Yellow Squash Gratin

The essence of comfort food, this dish will please kids as well as adults.

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 2  cups  chopped onion
• 3  garlic cloves, minced
• 12  cups  yellow squash, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices (about 3 pounds)
• 1/2  cup  chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  salt
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 3  cups  cooked long-grain rice
• 3/4  cup  (3 ounces) grated Gruyère or Swiss cheese
• 3  large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1  (1-ounce) slice white bread
• 1/4  cup  (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
• 1  tablespoon  butter, melted

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°.

Heat a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion, and sauté 5 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; sauté 30 seconds. Add squash; sauté 7 minutes or just until tender. Remove from heat; stir in parsley, salt, thyme, and pepper. Add rice, Gruyère, and eggs to squash mixture, stirring until well combined. Spoon the squash mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

Place bread in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until fine crumbs measure 1/2 cup. Combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan, and butter, tossing to combine. Sprinkle breadcrumb mixture over squash mixture. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until topping is lightly browned and filling is set. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

247 (29% from fat)

Fat:

8g (sat 4.1g,mono 2.5g,poly 0.6g)

Protein:

11.2g

Carbohydrate:

32.4g

Fiber:

4.9g

Cholesterol:

98mg

Iron:

2.4mg

Sodium:

599mg

Calcium:

220mg