Meat and Zucchini Summer Bake

Even men will like this summer vegetable dish, as it contains meat. The dish is juicy, tender, aromatic, does not cause a feeling of heaviness, so it can be offered for dinner, and it is also good for breakfast. In the summer, it is a good replacement for potatoes and porridge with meat. So to speak, two in one: vegetables and meat. Suitable for those who are on a diet for one reason or another, as it is not oversaturated with extra calories.
cook time: 1h
Ivy Ramsay
Meat and Zucchini Summer Bake

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

149
Calories
12g
Fat
4g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Hard cheese (preferably spicier) 100 g
Tomato paste 100 g
Zucchini (average) 2 pc
Bulb onions 1 pc
Dry spices (for your taste, I took oregano) to taste
Minced meat (raw take 600 g) 400 g
Chicken eggs 2 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a casserole of grated zucchini with minced meat in the oven? Products for making casseroles. Zucchini and onions are peeled and washed. Take any minced meat. I have chicken and beef. I wanted to get a more dietary option, so I took minced meat from pre-boiled meat and minced it in a meat grinder. You can take raw minced meat and when you fry the onions in a pan, fry the meat until it loses its pink color.

Step 2

Step 2
Grate the zucchini. So these vegetables are juicy, they give a lot of juice, they need to be squeezed out a little, and the excess juice should be drained.

Step 3

Step 3
Beat the eggs into the zucchini and mix thoroughly.

Step 4

Step 4
Grate the cheese and add 3/4 of it to the zucchini. Stir again.

Step 5

Step 5
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease a baking dish with oil.

Step 6

Step 6
Spread the zucchini mixture onto the bottom of the pan, adding salt.

Step 7

Step 7
Finely chop the onion. Heat a frying pan, add oil and fry the onion for a couple of minutes.

Step 8

Step 8
Place the minced meat in the same frying pan and, if it is raw, fry until the pink color disappears. Drain all the fat from the minced meat. Add tomato paste, salt, spices and stir. I simply mixed ready-made minced boiled meat with lightly fried onions and all other ingredients.

Step 9

Step 9
Place the minced meat in a baking dish on top of the zucchini mixture.

Step 10

Step 10
Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top of the minced meat. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven until done.

Step 11

Step 11
This is what the finished casserole looks like! It is very tasty hot, not bad when cooled down, but its taste is not so bright, so I suggest choosing a sharper cheese for it and you can add 2 times more of it. You can also “play around” with the amount of spices.

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