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My first favorite thing to do with zucchini:

Spray a glass baking dish (I use canola oil spray) and turn oven to 350. Peel a zucchini and slice it into 1/2-inch rounds. Put a layer of zucchini slices into the baking dish. Cut up a fresh tomato into bite-size chunks and add them to the zucchini. Use either half the tomato or all of it. Cut up some cheese (or cheese substitute) into bite-size chunks and add that, using about the same amount of cheese as you did the tomato. I like sharp cheddar best, but mozzarella is also excellent. Fine-grate dry white toast over the dish till you have a thin layer of crumbs over it all. Add salt and pepper and (optional) a little garlic and cilantro.

Repeat all layers, finishing with toast crumbs. Smoosh it down a little with your hands so it's compacted a bit. Pour a small can of V8 juice or tomato juice over the top. Add a bit more cheese to the top and bake it till it's bubbly.

About the third time I made this I accidentally overbaked it some, so the cheese was not just bubbly around the edges but actually beginning to brown around the edges. We decided maybe it should be overbaked!

Friend of mine said "that is the very best zucchini anything I've ever had."

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