Stuffed Zucchini
These stuffed zucchinis are super easy to make, and they look great and impressive. These zucchinis would be perfect stuffed with mushrooms, for a veggie version.
Zucchini has many health benefits. Some of these benefits include lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, cancer prevention, heart attack and stroke prevention and it’s also very low in calories. Now besides all those benefits, I simply just like zucchini, I like them added to salads, added to soups or here’s one of my favorite ways to eat zucchini and that is to stuff them.
These stuffed zucchinis are super easy to make, and I think they just look great, I think they look very impressive. These zucchinis would be perfect stuffed with mushrooms, and that way you’d have a completely vegetarian meal. However, I had some left over ground meat from the nachos I made so I decided to fill them with the ground beef mixture.
I used 3 large zucchinis for this recipe. Wash the zucchini first, then cut the zucchini lengthwise and using a spoon, scoop out the flesh of the zucchini.
As I said I used some leftover ground beef I used for the nachos, so the mixture is made up of ground beef, chorizo sausage and to this I added a bit of spaghetti sauce. You will need about a cup of this meat mixture.
If you wanted to make this a vegetarian meal, you could use the flesh of the zucchini mixed with mushrooms and some chopped onions and it would be just delicious. Anyway using a spoon, fill the zucchinis with the meat mixture.
Now I had some goat feta cheese, and feta cheese is one of my favorite cheeses, if not my favorite. Pair this feta cheese with tomatoes and you’ve got yourself a winner. So for these zucchinis I also used some shredded cheddar cheese, because it melts nicely, so I topped the zucchinis with a bit of cheddar cheese first, to which I added some feta cheese and tomatoes.
They already look so delicious and are not even baked yet. Bake these babies for about 15 to 20 minutes in a preheated 375 F degree oven. Now it all depends how you like your zucchini, but I like to still have a bit of crunch to mine, if you don’t, then bake them a bit longer.
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Stuffed Zucchini
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Total: 40 mins
Serves: 6
These stuffed zucchinis are super easy to make, and they look great and impressive. These zucchinis would be perfect stuffed with mushrooms, for a veggie version.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground beef extra lean
- 1/2 tsp cumin ground
- 1/4 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp pepper or to taste
- 1/4 cup chorizo sausage chopped
- 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce
- 3 large zucchini
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbled
- 2 small tomatoes chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
- In a skillet, add the ground beef and cook until it's no longer pink. Add the cumin, salt and pepper to it and stir well. Add the chorizo sausage and spaghetti sauce and cook for another 5 minutes, over medium heat.
- Wash and cut the zucchini lengthwise. Using a spoon, scoop out the flesh.
- Fill each zucchini half with some of the meat mixture. Top with shredded cheddar cheese, feta and tomatoes.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
Recipe Notes
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1zucchini halvesCalories: 200kcal (10%)Carbohydrates: 7g (2%)Protein: 15g (30%)Fat: 12g (18%)Saturated Fat: 6g (38%)Cholesterol: 48mg (16%)Sodium: 435mg (19%)Potassium: 695mg (20%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 6g (7%)Vitamin A: 741IU (15%)Vitamin C: 34mg (41%)Calcium: 132mg (13%)Iron: 2mg (11%)
Nutrition Facts
Stuffed Zucchini
Amount Per Serving (1 zucchini halves)
Calories 200 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 48mg16%
Sodium 435mg19%
Potassium 695mg20%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 15g30%
Vitamin A 741IU15%
Vitamin C 34mg41%
Calcium 132mg13%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Melinda Fuller says
I used grass fed ground beef and cottage cheese with this recipe. I have made it 3x. Thank you!
Gail says
Made this for lunch today! Incredible, we loved it! thank you for such an easy and delicious recipe!
Sarah says
Love, love, love this recipe! We make it all the time!! So you use chorizo sausage?? I go to this little Asian market by my work and all I can find is the chorizo sausage in a tube (like ground pork bush mushy). It’s delicious but I never know where to get the sausage links..? Grrrrrrreat recipe! In the oven now!!
Joanna Cismaru says
I find them at CO-OP here. Glad you like the recipe!
Beth says
I made a veggie version: onion, pepper, garlic, baby portabellas, and some of the zucchini from the middle. Very good!
April says
Just made these for dinner tonight and was amazing!!! Awesome and easy recipe thanks;)
jo says
Glad you liked it April. 🙂
Mari says
I made these beforw your rwcwpe I have a garden and had zucchini growing fast so my supervisor.suggested this his mother uswd to make thme I used veggie grumbles, black rice onions tomatoe paste and I used the part I scooped out in the mixture and when done topped off with cheese man.it was awesome
Bunny says
Just made these with small zucchini… still in the oven but zucchini seems to be as hard as when I put them in 15min. ago.
samantha says
These were amazing, and so simple! We just finished the entire pan! Thank you, this was the perfect recipe for my new healthy lifestyle. Tomorrow we’re going to try it with yellow squash, since we still have half a pound of the meat mixture left.
jo says
So glad you liked it! 🙂
Anna says
I’m going to try this tonight, but do you think there’s a way that you can incorporate the zucchini you scoop out into the recipe? It feels like a waste.
I’m looking forward to trying this!
jo says
You definitely add the zucchini that you scoop out to the meat mixture, the more veggies the better. 🙂
Lauren L. says
I made a vegetarian version of these tonight. I used Morningstar meal starter crumbles instead of beef and soy chorizo. They turned out great! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
jo says
Sounds wonderful, I’ll have to try that. Glad you liked it. 🙂
patsy says
These look wonderful! There are so many ways could vary the filling based on what you have on hand. I can’t wait to play around with ideas… fantastic!
jo says
Hi Patsy, You are absolutely right, zucchini are very versatile, you can literally fill them with anything, sort of like stuffed mushrooms, another one of my favorite. 🙂
Aggie says
These look AWESOME! So bright and colorful. I’d love to try them on my fam, with taco meat or a black bean mixture…they looks so delicious. Thanks for the idea (found you on foodgawker by the way!)
jo says
Thanks Aggie! 🙂
myfudo says
Wow! Looks so flavorful…I love that you have used zucchini, very low in calories and rich in flavonoids…This is a perfect dish!
jo says
Thanks. 🙂
tifanie says
Delightful! This recipe is really easy to follow. I made it for my family and they loved it! Thanks for the recipe! … You might as well take a glimpse at http://www.gourmandia.com and http://www.everythinglemon for more exciting recipes that you’ll surely admire!
jo says
Thanks Tifanie, I will take a look.