• Time: 10 minutes prep, 10 minutes cooking, 20 minutes total


Ingredients

  • 2 pounds small zucchini

  • 1 large onion (or 4 scallions), minced

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • 2 tomatoes, peeled and chopped, or 1 cup canned tomatoes, drained

  • 1 teaspoon sugar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon oregano or basil

  • 1/2 pound small fresh mushrooms, cleaned


Instructions

1. Do not peel the zucchini. Slice in rounds and simmer in salted water for 7 minutes. Drain.

2. Heat butter and brown the onions or scallions 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper and oregano or basil. Simmer for about 5 minutes and add the zucchini and mushrooms. Heat for 5 minutes.


Excerpted from Joy of Liberace: Retro Recipes from America's Kitchiest Kitchen by Michael Feder and Karan Feder (Angel City Press, 2007). Copyright 2007 by Michael Feder and Karan Feder.