Stuffed Zucchini-Baked Version

June 17, 2014 · by alifemoment · in cooking, food, homemade, vegetables, zucchini · 74 Comments

Stuffed Zucchini- Roasted Version

I love vegetables not only because they are good for you but because they are extremely versatile. I try to cook them during the week as much as I can but at weekends I always try to use them in a more special and interesting way. Last Saturday, I had some zucchini left on the fridge and I remembered a recipe my grandmother used to make. Obviously, I made my adjustments to the recipe with the ingredients I had and thought worked the best. I love the stuffed zucchini with mince meat, fresh parsley, fresh chives, fresh dill and cheese as I find it very easy and whenever we have friends coming by they ask me to cook it for them.

To make this recipe you will need:

250 gr of mince meat

3 medium-large sized zucchini

Fresh Dill

Fresh Parsley

Fresh Chives

50 gr of Cheddar

1 egg

1/3 of Tomato sauce can

Salt

Black Pepper

Olive Oil

1 clove of garlic

Paprika

1 glass of water

The preparation:

First of all, take the zucchini, cut them in half or 3 equal pieces (it really depends how big they are) and take the inside of the zucchini (I used the tip of the knife because I didn’t have the correct tool to remove it), basically just put the tip of the knife in the middle of the zucchini and gently roll the knife until you see the inside coming out ( it always works :)). Don’t throw the waste of the zucchini as you will use it later. Hope the photo will help!!!

After that, take a frying pan and in you put the chopped garlic, the zucchini waste, a teaspoon of oil and gently cook for 3 minutes after that add the mince meat and cook it for about 5-10 minutes until slightly brown (don’t cook it too much at this stage as it will non be tender at the end). After that add the tomato sauce, the fresh parsley,dill,chives, salt, pepper, the paprika, add 1 glass of water and let to cook for about 15-20 on medium-low heat until you see the water has evaporated. When everything is cooked, turn the heat off, put the lead on and let to rest.

After you cooked the filling, preheat the oven at 180 C/ 350 F/ gas mark 4. Add to the filling, the egg, the grated cheddar and mix all together. Now take the zucchini and fill them with the filling and then place them on a tray with baking paper on and let them cook in the oven for about 1 hour and a half ( it really depends upon the oven temperature).

I really like these kind of recipes because you can eat them during winter hot or even during spring or summer because they are perfect if eaten cold and it is a recipe I am deeply related because it brings me back a lot of memories.

I really hope you will like this recipe and I would like to know what kind of recipes are precious to you!

Enjoy!!!

Tags: baked zucchini, easy healthy recipes, Recipe, stuffed courgette, stuffed zucchini, zucchini recipes

74 comments

Debbie Spivey · June 17, 2014 - 19:21 · Reply→

These look great! Thanks for sharing how you removed the inside of the zucchini out. I was wondering. 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 21:58 · Reply→
  
  Lol, thank you Debby for the nice words. I like being practical when cooking especially when I don’t have the proper tools. 🙂
  
  LikeLike
  1. Debbie Spivey · June 17, 2014 - 21:59 ·
    
    Heehee 🙂
    
    LikeLike
  2. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 22:08 ·
    
    🙂
    
    LikeLike
Sarah · June 17, 2014 - 19:24 · Reply→

These look amazing!! Great post x

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 21:59 · Reply→
  
  Thank you Sarah for the lovely words. Hope you get the chance to try them!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
mysimpledelights · June 17, 2014 - 19:55 · Reply→

What a lovely recipe Alice! I probably won’t have the patience to roll my small knive in the zucchini! Haha! 😊

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 22:01 · Reply→
  
  Lol, thank you Farianti for the nice words. 🙂
  
  LikeLike
mprocter222 · June 17, 2014 - 21:21 · Reply→

I love this! I wonder how the zucchini would hold up if you cooked them like manicotti pasta with marinara sauce and cheese on top?

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 22:05 · Reply→
  
  That sounds really yummy,too. I think if you use a really thick marinara sauce they could hold up really well! 🙂 Thank you for the nice words!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Sarah · June 17, 2014 - 21:40 · Reply→

These look delicious!!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 22:06 · Reply→
  
  Thank you very much Sarah, hope you get the chance to try them! 🙂
  
  LikeLike
Tasty Eats Ronit Penso · June 17, 2014 - 22:19 · Reply→

I love stuffed vegetables. This one looks amazing. I should prepare some soon! 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 17, 2014 - 22:26 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much for the very nice words, hope you will like it as much as I do!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Nika Joon · June 18, 2014 - 01:40 · Reply→

I love zucchini boats, but I have never thought of preparing them this way! It looks so delicious!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 07:07 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Nika for the very nice words. I love zucchini boats,too but I find this way very interesting. 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
lapetitepaniere · June 18, 2014 - 04:21 · Reply→

They look very tasty 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 07:12 · Reply→
  
  They are very tasty because you cook it in the oven for about 1 hour and a half the flavours mix really well between each other.
  Thank you for stopping by,
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Diana · June 18, 2014 - 08:33 · Reply→

These look great! I love stuffed zucchini, but this is a new twist that I will try for sure! Love it!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 08:57 · Reply→
  
  Thank you very much Diana for the kind words, I really hope you will like them! Fingers crossed!!!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
my random garden · June 18, 2014 - 10:48 · Reply→

They look so delicious and I’ll try them one day soon as I love zucchinis. Thanks so much for the idea!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 12:56 · Reply→
  
  You are more than welcome for the nice words! I really hope you will like them! Please let me know how it goes! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Linda Arthur Tejera · June 18, 2014 - 14:01 · Reply→

This really looks good! 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 14:02 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Linda Arthur Tejera for the nice words! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
juliabarrett · June 18, 2014 - 15:53 · Reply→

Ah, since I just harvested more zucchini yesterday now I know what to do with it!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 18:17 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much juliabarrett I am very happy you will use your organic zucchini to make one of my recipes. Thank you again and well done on growing your own vegetables 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
  1. juliabarrett · June 18, 2014 - 22:38 ·
    
    I have such a big garden. You should come glean.
    
    LikeLike
  2. alifemoment · June 19, 2014 - 08:29 ·
    
    🙂
    
    LikeLike
Lindsay · June 18, 2014 - 17:41 · Reply→

This looks incredible. Zucchini is probably my favorite vegetable so I should definitely give this a try.

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 18:21 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Lindsay for the very nice words, I am really happy you like this recipe and hope you will like the results as much as I do. 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
lucyxford · June 18, 2014 - 19:26 · Reply→

yumz! will try!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 19:38 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much lucyxford for the nice words, I really hope you will like it and please let me know! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
TheColorHealthy · June 18, 2014 - 19:42 · Reply→

The ingredients are now on my shopping list!
Thank you for this.

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 19:48 · Reply→
  
  Wow thank you very much for trying the recipe, I am really happy and excited to know the final results. Hope you will like it, fingers crossed! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
TheColorHealthy · June 18, 2014 - 19:46 · Reply→

Oh, and when you say 1/3 of tomato sauce, what do you mean? Like from a can or?

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 18, 2014 - 20:21 · Reply→
  
  Yes, TheColorHealthy 1/3 can of tomato sauce. Sorry about that! 🙂 It really depends on how much tomato you like in the filling. I want the tomato to give just the flavour and a little bit of color!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
thebakealogue · June 19, 2014 - 18:09 · Reply→

Been meaning to bake these for a while now … you’ve done a fab job! Where’s the download button to have it right now? 😀

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 19, 2014 - 18:17 · Reply→
  
  Lol, thank you so much for the very nice and kind words! I really hope you will like the results! Fingers crossed!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
FarminCityfolk · June 20, 2014 - 15:46 · Reply→

These look spectacular. How do you feel about putting them on the grill?

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 20, 2014 - 16:57 · Reply→
  
  I have never tried them on the grill and I feel that cooking in the oven makes them cook more evenly (which helps blend the different flavours together) but never say never.
  Thanks for stopping by and the very nice words!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Banan Gharaibeh · June 20, 2014 - 17:55 · Reply→

looks really yummy,will try it soon 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 20, 2014 - 18:53 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Banan Gharaibeh for the nice words, I hope you will like them as much as I do!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
  1. Banan Gharaibeh · June 20, 2014 - 19:53 ·
    
    ♡♥
    
    LikeLike
  2. alifemoment · June 20, 2014 - 20:01 ·
    
    🙂
    
    LikeLike
greenmackenzie · June 20, 2014 - 20:53 · Reply→

Wonderful and tasty looking…..I love Zucchini, although we call them courgettes…..and I have some wonderful plants growing in the garden right now. It’s always great to get new ideas of how to use them 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 20, 2014 - 20:57 · Reply→
  
  Thank you greenmackenzie for the very nice words, I really appreciate. Well done to you for growing your own vegetables in the garden (we are growing tomatoes,basil,rosemary and courgettes as well) I know it is not easy but it worth it.
  Hope you have an amazing weekend!!!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Cara Villarojo · June 22, 2014 - 04:21 · Reply→

This is great! I love stuffed vegetables!!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 22, 2014 - 09:42 · Reply→
  
  I am happy you like it, hope you get the chance to try them! 🙂
  
  LikeLike
Mims · June 23, 2014 - 12:30 · Reply→

Reblogged this on The No Red Meat Ninja and commented:
Yum! I’m dairy-free, so I replaced the cheddar with leftover vegan risotto and ground turkey instead of mincemeat, and my substitutions WORKED! I will definitely keep this recipe on-hand.

LikeLike
skd · June 24, 2014 - 12:46 · Reply→

Remarkable. Tx for sharing something new every time 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 24, 2014 - 13:53 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much skd for the very nice words, I love sharing my simple and everyday recipes with people who like food and cooking! Plus you get to meet amazing other bloggers like you! 🙂
  
  LikeLike
  1. skd · June 24, 2014 - 18:49 ·
    
    Aww… That’s really nice of you ☺
    
    LikeLike
  2. alifemoment · June 24, 2014 - 18:54 ·
    
    🙂
    
    LikeLike
penpenpenpen · June 26, 2014 - 14:45 · Reply→

Zucchini! That looks yunmy!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 26, 2014 - 14:47 · Reply→
  
  Thank you very much for the nice words! I am happy you like it! 🙂
  
  LikeLike
livecook · June 27, 2014 - 00:20 · Reply→

Stuffed zucchinis, what a great idea!

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 27, 2014 - 08:35 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much livecook for the very nice words, hope you get the chance to try them! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
realgirldiet · June 29, 2014 - 14:30 · Reply→

These look delicous! I’ll have to give them a try 👍👍

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 29, 2014 - 15:25 · Reply→
  
  Thank you very much for the nice words, I really hope you will like them a much as I do! 🙂
  
  LikeLike
  1. realgirldiet · June 29, 2014 - 19:32 ·
    
    I’ll definitely let you know 😄
    
    LikeLike
  2. alifemoment · June 29, 2014 - 19:34 ·
    
    Thank you so much, fingers crossed! 🙂
    
    LikeLike
Sylvia @superfoodista.com · June 29, 2014 - 17:35 · Reply→

Oh yum – these look soooo delicious!!! 😉

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · June 29, 2014 - 17:42 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Sylvia for stopping by and the nice words! Hope you get the chance to try it! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
the want to wander · July 4, 2014 - 14:33 · Reply→

I want to make these! They sound (and look) so delicious

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · July 4, 2014 - 14:45 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much for the very nice words! I hope you will like them as much as I do!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Yana · July 21, 2014 - 12:45 · Reply→

It sounds absolutely delicious! I look forward to making it! 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · July 21, 2014 - 13:33 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Yana for the lovely words and I am very curious to know what you think! Please let me know how it goes!
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Light Leaper · July 29, 2014 - 21:18 · Reply→

Hi, A friend of mine used to make these, she had a special zucchini instrument to get the stuff out! This looks so yummy… Thanks for the recipe! 🙂

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · July 29, 2014 - 21:28 · Reply→
  
  Thank you very much for stopping by, I love making this recipe,
  it reminds me of my childhood 🙂
  
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
johannerafn · October 7, 2014 - 17:49 · Reply→

Mmm, yummy! These looks good. I want to try them baked with hummus (to make them vegetarian) or even with red lentils. Great recipe, will try:)

LikeLike
1. alifemoment · October 7, 2014 - 18:45 · Reply→
  
  Wow that sounds like a brilliant idea, I love hummus I’ll have to try that,too. Thank you for stopping by and the kind words! 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Kat Carter · November 3, 2014 - 00:14 · Reply→

Loving your blog! Haven’t heard of stuffing zucchini before! Sounds delish though 🙂

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. alifemoment · November 3, 2014 - 08:41 · Reply→
  
  Thank you so much Kat for the lovely words, I am really happy you find my recipes interesting. Please do give the stuffed zucchini a go, I am sure you will like them. 🙂
  Best wishes,
  Alice
  
  LikeLike
Stuffed Zucchini-Baked Version | homethoughtsfromabroad626 · April 17, 2015 - 08:39 · Reply→

[…] Stuffed Zucchini-Baked Version. […]

LikeLiked by 1 person