Zucchini Pizza and a New Camera

Good evening folks!  Two really great things happened today:  1. my new camera arrived; and 2. I made zucchini pizzas.  But first:

I thought I had killed my orchid, but it is looking like it might produce flowers again!  Maybe I don't have as brown of a thumb as I thought!

Back to the real purpose of this post.  After having issues for about a year and a half with my old Canon Rebel, I decided to splurge for my 30th bday and buy a new DSLR.  After all the issues I have had with my old Canon and looking at the prices on Nikons, I decided to listen to all the recommendations that my friends and coworkers have been giving me and I bought a Sony a35.  I decided that since I tend to be hard on my cameras, I didn't want to go the high end route and went with an entry-level camera to avoid the complete devastation that tends to come with getting sand in the electronics or dropping it in a river.

The box came tonight and I ripped it open immediately to get the battery on the charger!  I was super impatient though and decided to try out my new camera before the battery was fully charged.  This camera is amazing.  Of course, this is based on about an hour of use, but I am very, very impressed with this little guy.  He is so lightweight and small and is very easy to use.  I can finally take photos again!  This is a very good thing because I have another 3-week field course coming up at the end of May!

With a long workout after work and the excitement of my new camera, I didn't end up making supper until about 8pm.  I needed something simple and decided to make mushroom pizzas...except that I didn't have any whole mushrooms.  I did have a large zucchini though so I though I would try to make a zucchini pizza.  I think I liked these better than mushroom pizzas!  Very quick and very good (oh, and healthy too!).

Zucchini Pizza
Serves one
Ingredients:
1 medium zucchini
1/4 cups marinara sauce
1/4 cup reduced fat cheese (I only had sharp cheddar and parm, but I am an equal opportunity cheese eater so I was cool with that combo)

Step one:  cut zucchini on an angle and hollow out the centers of each piece.  Spray lightly with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.  Bake for 10 minutes at 350.

Step 2:  fill in the hollow areas with the sauce and then add the cheese.  Bake for another 5-10 minutes to melt the cheese.

Step 3:  Eat!  (Note - I cooked these on foil as it was getting late - I do realize the issues associated with eating on foil - and I didn't want to fool around with dishes.  I also did not care about presentation...it's late.)

Time for bed!