREDIENTS:

2 medium zucchini 1 slice WW Bread, torn into small pieces 1/4 cup Turkey Bacon cut in small pieces (I didn't cook it ahead of time, just to save me some time) 1 tablespoon minced black olives (I didn't have on hand so avoided) 1 jalapeno pepper, minced (Didn't have this, so avoided)  3 tablespoons diced green chile peppers

1/4 cup minced onion 1/4 cup chopped tomato 6 tablespoons shredded sharp Cheddar cheese 1 pinch dried basil seasoned salt to taste ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Prepare the grill for indirect heat. Or turn oven to broil.
2.	Place the zucchini in a pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook 7 minutes. Drain, cool, and cut in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp to about 1/4 inch from the skin. Chop pulp. Take the zucchini shells, and absorb as much of the water in them as possible, by using paper towel. (this helps in avoiding super soggy squash)
3.	In a bowl, mix the zucchini pulp, bread pieces, bacon bits, olives, jalapeno, green chile peppers, onion, tomato, and Cheddar cheese. Season with basil, seasoned salt, and pepper.
4.	Stuff the zucchini halves with the pulp mixture. Seal each stuffed half in aluminum foil.
5.	Place foil packets on the prepared grill over indirect heat. Cook 15 to 20 minutes, until tender. I did these in my oven on BROIL for 20 min! Worked great! Uncover the foil for the last 5 minutes, for a crunch!!

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Printed from Allrecipes.com 8/15/2012