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Zucchini Boats Stuffed with Cheese and Tomatoes
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Zucchini Boats Stuffed with Cheese and Tomatoes

Zucchini boats stuffed with a cheese and tomato mixture - a light, colorful oven-baked dish

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Halve the zucchini lengthwise and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.
    KnifeCutting boardSpoon / teaspoon (regular)
  3. 3
    Coarsely chop the scooped-out insides.
    KnifeCutting board
  4. 4
    Mix the tomatoes, garlic, parsley, olive oil, salt and black pepper in a bowl and add the chopped insides.
    Bowl
  5. 5
    Fill the zucchini with the mixture.
    💡A hollowed vegetable releases liquid: fill and bake it close to serving, or the filling sitting inside turns watery.
  6. 6
    Grease a baking dish in oil and arrange the zucchini in it.
    Baking pan
  7. 7
    Sprinkle the ricotta and parmesan over each boat.
  8. 8
    Bake 25–30 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and golden.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
321calories
15 gprotein
8 gcarbs
25 gfat
● protein 19%● carbs 10%● fat 71%

Per serving (341 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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