I had a zucchini that was looking bad and some tomatoes the might not have much of a future; so, I put my thinking-cap on and came up with a pasta dish because most of the time we feel like you can't go wrong with zucchini and pasta. I pulled out a box of my "Buy One, Get One free Pasta" from Publix and started boiling some water. Meanwhile, I sauteed onion in 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, adding the zucchini pretty quickly, and topping with garlic. When those three ingredients were cooked to my liking, I added diced fresh tomatoes, which I love using because it makes its own sauce. I salt the pasta sauce in the pot with about 1/4 teaspoon salt, but I wait until the table to add fresh ground black pepper. I also served freshly grated parmesan-reggiano cheese and slices of mozzarella on the side.

Honestly, I thought the sauce had too many flavors competing with each other. I would much rather a simple sauce of sauteed zucchini and garlic only or tomatoes and onion and garlic only. I've never known zucchini and tomato to mesh, but the meal wasn't horrible; and, after all, nothing went to waste!