Hello Folks! I thought I do something a bit different from my usual posts today. Since I've been on my migraine medication (that I
posted about a while back) it's caused my eating habits to change quite a bit. The biggest change is that I no longer crave/want carbohydrate type foods, which has been really strange. I still eat the occasional sandwich here and there but when it comes to pasta, potatoes, and most breads, I'm just not interested. This has kind of left me at a loss of what to eat and caused me to get bored with a lot of foods, until I started stuffing vegetables, now I'm happy. One of my favorite foods is stuffed zucchini, which I thought I'd share.
The version I made is with turkey, but could easily be made vegetarian if you substituted the turkey for TVP.
Alright, here we go...
You will need.
- 2 Zucchinis
- 1 Medium Size Tomato
- 1 Jar of Jalapenos
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons of chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon of cracked black pepper
- 1/2 Red Onion
- 1/2 Pound of Turkey/Beef/Soy Crumbles
- 1/4 cup Shredded Cheese
Oh, on a side note, I just made an entire bowl of the turkey mix and then used it over a few days for various things like the stuffed zucchini and lettuce wraps, so you may have some left over. It's better to have too much than not enough, so this recipe will more than likely leave you with too much!
Step 1:
Thoroughly wash and scrub your zucchini. Then cut it in half and scoop out the middle creating little zucchini boats.
Step 2:
Once you have all of the guts scooped out, put them in a baking dish of your choice and place them in the refrigerator while you complete the next step. At this point I like to put a few little sprinkles of shredded cheese in the bottom of the little boats to draw up a bit of moisture.
Step 3:
In a skillet begin to cook your turkey/beef/tvp (whatever you've chosen to fill your zucchini with). If you've elected to use meat, make sure you cook it thoroughly and to the correct temperature for your chosen product. I elected to use turkey. While the filling is cooking this is a good time to dice your red onion and chop your tomato.
Step 4:
Pre-Heat oven to 400°F
Once your filler is finished cooking combine all of the ingredients into a pot with the filler. At this point you can season the filler, onions, and tomatoes with chili powder, and cracked black pepper. This is also where I added my jalapenos. I prefer them out of jar simply so I can pour the jalapeno juice into the mixture for the extra spice! I also end up using about half the jar of jalapenos, but that's just me, you can use however much you'd like.
Step 5:
Pull your zucchini boats out of the refrigerator and begin to fill each boat with your filler, (make sure that they are closely placed side by side so when you begin to fill the boats with your mixture they catch all of the excess bits). Once you have filled each zucchini boat with your desired amount, top with shredded cheese and pop in the oven for 20min at 400°F.
Step 6:
Eat and Enjoy!
If you have any left over filler I highly recommend using it to make lettuce wraps because they will be delicious!
