Healthy Stuffed Zucchini With Ground Turkey
Follow both the vegetarian and dairy free adaptations above.
Healthy stuffed zucchini with ground turkey - Preheat oven to 400 f. They are made with simple ingredients including ground turkey beans salsa cheese and bell pepper. These taco stuffed zucchini boats are keto friendly high in protein veggie packed and delicious.
For vegetarian stuffed zucchini omit the ground turkey. I feel like a kid in a candy shop with so many wonderful recipes to choose from and try. 4 recipe submitted by sparkpeople user minnimee.
Slice zucchini in half lengthwise and use a spoon or melon baller to scoop out the center leaving about 1 4 inch zucchini shell all around see video for demonstration. One of the best zucchini recipes i ve ever made. Cook until turkey is no longer pink 8 to 10 minutes.
Cut zucchini in half length wise scoop out center to make boat add pasta sauce to ground turkey mixture simmer on medium for 5 8mins stirring frequently scoop turkey mixture into zucchini cover with mozzarella cheese bake at 350 until cheese melts yield. Stir in chili powder cumin smoked paprika garlic powder onion powder salt pepper mexican salsa and black beans. Great for busy weeknight meals.
In a large bowl combine turkey garlic and herb seasoning egg white and 1 2 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Combine reserved zucchini pulp turkey green bell pepper sweet red pepper onion mushrooms and spinach in a skillet over medium heat. I don t know about you but i m getting a little bored with the usual grilling options and looking for quick and healthy alternatives that also include some sort of vegetable in the mix.
Simmer for about 7 10 minutes. Mix well and shape mixture into about 32 meatballs. Ground turkey ground turkey can be substituted with ground chicken beef or even italian sausage.
In a pan on medium heat brown ground turkey in 2 tbsp of olive oil. Turkey stuffed zucchini makes the perfect healthy dinner. Ingredient substitutions for italian stuffed zucchini boats.
Remove from the oven and top with shredded mozzarella and bake for another 5 minutes. Add ground turkey and season with salt and pepper cooking until turkey is white breaking up in smaller pieces. Take a note from my mushroom tacos and try mushroom stuffed zucchini as a meaty substitute.
Fill them evenly with the turkey filling and bake for 20 minutes. I love your website and can not wait to try your turkey stuffed zucchini recipe. 4 1 2 c servings number of servings.
