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Baked Zucchini And Tomato Casserole

Round pie pan filled with sliced zucchini tomatoes with walnuts and cheese baked and crisp. 2 fork in the background. Close up.
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This is a simple, healthy, and delicious oven baked zucchini and tomato casserole recipe to make when zucchinis and tomatoes are fresh and abundant in the summer.  Layered zucchini, tomato, walnuts, and Parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • 4 medium zucchini, sliced thin
  • 3 medium tomatoes, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
  • ½ tsp dried Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • pinch black pepper
  • 1 cup Parmesan Cheese, grated

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375F.  Lightly oil 8x8 baking pan.
  • Cook minced garlic over medium heat in a small pan with 1 Tbsp olive oil for 1-2 minutes or until translucent and fragrant.  Set aside.

In baking pan add:

  • a layer of sliced zucchini
  • a layer of sliced tomatoes
  • a drizzle of olive oil
  • sprinkle evenly with salt
  • dash of black pepper
  • ½ the garlic
  • ½ the chopped walnuts
  • sprinkle evenly Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 the Parmesan cheese
  • Repeat until all ingredients are gone.  This should only take 2 layers but it's ok if you keep going.
  • Coat a piece of aluminum foil with a touch of olive oil.  The olive oil prevents the cheese from sticking to the top of it.
  • Cover with foil.  Cook ~ 50 minutes or until zucchini is soft.
  • Take off cover and brown cheese on low broiler setting for 2-3 minutes (watch it!  you don't want it to burn!)
  • Rest for 10 minutes uncovered before serving.  Happy Eating!  Beckie

Notes

  • Add more salt - There will be a layer of liquid in the bottom of the pan because both zucchini and tomatoes have a lot of water.  The salt will go into the liquid but the top may need some more salt.
  • Add as much Parmesan cheese as you like to this dish!  Some other delicious cheese options are feta cheese, colby jack, and goat cheese.
  • This is an easy zucchini and tomato casserole.  The bottom zucchini will be more done because they have been sitting in the delicious liquid.  The top zucchini will be crisper. If you want them all the same then you will need to lightly boil all the zucchini slices first.

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