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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. | 2. Do not trim the top or bottom of the zucchini. | 3. Place the whole zucchini in the water and let simmer for approximately 5 minutes. | 4. You just want the zucchini to soften. | 5. Therefore, you will need to take less time if you can't find large zucchini. | 6. Remove the zucchini and let cool. | 7. Once you can handle them without burning yourself cut them in half and scoop out a cavity leaving a good thick wall for support. | 8. Put some olive oil in the bottom of the baking pans, a thin layer of the marinara, then place the zucchini in one layer. | 9. Sauté the onions with olive oil until they become transparent. | 10. Add the crumbled sausage and continue sautéing until the sausage is cooked. | 11. Allow this mixture to cool slightly. | 12. In a food processor take the sausage mixture, zucchini"insides", and cream cheese. | 13. Pulse slightly until you have combined the ingredients into a fairly smooth mixture. | 14. Make sure you don't process too long or it will become baby food. | 15. Place the sausage mixture in the zucchini halves, top with the marinara and mozzarella cheese. | 16. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. | 17. FYI- You can prepare this up to 24 hours in advance and refrigerate before baking. | 18. You may need to add 5 to 10 minutes to the baking time since the dish is chilled. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
zucchini	6			20.16	2.9856	2.6016	0.384
olive oil	4	tablespoons		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
jimmy dean breakfast sausage	1	package	low-fat	605.2	0.0	134.64	3.4
onion	1			60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
cream cheese	4	ounces		334.53	3.969	8.0514	32.4324
marinara sauce garlic let	24	ounces	canned	605.2	0.0	134.64	3.4
mozzarella cheese	8	ounces	shredded	734.8188	61.7339	30.7535	40.5284

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.