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Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats
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Sausage and Peppers Stuffed Zucchini Boats are baked tender soft zucchini stuffed with a hearty sausage, onion and peppers marinara sauce and topped with melty mozzarella cheese. Stuffed Zucchini boats are easy to make. These are a great low carb meal option that is healthy, delicious and one of the best ways to eat zucchini!
Why You’ll Love this Stuffed Zucchini Boats Recipe
Za-za-zucchini! Do you have zucchini coming out of your ears from your garden? I sure do! There are so many recipes I’m finding for zucchini! It’s crazy. Lots of zucchini brownies, zucchini chocolate cupcakes and of course zucchini bread. But today is all about sausage and peppers stuffed zucchini boats! These are the bomb. Totally simple and low carb. I decided to use sausage and peppers and stuff that little mixture into some zucchini for a tasty little meal. Seriously. It was super yummy. And pretty simple too. 🙂
How to Make Sausage and Peppers Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Sausage and Peppers Stuffed Zucchini Boats are an easy one pan meal that covers all the bases. For full recipe details, see the printable recipe card down below. Here is what you can expect when making this recipe.
Prep + Preheat
Preheat oven to 350° F. Slice zucchini in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds, using a spoon. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper and place flesh side up in a 9×13 pan. Bake for 30 mins.
Sauté Veggies + Sausage
While the zucchini is baking, heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Sauté onions, peppers and sausage until browned. Stir in salt, black pepper, basil, oregano, and marinara sauce. Remove from heat.
Could I use a different sausage?
Absolutely! If turkey sausage isn’t your thing or don’t have it on hand, you could use chicken, pork, beef sausage…whatever you prefer will work for the filling.
Adding Filling to Zucchini Boats + Bake
Once zucchini is finished baking, fill with sausage and peppers mixture, top with mozzarella cheese and return to oven to bake. If you’d prefer a crunchier zucchini 10-15 minutes would be sufficient. If you’d like it softer, bake 30 minutes.
Serve Warm
Once the cheese is melted and the stuffed zucchini boats are as crunchy or as tender as you’d like, serve!
What To Serve with Stuffed Zucchini Boats?
While these could totally be a meal on their own, here are a few idea to help you out:
- Cucumber Tomato Salad
- Harvest Apple Blue Cheese Salad
- Tomato Basil Soup
- Minestrone Soup
- Pasta Primavera
Storing Zucchini Boat Leftovers
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2-3 days.
To Make Ahead and Freeze
Allow Zucchini Boats time to cool completely. Place in an airtight, freezer safe container. These will stay fresh in the freezer for about 1 month.
Other Stuffed Recipes You Might Like:
- Chicken Bacon Alfredo Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
- Enchilada Stuffed Mushrooms
- Cheesy-Stuffed Garlic Butter Crescent Rolls
- Alfredo Stuffed Shells
- Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
Love Zucchini? Here are a Few More Recipes using Zucchini:
- Zucchini Fritters
- Fried Zucchini
- Soft Zucchini Bread Recipe (super easy!)
- Lemon Zucchini Cookies
- Zucchini Brownies
These are super easy to do and make a great way to use up a lot of zucchini FAST! Be sure to print/save/bookmark or share this recipe, to keep it handy. The printable recipe card is below. Have a great day, friends! 🙂
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Sausage and Peppers Stuffed Zucchini Boats
These Sausage and Peppers Stuffed Zucchini Boats are a great low carb meal that is delicious and one of the best ways to eat zucchini! Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 4 medium zucchini
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced
- 8 oz turkey sausage or sausage of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon basil dried
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano dried
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce or marinara sauce
- 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Slice zucchini in half and scoop out seeds. Place in a 9×13 pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for 30 minutes.
- While that is baking, heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Sauté onions, peppers and sausage until browned, 5-7 minutes. Stir in salt, black pepper, basil, oregano, and marinara sauce. Remove from heat.
- Once zucchini is finished baking, fill with sausage and peppers, top with cheese and return to oven to bake. If you'd prefer a crunchier zucchini 10-15 minutes would be sufficient. If you'd like it softer, bake 30 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
Calories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 19gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 59mgSodium: 631mgPotassium: 852mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1233IUVitamin C: 71mgCalcium: 161mgIron: 2mg
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We are having having a hard time finding what kind of sausage for this recipe? Can you help?
I found some turkey sausages from Fred Meyer. But the aidell’s chicken sausages would work equally well in this application too! Those are a little more readily available.
My husband and I love these zucchini boats. They are easy to prepare early in the day or the night before and bake them right before supper. Great flavor! Thanks for the recipe.
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We had these last night and I wish I had made double the recipe! They were great. My husband loved them too. We are not big zucchini fans, but if I scoop out a fair amount of the center, they are just right.