Rice & Sausage Stuffed Zucchini - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large zucchini
2 cups rice, cooked
1/2 lb lean ground sausage
8 cherry tomatoes, cut in quarters, if desired (optional)
4 green onions
1 teaspoon cumin
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, if desired (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350.
Brown sausage til fully cooked, remove from heat.
Mix in rice, tomatoes, onion, cumin, turmeric, and parsley.
Cut zucchini lengthwise and scrape out seeds and some of the flesh with a spoon.
Fill zucchini with sausage rice mixture.
Bake for 40 min or until zucchini is tender.
To speed things up, you may boil or microwave zucchini to precook.
Garnish with parsley and green onion.