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August 10, 2014

Rice with Sour Cream Zucchini Sauce

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Note: This is an older recipe. We have since changed to a plant-based diet and love it. It’s better for our health, all living and the planet.

Summer time is zucchini time – if you grow zucchinis then you probably have lots of them. I find one plant can easily produce enough zucchini to eat for a family of 4. But sure, we grow more than just one plant – zucchini in overload! Zucchini is one of the plants that you want to grow at home from no GMO seeds. Sadly, most conventional zucchini is GMO. Since zucchinis are easy to grow and very productive, it is one of our favourite summer vegetables in the garden.

We are growing an heirloom zucchini from Italy Costata Romanesco. The most flavorful zucchini type squash there is. The green fruit have prominent ridges. This one I would not peel, it is yummy throughout!

Costata Romanesco Zucchini

Zucchini tends to take the taste from whatever it is prepared with, making it a very versatile vegetable. Zucchini can be added to almost anything. A cheap meat extender and soup thickener, but also a great vegetable on its own.

Zucchini Sauce

Rice with Zucchini Sauce is one of our favourite ways to enjoy zucchini. It is simple and yummy. Sour cream is best homemade, it gives this dish a special touch, totally different from the more common tomato combinations.

Serve the sour cream zucchini sauce with rice and fresh salad. Enjoy!

Sour Cream Zucchini Sauce

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Rice with Zucchini Sauce
 
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Author: Anna @ Northern Homestead
: Main Dish
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 - 2 zucchinis (peeled or not peeled, your choice)
  • approximately 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 clove of garlic (optional)
  • Herbal salt
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cup water
Instructions
  1. Fry the meat in the pan on medium high. Break it into fine pieces while it is cooking.
  2. Add the chopped onions and one teaspoon of salt to the meat, fry till the meat is done and the onions look glassy.
  3. Press in a clove of garlic to the meat after it's done (if so desired).
  4. Cut the zucchini into about thumb-sized pieces and add them into the pan.
  5. Lower the heat to low, cover the pan, and let cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally so it doesn't burn.
  6. When the zucchinis are done, add the cup of sour cream and spread it over the mixture as evenly as possible.
  7. Sprinkle with herbal salt.
  8. Then cover the pan and turn off the heat.
  9. Let rest for about five minutes so the sour cream gets warm but does not cook.
  10. Serve with cooked rice and fresh salad.
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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Shirley Wood says

    August 11, 2014 at

    I ate some roasted zucchini with my lunch yesterday which was very good. Those are indeed some hardy plants! Pinned your recipe so we can give it a try. I am enjoying your sharing the bounty from your beautiful garden!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 11, 2014 at

      Zucchini are just so yummy. harvested some more today. Hope you like the recipe. Thank you for pinning!

      Reply
  2. Alli says

    August 11, 2014 at

    My favorite way to eat zucchini is to roast it or sir fry it with onions in a skillet until crisp tender. I’ve never tried it mixed with rice. Sounds divine!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 11, 2014 at

      Roasted or sir fry sounds so yummy too.

      Reply
  3. Kristen from The Road to Domestication says

    August 11, 2014 at

    OH, Anna, this looks so good! I wonder, what do you think the taste would be like with some mushrooms added in?

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 11, 2014 at

      Yummy! You can’t go wrong with mushrooms, can you ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
  4. Renee @ Renew Your Space says

    August 14, 2014 at

    This is great! Since I have a histamine allergy, just about the only thing I can eat is zucchini. I will be making this recipe soon ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 15, 2014 at

      Allergies are not fun. Glad you can eat zucchini ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
  5. KarenLynn@Lil'SuburbanHomestead says

    August 19, 2014 at

    Anna I chose your recipe as my From The Farm Blog Hop Fave this week! I look forward to featuring it to my readers this Friday! Can’t wait to try it I love all the ingredients!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 19, 2014 at

      Thank you so much, will head over to see it. We have lots of zucchini right now.

      Reply
  6. tessa says

    August 21, 2014 at

    I happen to have a few zucchini, Anna. They’re a Utah joke – no one leaves their windows rolled down at church for fear someone will share their zukes. I’m so going to try making this!!! Thank you for sharing on Green Thumb Thursday, as always.

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 21, 2014 at

      Lol, I know, you plant 4 plants and are able to feed a town ;). Love zucchini though! Hope you like the recipe.

      Reply
  7. Kristen from The Road to Domestication says

    August 25, 2014 at

    By the way, Anna, thanks so much for coming by the #homematters link-up party and linking up with us! We hope to see you back this Wednesday, too! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Anna says

      August 25, 2014 at

      Oh, you are welcome, thanks for hosting it ;).

      Reply

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