Pizza Stuffed Zucchini Boats
All the flavors of pizza neatly packed in healthy, nutritious zucchini boats! It’s cheesy comfort without any of the guilt!
With the influx of football type party foods here lately, I figured it was time to share something a little bit more hearty for skinny jeans weather.
After all, we all need to practice some clean eating here and there, right?
I’ve actually been meaning to make zucchini boats for quite some time but I just never got around to it until now.
I guess I was just worried it would be incredibly time consuming to scoop out the insides of the zucchini but with the use of a melon baller, it’s unbelievably easy!
Effortless, really.
And with a handful of simple ingredients, you’ll be able to have pepperoni cheesy goodness guilt-free in 30 minutes or less.
Pizza Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Ingredients
- 4 medium zucchini
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces ground turkey
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon basil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 ½ cups marinara sauce
- ⅔ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup mini pepperonis
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- Cut each zucchini in half horizontally, then carefully scoop out the center of the zucchini, reserving for another use, leaving about 1/2-inch of zucchini on the skin.
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add ground turkey, oregano and basil; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the turkey as it cooks; drain excess fat. Stir in marinara sauce until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.
- Place zucchini in a single layer, skin-side down, onto the prepared baking sheet; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add ground turkey mixture to each zucchini and sprinkle with mozzarella, topping with mini pepperonis.
- Place into oven and bake until the zucchini is tender and the cheese has melted, about 20-25 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with Parmesan, if desired.
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Made this recipe and threw some of the zucchini chunks into the meat, so as to get more ‘chini goodness. GREAT RECIPE, THANK YOU!
My whole family loved these. I used Italian turkey sausage and it was delish! Thanks for another fantastic recipe
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Any idea of calorie counts on your recipes? I am still counting with my lose it app. I’ve lost 20 lbs in 3 months and I would love to try some of these recipes, but still need to track diligently.
They look delish!!! 😀
Joy, congrats on the amazing weight loss! Unfortunately, I do not publish nutritional information on my site as I am not a registered dietician. I suggest using online resources such as Calorie Count to obtain such information.
I too, am on a low calorie diet for weight loss. After a visit with my doctor, we decided on 1200 calories a day, using MYFITNESSPLAN.COM. When making this type of recipe, I weigh and measure everything on my dinner, but for the rest of the family, I just make them as they are suppose to be made. Sometimes this means I omit an entire ingredient, or substitute something that corresponds with my eating plan. Best of luck on your diet!
I think this is going to be a winning ticket to get my husband to eat zucchini! Thanks, Chung-Ah!
IN THE ZUCCHINI RECIPE WHEN DESCRIBING COOKING THE TURKEY, YOU IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH ALSO REFER TO HOW TO CRUMBLE THE BEEF WHICH SINCE NO BEEF CAN BE SEE IN THE INGREDIENTS I THINK IS A MISTAKE.
It was meant to say “turkey”, not “beef”. Thank you for pointing that out – it’s been fixed!
In response to your steamed lentils question (I tried to email you back but it seems to be an incorrect email address), you can find them at your local grocery store. If you cannot find them, feel free to steam them at your convenience. I like to purchase already steamed lentils since it makes for such easier cooking!
Made these for my husband and I tonight. Absolutely delicious! Thank you thank you! Can’t wait to make these again.
Oops! You forgot to add to top the mixture with the cheese before placing in the oven.
Thank you for letting me know – fixed!
What a fun way to eat zucchini!
Just stumbled upon to your blog while i was visiting another blog. The zucchini boats look absolutely terrific! Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
I love anything pizza so this recipe is perfect, especially because I can use some garden fresh vegetables with it!
I prepare something similar quite often and I can confirm how delicious they are. Yours look great, as always 😉
Yum!! I love the idea of pizza atop zucchini 🙂 looks so tasty!
I love stuffed zucchini, these boats look so good (and a melon baller is what I use too, so quick and easy!).
Thank you! I need some healthy recipes!!
I love these zucchini boats…They look darn delish!
Oh man, I love these! Such a fabulous idea.
pinned.
These look so delish – and pretty healthy too!!! Love!