Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, zucchini boats. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Zucchini boats are the perfect way to make an otherwise light veggie side into a hearty and filling meal. To make zucchini boats, simply scoop the flesh out of the zucchini halves and stuff them with a filling of your choice. You have a meal, and a creative way to use up all the zucchini in your garden.
Zucchini Boats is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Zucchini Boats is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook zucchini boats using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Zucchini Boats:
- Prepare extra large zucchini
- Prepare italian sausage (hot or mild, i used one for each boat)
- Prepare red onion
- Get bell pepper
- Get eggs
- Take whole wheat italian bread crumbs
- Take each of fresh thyme, basil, oregano
- Prepare olive oil
- Prepare worchestershire sauce
- Prepare salt
- Get fresh ground pepper to taste
- Take choice tomato sauce ( i used paul newman's garlic and italian sausage)
- Make ready grated creamy havarti cheese
- Get chopped green onions ( half for garnish)
A delicious recipe that's perfect for summer. When summer rolls around zucchini boats are a must on the dinner menu, especially when we hit mid summer and there is a plethora of zucchini to be used up. Cut each zucchini in half lengthwise. Crumble sausage into a small skillet; add onion and celery.
Steps to make Zucchini Boats:
- preheat oven to 375°F
- clean zucchini, cut off ends and carefully cut in half lengthwise. scoop out seeds to about a half inch thickness throughout the boat.
- combine meat, herbs, vegetables, egg, bread crumbs, oil, and seasonings into large bowl, mix well.
- pack meat mixture into zucchini boats. cover with your choice of tomato sauce. make sure the zucchini gets covered too.
- bake at 375°F for about 45 minutes. check to make sure meat is thoroughly cooked. (about 145°F for pork)
- layer cheese ontop of boats and melt in oven. use broil if you want crisper cheese.
- garnish with green onions or fresh basil
There are so many ways to change up these zucchini boats! This is a bit of an Italian version with the Italian sausage, tomatoes, breadcrumbs and cheeses. Here are some more ideas on how to change up these stuffed zucchinis. Zucchini Taco Boats - hamburger meat, chili powder, cumin, cheese, olives, tomatoes, avocados Stuffed Zucchini Boat Variations. This is an Italian style stuffed zucchini, but there are so many other great ways to fill your squash!
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