Gnocchi w/ zucchini

Ingredients:

• 2 medium zucchini (roughly 2 cups, more if you would like), shredded

• 2 tsp. minced garlic-more or less depending on your tastes

• 2 tsp. canola oil

• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

• 1 package of frozen gnocchi pasta or homemade if you're adventurous-I want to try this sometime

• course sea salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. In a medium skillet, heat oil to medium/medium-high. Add shredded zucchini. Cook for a few minutes until the zucchini skin turns a brighter green. Reduce heat to medium/ medium-low and add garlic (garlic burns very easily and can ruin a dish-trust me). Sauté for until zucchini is tender. Add parm, salt & pepper to taste. Cook gnocchi as directed (only takes a few minutes to cook) and drain. Add zucchini sauce to gnocchi and toss to coat the pasta.

*Just a quick note from the cook: by no means am I a professional cook, so with a recipe that I created like the one above, the measurements should all be qualified with "about." A lot of times I don't measure things. I go by sight and taste mostly-which highly annoys my mother who measures everything. :) Love ya Ma! Feel free to tweek this recipe on your own and I'm sorry if I got my guesstimates wrong! :)

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