Checkerboard Vegetable Squares

By LRay

Southern Living Magazine.

Fines herbes (FEEN erb) is a French term for a blend of four herbs: usually chives, parsley, tarragon and chervil. You can often find it in dried form in a jar in your grocer's spice section.

Ingredients

• 1 cup cottage cheese (can also use ricotta cheese)
• 1 1/2 cups saltine crackers, coarsely crushed (approximately 25 crackers)
• 1 teaspoon dried fines herbes
• 2 -4 tablespoons butter, divided
• 3 medium yellow squash, thinly sliced
• 1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach
• 3 medium tomatoes, sliced
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese, cut into strips

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Combine first 3 ingredients (cottage cheese, saltines and fine herbs) in mixing bowl and set aside.
2 Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add squash slices, and saute 5 minutes. Spoon into a lightly greased 8 inch square baking dish.
3 Spread half of cheese mixture evenly over squash slices.
4 Place spinach in skillet and saute 3 minutes, adding 1 tablespoon butter if necessary to prevent sticking. Spoon spinach evenly over cheese mixture.
5 Spread the remaining cheese mixture evenly over spinach layer.
6 Slice tomatoes into 9 equal pieces. Saute, just enough to soften slightly. Layer them on top of the second cheese mixture.
7 Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
8 Arrange mozzarella cheese strips on top to resemble checkerboard, and bake 10 more minutes.
9 Remove from oven, and let stand 10 minutes: cut into squares. Serve immediatly.