Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Pizza Boat Recipe

Did you grow an abundance of zucchini this year? There always seems to be a few that get missed when you’re picking them that grow too large for slicing and frying or even to make zoodles.

Or perhaps friends and neighbours have been offering you a share of their over abundance of zucchini. 

When I picked up corn on the cob to freeze for winter, the farmer asked if I wanted a couple of zucchini for free.

Never turn down free food!

As you can see… they’re a good size. Way too big for spiralizing but the perfect size for stuffing.

Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Pizza Boat Recipe

• 1 large zucchini
• 1 lb of ground pork (or pork sausage meat)
• 1/2 cup of chopped onion
• 1/2 cup of chopped peppers
• Homemade pork sausage meat spice mix (if using ground pork)

Cut one zucchini in half lengthwise.

Hollow out the zucchini halves leaving as much of the flesh as possible.

Chop half a cup each of onions and peppers.

I had frozen chopped peppers so I used those.

Make your homemade sausage meat spice mix.

Scramble fry the ground pork (or whatever ground meat you’re using) in a frying pan. Add the spices, onions and peppers.

Add one cup of strained crushed tomatoes.

Fill the hollowed out zucchini halves with the sausage meat mixture.

Bake at 350ºF for between 30 to 40 minutes until a fork can easily be inserted into the flesh of the zucchini.

Cut the Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Pizza Boats in half to serve as one is usually too much for a single serving.

Doesn’t that look delicious!!

Any extra zucchini can be grated and frozen in recipe sized portions.

For that second large zucchini given to me by the farmer, I’ve measured out one cup of grated zucchini into snack sizes bags to be used this winter to make zucchini bread.

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Yield: 4 servings

Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Pizza Boat Recipe

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 large zucchini
• 1 lb of ground pork
• 1 c of crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup of chopped onion
• 1/2 cup of chopped peppers
• Homemade sausage meat spice mix

Instructions

1. Cut one zucchini in half lengthwise.

2. Hollow out the zucchini halves leaving as much of the flesh as possible.

3. Chop half a cup each of onions and peppers.

4. Scramble fry the ground pork (or whatever ground meat you're using) in a frying pan.

5. Add the spice mixture, onions and peppers.

6. Add crushed tomatoes.

7. Fill the hollowed out zucchini with the meat mixture.

8. Bake at 350ºF for between 30 to 40 minutes until a fork can easily be inserted into the flesh of the zucchini.

9. To serve, cut the Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Pizza Boats in half.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 495Total Fat: 32gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 143mgSodium: 358mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 41g

The nutritional information provided is approximate. If you need more accurate info, please make the calculations following whatever nutritional guide works best for you.

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