Zucchini Boats
This Stuffed Zucchini Boats recipe features zucchini stuffed with seasoned ground beef, marinara sauce, and mozzarella cheese. Ready in under an hour, these zucchini boats make an easy weeknight dinner!
Servings: 8 halves
Calories: 143kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/4 medium onion diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- 4 medium zucchini washed and dried
- 1 roma tomato diced
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
Instructions
- Cook ground beef over medium until browned. Drain beef and set aside.
- While beef cooks, prepare the zucchini. Cut the ends off zucchini and cut in half. Use a small spoon and scoop out the zucchinis creating a boat. Chop the zucchini that is scooped out into small pieces.
- Add onion to the pan after draining beef and saute 5 minutes, then add garlic and cook until fragrant; about 30 seconds.
- To pan, add ground beef back to the pan and then the tomatoes, marinara, chopped zucchini, Italian seasonings, salt, and pepper. Remove from the heat.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Set zucchini boats onto a sheet pan and spoon meat mixture into the boats. Top with mozzarella and bake for 25 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 406mg | Potassium: 465mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 493IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 1mg