Zucchini & Sausage Bake

If there's a great way to sneak vegetables in your family - hide them between sauce, cheese, and sausage! This is an amazing dish...the zucchini gets soft and the cheese gets everything gooey. Serve this with a loaf of fresh bread to sop up all the sauce. Makes an 8x8 pan, so double this if you want a 9x13.

Zucchini & Sausage Bake
1 large can tomato sauce
2 T. tomato paste
1/4 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 t. oregano
1 t. basil
Saute onion in a little olive oil and sprinkle with salt. When onions starts to soften, add garlic and saute a couple more minutes. Add tomato paste and cook a couple more minutes. Add tomato sauce, oregano, and basil. Simmer until ready to use. OR, use a jar of your favorite marinara sauce and skip this step!

1 lb. sausage, browned (turkey sausage works great here too)
1 large zucchini, sliced thin
8 oz. mozzarella, shredded

Put a layer of sauce on the bottom of your pan. Place a layer of sliced zucchini on top of sauce. Sprinkle with a layer of sausage and mozzarella cheese. Put more sauce on top, another layer of zucchini, sausage, and mozzarella - until you have three layers, ending with mozzarella. Bake, covered, at 350 for 30 minutes; uncover for the last 10 minutes to brown the top.