Grandma's Ground Beef Zucchini Casserole
A hearty casserole that uses up your garden fresh zucchini. This flavorful zucchini, ground beef and tomato casserole is meaty, easy to make, and will feed a houseful on a budget.
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- 1 8 x 11.5 casserole dish Use a 9 x 13 dish if doubling recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic minced.
- 2 medium zucchini sliced about 2 cups
- 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes (drained)
- 1 cup marinara or pasta sauce
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese you can add parmesan cheese if you have it
- 2 tsp butter - melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Brown ground beef in skillet. Add diced onions. Cook till onions are translucent. Add garlic. Cook another minute.
- Slice zucchini into thin slices while ground beef is browning.
- Drain beef and onion mixture.
- Add sliced zucchini. Add drained tomatoes and spaghetti sauce. Add oregano, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning to browned ground beef. Stir.
- Simmer for 5-10 minutes till liquid is mostly gone.
- While beef and zucchini mixture is simmering, melt butter. Add bread crumbs to melted butter and stir to coat bread crumbs.
- Pour cooked beef and zucchini mixture into greased casserole dish
- Add buttered bread crumbs over top of mixture.
- Spread cheese over casserole on top of bread crumbs.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes til hot and bubbly.