This is a variation on the Joe's Special recipe that uses spinach.

1 pound hamburger
1 onion, finely diced
1 small clove garlic, minced
4 - 5 small zucchini, sliced
4 eggs, stirred together
1/4 pound mushrooms, sliced
Salt and oregano
Grated Parmesan cheese

Brown the meat and onion in a large skillet, stirring to break it up. Add zucchini, garlic, and mushrooms. Cook briefly. Add salt and oregano to taste. Add eggs. Cook over low heat, stirring gently until done. Serve topped with grated Parmesan cheese.

Go ahead, use spinach instead of the zucchini if you want. Or some of each.

At the rate we're going it will be a long time before I have any zucchini from my garden to experiment with, but when the first ones are finally ready (maybe as late as September) I'll have decided which recipe to use.

Comments:

I love the way you think, Laura.

We eat a lot of meat -- maybe I'll try it with ground turkey. I have all of the ingredients. I know what they all are. Sounds promising.

reads easy and souns good --will pass it on to my chief cook and bottle washer OLDROAN

Ooooooo, not being a hamburger fan, I might substitute sweet Italian sausage, maybe not a pound, for the hamburger....

comment by marta on June 28, 2009 5:59 PM ()

reply by marta on June 28, 2009 6:58 PM ()

A pound of meat seems like a lot with all those eggs, doesn't it? The title of the post sounds like there is a person named Zucchini Joe. With a pound of burger it could be called Beefy Joe's Special Zucchini Fry and then it'd sound like it was about a Chippendale dancer and the zucchini could be... well.

reply by troutbend on June 28, 2009 6:53 PM ()