I think it’s about time I hire someone who will make up recipe names for my blog. I suck ass at it. I’ll pay them nothing, but I’ll feed them. Roll ups just remind you of fruit roll ups when you were a kid doesn’t it? Then gross you out since these have sausage in them? Same. Why did I ever like fruit roll ups? They never had a chocolate roll up. What was I thinking? Sometimes I hate my child self.
These are bomb though. Grilled zucchini + pesto + basil = why the hell wouldn’t it taste good? Duh. These would be perfect for a little appetizer. If I hosted parties, I’d totally make these for it. Instead I just eat all of them by myself. Life.Is.Good.
These kinda look like sushi rolls. I wish I liked sushi.
I went to the store yesterday and bought men’s clinical strength deodorant. Men’s. And I was opening and smelling every single kind. What smell was I looking for exactly? I’m trying to get dates, dates who are men. Most likely they aren’t going to be intrigued by the hue of man odor I leave behind while hugging them. Dating sucks.
Anywho, going back to life being good, I’ve been trying to be more positive lately. If you’ve read my blog much, you know I complain about petty sh*t constantly. Like the size of my ass. It’s annoying. Sometimes slightly humorous, but mostly annoying. I apologize. So I’ve been on the up and up train lately (whatever the sh*t that means) by writing a little more. I sometimes write in my gratitude journal (yes, that’s a real thing) and then I just sometimes write my feelings out for the world to see when I write for Again Faster. And that’s what I did last week. You can check out my latest article with them here.
So sweets have entered back in my life a bit. I know, I know. I don’t need to hear it. But I’m going to have to say goodbye to them once again. I’m trying to get a date here and if I eat even a teaspoon of honey, my body puffs up. No joke. I get a zit and I have a puffy stomach. What the sh*t is that. Dislike button right there. And the amount of things I’ll be cooking for my cookbook is going to be out of control. So I NEED this date so I have one more person to feed all this food to. A good looking one. Who CrossFits. And is funny. Eff you sweets. I don’t need you.
My brain is so weird.
Zucchini Pesto Roll Ups
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2-3 1x
Ingredients
- 2 zucchinis, ends removed, sliced 1/4 inch thick lengthwise
- 4 italian sausages (I used Boulder Sausage brand)
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1 cup fresh basil
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 garlic clove
- salt and pepper to taste
- pinch of garlic powder
- 3 extra tablespoons olive oil to cook your zucchini with
Instructions
- Heat up your grill.
- Slice your zucchini with a knife or using a mandoline.
- Place your zucchini in a bowl with 3 tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper, and a pinch of garlic powder then use your hands to mix it and coat the zucchini.
- Place your italian sausages on the grill along with your zucchini.
- While the zucchini and sausages are cooking, make your pesto.
- Add your walnuts, garlic clove, and basil to the food processor and turn on. Then begin to add your olive oil while the food processor is still running.
- Then add your lemon juice and salt and pepper. Taste to see if you need more basil or lemon or salt and pepper. I think more lemon juice goes a long way.
- After your zucchini have cooked for about 4-5 minutes and have begun to show grill marks, flip them. Be sure to keep an eye on them because they will burn rather quickly.
- Once your zucchini are cooked through and sausage are completely cooked through, remove them to let cool.
- When your zucchini are cool to the touch, use a spoon to spread the pesto down the center of the zucchini strip and cut off an inch or so piece of sausage.
- Place the sausage in the middle of the zucchini so the cut sides are facing towards the outer ridges of the zucchini. You’ll figure it out.
- Wrap the zucchini around the sausage and use a toothpick to hold it in place.
- Serve to others or eat by yourself while watching the food network.
Notes
Makes 11-12 rolls
Rollatini di Zucchini, salciccia e pesto. Done.
holy balls. that’s just too intense. everyone would know i wasn’t intelligent enough to come up with that
@ Javier: I was just about to post that they were rollatini but your whole description is MUCH more delightful and specific!!! Grazie
Hi JB! Those are quite pretty, I shall serve to myself while watching others use buns! I just found you yesterday, I am inspired and want to try some recipes for a couple weeks to see if I feel/look better. Spaghetti meatball bites, jambalaya, green chile, Brazilian curry, sticky apple bites, carrot cake pancakes, coconut everything! I am soooo amped!
Oh I definitely think the classy names need to go and you can instead call them “pinwheels”. Wayyyy cooler.
These would make a GREAT breakfast or lunch to take to work. I fully intend on making them this week. Maybe even with some chorizo… mmmmm….
Men’s deodorant is the bomb. It smells amazing…I wear it all the time 🙂 (Clinical strength does nothing for me, so if you are looking to curb sweating, go totally toxic and use Certain Dri)
I’m totally making these tonight too…YUM!
If that clinical strength deodorant doesn’t work, talk to a doc and get an Rx for drysol solution. It feels like bee stings but it keeps your pits dry for at least a few days at a time with no manish hue.
We’re working through and loving all the recipes, thanks for posting!
Recipe looks fantastic, you’re a genius, blah, blah, blah. The point of me posting is to say that I am glad we don’t live each other and aren’t friends. Based on the deodorant and dating comments, I think I would rather hang with you than a guy and I would end up growing old and crocheting matching “Mommy and Me” outfits for the 20 cats I’m sure I’ll end up with eventually. LOVE THIS BLOG and I am going to try this recipe tonight!
These sound and look amazing. As I was reading it, all I could think of was that they would be good placed in a casserole w/tomatoe sauce. I’m gonna have to try them both ways now. Thanks for the inspiration!
I switched to deodorant (from antiperspirant) and it changed my life! I didn’t actually sweat a ton, but I sweat a lot less now. Also I hated how when I would sweat a little around the anti-perspirant, I would end up with sweat smell and the deodorant smell that is supposed to mask that. Anyway my body adjusted to not sweating as much when I use just deodorant, and the deodorant catches the smell right away, so there isn’t the sweat stink and weird deodorant smell. It took a little while, but I’m a convert to Tom’s natural. Maybe try it when you have some time that people won’t notice extra pit sweat so you can adjust…
These definitely trump the fruit rollups from childhood.
These look really good and I can not wait to try them out. Also, they did have chocolate roll ups in the 80s. They were very tasty too. I think they were called pudding rollups.