Stuffed zucchinis with cheese in prego’s sauce

This stuffed zucchinis with ricotta cheese seasoned with fresh basil and cooked in Prego’s Tomato Sauce with Roasted Garlic and Herbs, is a super easy dinner idea for busy parents! and can be made in the oven or in the pan.

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In less than 7 minutes of preparation and 25 minutes of cooking, you have dinner ready. This is one of those dishes that taste delicious both hot and cold and that you can prepare and rest assured that your family had their good portion of vegetables and protein. It is also perfect for people who follow a Lacto- Ovo- vegetarian diet.

My veggie garden is about to go to sleep for the winter. It has been a beautiful adventure to harvest our veggies at home this year. We have taken advantage of the extra time that working from home has given us. My basil plant is about to die and we have already collected the last zucchinis of the season.

I wanted to prepare something special with this latest harvest so I decided to make a recipe that my mother prepared for us a lot as children and we loved it. The Stuffed Zucchinis with cheese in tomato sauce.

NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE DINNER?

You know that I usually make my own tomato sauce, but the reality is that now that the cold has arrived in Chicago, with the children at home the whole day, time is less efficient. I have to see how to make life easier for myself so as not to go crazy. I decided to try Prego brand pasta sauces and I’ll be honest, I was amazed. I tried the Prego’s  Tomato sauce with Roasted Garlic and Herbs for this recipe and it is a true delight, it has an incomparable homemade flavor and what I like the most is its thick consistency. Soon I understood why Prego’s Tomato Sauces are the number one  Italian Sauces in the United States. 

As you know, one of my mottos is that each of the meals in my home must include vegetables and this delicious recipe is full of them.

INGREDIENTS FOR 4 PEOPLE

• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 4 zucchinis
• 1 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
• Salt to taste 
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese
• ½ cup of melting cheese
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil
• Prego’s Tomato Sauce with Roasted Garlic and Herbs

HOW TO PREPARE STUFFED ZUCCHINIS WITH CHEESE IN TOMATO SAUCE

• Rinse the zucchini.
• Cut the edges and then cut along.

• With a spoon remove the seeds from the zucchini.

• In a bowl, mix the ricotta with the egg, garlic, Parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon of melting cheese, basil and add salt to taste.

• Fill the zucchini with the cheese mixture, I used about 3 tablespoons of the cheese mixture to fill each half.
• Put a frying pan over medium heat and pour in it the Prego, Roasted Garlic, and Herb Tomato Sauce.

• Place the zucchini over the sauce, turn the heat to medium-low, cover the skillet, and cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until the zucchini feels soft but not mushy.

• Once cooked, bathe a little with the same Prego Tomato Sauce with which they were cooked and add the grated cheese on top of the zucchini, close the lid for 2 minutes so that the cheese melts, or take them to the broil option in the oven for a couple of minutes and this is ready to serve!

Do other family recipes come to your mind that can be prepared with a bottle of Prego’s Tomato Sauce?  I have an infinity of ideas that are not exactly pasta.

You can accompany this delicious recipe with rice or how about a piece of baguette?

I hope your family enjoys this easy and fast dinner recipe. Tell me what you think in the comments and give me ideas for new recipes with these delicious Prego’s tomato sauces!

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