Whether you are looking for a (practically) meatless main dish or a tasty side veggie for your meal, these Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats fit the bill. Full of healthy vegetables, loads of flavor and texture we make it a point to have this on the table often, and I think it makes a pretty presentation as well.
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While this version has a definite Italian flavor, feel free to use whatever veggies and seasonings you have on hand to create your own version.
Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Ingredients:
2 green zucchini
2 slices prosciutto
½ cup grated Parmesan
½ cup diced tomatoes
3 small sweet peppers
½ small onion
1 Tbsp. butter, melted
2 cloves garlic crushed
½ tsp. basil
1 tsp. black pepper
½ tsp. salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Finely dice onions and sweet peppers.
3. Chop prosciutto well.
4. Place onions, peppers, and prosciutto in a bowl with diced tomatoes, butter, Parmesan, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper- mix well.
5. Slice zucchini in half lengthwise.
6. Use a spoon or melon baller to scrape out the majority of the “flesh” from the zucchini, leaving ¼” in the shell, add this to the other ingredients if desired.
7. Fill zucchini boats with mixture to overflowing.
8. Place on baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
9. Top with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and fresh diced basil if desired before serving.
You could easily make these stuffed zucchini boats meat free or add browned crumbled Italian sausage for another flavor variation. This recipe is very versatile!
Enjoy!
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Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 2 green zucchini
- 2 slices proscuitto
- ½ cup grated parmesan
- ½ cup diced tomatoes
- 3 small sweet peppers
- ½ small onion
- 1 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- ½ tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- ½ tsp. salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Finely dice onions and sweet peppers.
- Chop proscuitto well.
- Place onions, peppers, and proscuitto in a bowl with diced tomatoes, butter, parmesan, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper- mix well.
- Slice zucchini in half lengthwise.
- Use a spoon or melon baller to scrape out the majority of the “flesh” from the zucchini, leaving ¼” in the shell, add this to the other ingredients if desired.
- Fill zucchini boats with mixture to overflowing.
- Place on baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
- Top with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and fresh diced basil if desired before serving.
Oh my! These sound absolutely fabulous!! Thanks for sharing Manuela!
With your cooking skills I’m sure you can improve upon them! 🙂
They look so good! I make a similar one with Italian sausage, but love the idea of the prosciutto.
I make a recipe very similar to yours but I add sausage to mine. One thing I have found is that if you scoop out all of the seeds (where most of the water in the zucchini resides), these will freeze very well when stuffed! Last summer I had more zucchini than I could eat, so I made a bunch of these. I initially froze them on a baking sheet, and once frozen, I popped them into freezer bags (and then put that bag into another freezer bag). They don’t take long to thaw and cook up great!
Thanks for leaving that tip! That so good to know. I love being able to freeze food – makes meal prep so much easier on busy days!
Lucky you having such a good zucchini crop! I’ve always found them very hard to grow. I can grow everything else – just not squash (at least in my old vegetable garden). We’ll see how my veggies do in this new yard.
Ah YUM! Love how these are super healthy. Stopping by from A Pinch Of Joy – would love for you to stop by my baking blog to say hello! 🙂
I love all the ingredients you used. This looks like a great meal. I found your recipe over at the Inspire Me Tuesday link party. I host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you would come over and share this recipe. I’m sure our party goers would love it! Here is the link http://bit.ly/1xR7OkE. Have a wonderful day!
This sounds wonderful! I am needing more good recipes to get more veggies in my diet. Pinning ! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, these look delicious and it’s another great way to get your veggies. I am always looking for that.
Thanks for sharing, just printed the recipe, so I can try them.
Blessings, Nellie