Name: Stuffed Cucumbers
Ingredients: 2 cucumbers; 1/2 pound hamburger meat or Italian sausage, mild or hot; 1/2 cup bread crumbs; 1 or 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 egg; 1 jar spaghetti sauce; provolone, Swiss (or crumbled blue cheese

Stuffed Cucumbers

Ingredients

2 cucumbers
1/2 pound hamburger meat or Italian sausage, mild or hot
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 or 2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 egg
1 jar spaghetti sauce
provolone, Swiss (or crumbled blue cheese

Instructions

Peel cucumbers and cut in half, lengthwise. Scrape away seeds with a spoon. Mix meat, bread crumbs, garlic and egg. Fill cucumber "boats" with this mixture. Place in microwave dish and pour tomato sauce over the stuffed cucumbers. Cover each with a slice of cheese. (Select cheese according to desired degree of tangyness. If sauce already contains Parmesan cheese you may wish to omit the cheese.) Cover dish, and microwave on 80 for five minutes. Turn dish 1/2 turn and repeat. Test cucumbers with a fork for doneness. If they appear too hard, cook another 5 minutes on 80.