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
If you find a SINGLE good looking guy who crossfits and is funny (I feel like they are always taken), let me know if he has a brother.
Those look great, thanks for the inspiration! Pesto, is in high season in my garden these days.
OK, seriously though – women’s deodorant sucks ass. Like why don’t they make gel stick deodorant for women, seriously? So I just use my husband’s. F*ck that wet roll-on stuff (what, like I have time to air dry my pits?), and f*ck that powdery white solid women’s stick deodorant that just ends up smelling like powdery BO and flakes white all over my clothes. Wow, why’d I just get so worked up about deodorant… Anyway, pesto zucchini roll-ups – totally didn’t think of fruit roll-ups, I think the name works.
JB! I think you’re awesome, I love reading your blog, and your recipes are pretty amazing too. So amazing that boyfriend now likes my cooking… I digress…what’s up with your product website being down? get back at’cha girl!
These were FANTASTIC! I used chorizo since that was what I had on hand..
This post made me giggle….out loud….at work…..and people stared. 🙂 Cooking this for dinner tonight with turkey “italian” sausage. Thanks, as always, for keeping it real.
Name suggestion: Zucchini Rollatini. You’re welcome.
Zucchini Weenies haha 🙂
can’t wait to try these bad boys, nicely done!
That last ingredient – I’m assuming that’s 3 extra tablespoons of olive oil?
Looks deLICious! I can’t wait to try it! In fact, I’m going to get the ingredients I don’t already have tomorrow so I can make it.
you and I need to become BFFs. Gosh, I so dislike “BFF”. First time I’ve ever typed it, I swear. But seriously. I don’t have a blog. I just love food & travel. I stumbled on your blog this evening quite by accident. Yer funny. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and gotta tell ya…. my mom was a chef…. has a copyrighted cookbook. Yeah, we should visit. She could cook, I can write. I just don’t apply myself. Happy endulging!
Rose
Zucchini come from flowers so technically they can considered a fruit. Based on that I think you should call them “fruit roll ups”. You. Are. Welcome. Now feed me.
You.Are.A.Genius. I like your style