Who doesn’t LOVE pizza!?! This recipe has everything there is to love about pizza…the warm gooey bubbly cheese, with the slightly sweet sauce, all piled onto one of summers best veggies (in my opinion)…ZUCCHINI!!! One serving is 2 large zucchini boats for only about 200 calories, and packed with 18 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per serving, which means it will keep you feeling satisfied longer!
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These pizza zucchini boats are great to make for an appetizer, snack, or meal…and even non-zucchini fans are guaranteed to love this recipe! This dish is surprisingly quick and easy to make, so if you have never made zucchini boats, I recommend trying it! In fact, zucchini boats only ‘look’ hard to make, (when in fact, they are so simple), so naturally, you end up looking like a ’star’ in the kitchen! 
Ingredients
- 4 large zucchini, halved lengthwise
- 1 lb (2 c) lean ground turkey OR Boca meat style crumbles, OR ground turkey sausage
- 1/4 c onion, diced
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 c pizza OR pasta sauce (any variety with about 100 calories or less per 1/2 cup serving)
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- *Optional: 2 tbsp basil, 2 tbsp oregano
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a 13×9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large non-stick skillet, combine ground turkey, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, (and basil and oregano if you desire). Cook over med-high heat until turkey is brown and cooked through.
- While the turkey is cooking, make the ‘zucchini boats’ by scooping the seeds from center of each zucchini half, using a spoon or melon baller. This will make 8 long ‘zucchini boats’. Set boats in baking dish, placing them side by side.
- Once the ground turkey is browned, add the pizza/pasta sauce and parmesan cheese to the skillet, and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened up.
- Spoon turkey mixture into zucchini boats. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top of each boat.
- Bake zucchini boats for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cheese is golden brown.
Enjoy! Love Katie
Servings: 4 (2 zucchini halves per serving)
Calories: 220 (for 2 zucchini boats)
Weight Watchers Points Plus: 8 for 2 zucchini boats
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you always have the most creative stuff! xo.
it was DELICIOUS!!!! Thanks for the wonderful idea!
