Stuffed Zucchini

I made this delicious zucchini recipe last night, much to the dismay of my dieting conscience.. and I gotta tell ya….. as my mother would say… Food For The Gods!!   With the growing season on the near horizon, this is a great recipe, a meal in itself! .. for all that summer zucchini

Ingredients:
3 large Zucchini
1/2 large onion, chopped fine (I used onion powder instead)
1 Tbsp butter
5 – 6 slices crispy bacon, chopped
1 Tbsp sour cream
1/4 to 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp curry powder  (we don’t like curry, I left it out)
1  tomato, seeded and chopped
1 tsp fresh thyme leaves ( I used dried)
freshly grated Parmesan cheese – ( don’t be bashful)
fresh cracked black pepper

(you can also make these vegetarian and take the bacon out or use a meat sub. or replace with some olives or any other veggie)

Wash the Zucchini – Slice in half lengthwise. Leave the ends on to keep the filling in. Scoop out the flesh with a melon baller or a spoon. Leave a ledge of zucchini around the edges. Arrange the zucchini boats in a baking dish. Chop the zucchini flesh as small as you like.  I put it in a blender.

Finely chop half a sweet onion (or use onion powder).  Chop up some good smokey bacon. Add the curry powder (or not)… cook until desired doneness of onions and remove from heat (unless you’re using onion powder). To the zucchini flesh, add sour cream.  Rough chop some fresh thyme leaves (or use dried Thyme). Mix onion and bacon  with other ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning. Stir in the tomatoes.  You don’t want the filling to be all runny, so you might want to seed the tomato (I didn’t) . Add some parmegiano to the mix… Refill the zucchini shells with the filling mixture.

Grate some good aged Parmigiano Reggiano cheese on top and sprinkle with fresh cracked black pepper. Bake uncovered at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes.  

( This is my variation of a recipe found on FB – origin- someone named Crafty Witch )

16 thoughts on “Stuffed Zucchini”

  1. Well, this fits perfectly in my diet conscience. Perfectly! I love my zukes. This looks delicious and I'll be trying it. Maybe I'll sub sausage. Get this, I'm not a bacon nut like most everyone else. I really need a therapist.

    Lovely Karen!

  2. Mmmm, looks yummy! I use the same concept with zucchini but put pizza ingredients on them. So good. Pizza flavor without the calories of the crust.

  7. ACTUALLY! If you aren't eating carbs and sugar this is a GREAT recipe and VERY healthy on my eating program! See the good food you can have? Even when not eating carbs and sugar? My naturopath would deem this a perfect meal! High fat = good!

  9. we do these on the grill in summer, will have to spice "mine" up with your filling…mouth watering I tell ya.

  11. I guess I know what we're having for dinner tonight. And we might have it at noon – I don't think I can wait!

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