Friday Night with Zucchini

Parmegiana

There are always those recipes that come before you at a time when you wish you were an exquisite chef. Tonight was no exception. I had goggled a couple recipes during my afternoon at work and decided that we were going to have Zucchini Parmesan for a Friday night. The Food Network and Canadian Living showed promising recipes but I decided to use a fellow blogger's choice of ingredients and directions as I wanted to support a blogger's point of cooking. The end product was delicious even though preparation took me a little over half hour and mostly because of the egg-dipping-breadcrumbs-coating procedure but it was all worth it. Below is how you too can make your own zucchini dinner:

Ingredients:

3 medium zucchini sliced in 1/3" inch coins

2 eggs, beaten

2 cps dry Italian seasoned breadcrumbs

8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

3-4 cups of your favourite marinara sauce (I made my own)

olive oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Dip zucchini coins in egg and then coat with breadcrumb mixture and bake on cookie sheets drizzled with olive oil until golden brown, approximately 10 minutes on each side. Once all zucchini is golden brown, bring the oven temperature down to 400 degrees. Spread a thin layer of marinara sauce on the bottom of a 9x9 inch baking dish. Put one layer of breaded zucchini on top and coat with more sauce and a generous sprinkling of cheese. Repeat this procedure to use up all the zucchini. Cover with tin foil and bake approximately 30 minutes or until top layer if cheese is melted. Mangia!!

Final Product of Tonight Dinner