Something I always make but never actually follow a recipe for is googootz (I have NO idea if that's how you spell it). It is a zucchini and tomato mixture that is so easy and delicious you will want to have it on hand all the time. I have used it as a side dish as well as a main dish.
Zucchini and Tomato Side Dish
Ingredients
1) 5 medium sized zucchini either green, yellow or a combination
2) 2 large tomatoes
3) 1 large vidalia onion4) 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
5) 1 egg
Directions
1) Cut zucchini and tomatoes into chunks
2) Dice onion
3) Place zucchini, tomatoes and onion into crock pot
4) Cover and cook on low for 6 hours
5) Crack egg in a bowl and whisk - slowly add some of the hot liquid from the crock pot into your egg and keep whisking and adding mixture into egg until the mixture is almost hot. I know this sounds confusing and if you mess it up, it's not a big deal. The egg will just look a bit like a scrambled egg ; )
6) Add hot egg mixture into crock pot and mix together with zucchini mixture
7) Add parmesan cheese to crock pot and mix
8) Enjoy
Use as a side dish or pour over rice or pasta as a dinner.
Googootz reminds me of my grandfather! He used that name for the long zucchini-like squashes he grew, and my grandmother usually made something like this when they all ripened! Glad to know I'm not the only one who has heard the term!
ReplyDeleteYAY!! I knew people use the term it but I didn't know what to call it when I wrote it down. Googootz seemed odd. Glad you knew what I was talking about.
ReplyDeleteThis has taken me back! Same as Cherie, my Nona used to have the same super long zucchini and make the same thing and I never knew why she called it that. It's still my favorite but we make wells in the zucchini and poach the eggs. Yum!
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