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Stuffed Zucchini

40 minutes
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by: Joanna Cismaru
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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.

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.

Process shot making Stuffed 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.

Process shot of making Stuffed Zucchini

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.

Process shot of making Stuffed Zucchini

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.

Process shot of making Stuffed Zucchini

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.

Finished Stuffed Zucchini

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Stuffed Zucchini

4.86 from 7 votes
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Total: 40 mins
Author: Joanna Cismaru
Serves: 6
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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
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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%)
Course:Lunch
Cuisine:American
Keyword:stuffed zucchini
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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.
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