Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Recipe
This Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini can indulge your tastes and satisfy cravings by merely being one gem of nutrients found in this squash. Offering vitamins and trace minerals ranging from Vitamin A, vitamin B group, zucchinis are bursting with taste.
The importance of trace minerals in our body is vital, as many chemical reactions that take place during metabolism, protein and enzyme production, require for different minerals. What is more important, these minerals won’t be activated if one or more co-factors are missing. Co-factors are nutrients – minerals or vitamins or other proteins – that activate a reaction and ensure its completion.
Zucchini is such a generous vegetable when it comes to trace minerals!
Zinc – a powerful antioxidant that participates in nutrient absorption, promotes muscle growth and repair, and has its “hand” in dozens of other metabolic reactions in our body.
Niacin – it is a Vitamin B3, part of the vitamin B group, that is responsible for converting food into energy.
Interestingly, zucchini squash has high content of Omega-3 fatty acids. These essential amino acids are key to our brain, eye and cardiovascular health. All of us need it on the daily basis. Zucchinis could be one of the sources giving us some of it
That is why eating from the variety of sources, more of veggies and fruit every day, we supply a myriad of nutrients that participate in body’s metabolism, day and night. Without proper nutrition, our body will get older faster, as the wear and tear inside of it hasn’t been supported by the “spare parts,” so to say, the vitamins and minerals, proteins and carbohydrates and fats that make all circuits complete.
In a way we don’t need to know all the names and functions of all the nutrients Mother Nature offers us. We just need to reach out and eat these fruit and vegetables to rip all the benefits they have in store for us.
Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini
Celebrate fresh whole foods every day. Grill them, steam them, bake and add herbs and spices of your liking. When we treat food as our source of joy and happiness, every meal becomes a celebration of life.
Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini
- 2 medium zucchini, each cut in half lengthwise
- 6 oz Italian turkey sausage
- ½ chopped onion
- 1 can, 14.5 oz Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, drained
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- ¼ cup Egg Beaters® Original
- 2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Oil 13×9-inch baking dish with olive oil.
Scoop pulp from each zucchini half, leaving 1/4-inch shells and reserving pulp.
Place shells cut-side down on a microwave-safe plate and cover with waxed paper.
Microwave on HIGH 4 minutes or until shells begin to soften slightly.
Arrange shells in baking dish.
Cook sausage in medium skillet over medium-high heat until crumbled and no longer pink, stirring occasionally.
Remove sausage from skillet; set aside.
Cook onion and reserved zucchini in skillet about 5 minutes or until onion and zucchini are lightly browned and softened.
Stir in drained tomatoes, cooked sausage and bread crumbs.
Remove from heat; cool about 5 minutes.
Stir in Egg Beaters.
Spoon filling into zucchini shells.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Bake 10 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.
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I do something like this! It’s good with yellow squash, too
Wow, this is a great discovery. This is a novel way to prepare zucchini. Plus, I love sausages.
Looks yummy!! Thank you for sharing with us @ #HomeMattersParty. We would love to have you again next week.
Sounds great! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on G+! Have a great week!
Kim
I have never thought about stuffing zucchini, but these look so tasty. Usually zucchini gets boiled in our house as that was how my mom always cooked it. I am going to have to try this soon. Thanks for sharing on Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen
Two things my family loves, Italian Sausage and Zucchini. I am going to try and make it for an 18, 21 boys and my husbands. Picky eaters.
As we enter into the Uber Bounty of Zucchini this will be my new go to,thanks!
This looks like a really tasty treat and really presented well. This would make a great snack.
I’ll have to share the link to your recipe with my mom. She would love it!
Mmmm stuffed zucchini is one of my favorites in the summer time! I have gotta try your Italian sausage stuffed zucchini recipe for sure! Pinning 🙂 Thanks
Wow, this is so pretty! Stuffing zucchini sounds like a great idea, although I think I’d use a different filling. Thank you so much for sharing!
This looks like a fabulous recipe! Pinned to use later. I love making zucchini in the summer when you have get it fresh from the farmer’s market.
I just love zucchini just about anyway I can get it. I’ve never tried stuffed zucchini or zucchini boats, but these look so good!
This looks delicious. I love zucchini but I haven’t tried it in a very long time.
This sounds healthy and packed with protein. This is going to be a huge hit here in our house.
I have never had zucchini. This looks like a great way to give it a try though. We like Hunts, so I’m sure my family would be on board to give this a go! Thanks for the recipe.
What a delicious recipe. I have never thought of stuffing a zucchini. Off to try it
I love zucchini and Italian food so this one will surely work for me. I hope to try it real soon.
Love zucchini and Italian sausage! I noticed you used turkey sausage in you recipe. I trust this would work as well with pork sausage?
Sounds good! Hopefully, this will get my kids to eat zucchini.
I admit, I do like zucchini but cant seem to find a recipe I like. This recipe is one I have to try because they look so yummy and it looks so easy to make.
Oh my gosh this looks amazing! I think this would be a great way to get my husband to eat more veggies
That looks so good We’re definitely going to add this to our list of recipes to try.
I always end up with lots of zucchini from our garden each year and this will be a great way to try it a little differently. Definitely pinned for later!
Oh Yummm. That is one great meal.
Ok this sounds absolutely amazing! I just started to eat zucchini last year and need all the ideas I can get on how to prepare it! This sounds yummy!
Wow- this looks amazing! I’d love to get some fresh zucchini and give this a try. Thanks for the recipe!
Yum! This is one of those meals that’s great visually and tastes awesome too. I’d love to make it.
You are making me regret not planting zucchini this spring! This recipe looks and sounds amazing!
Linda,
Zucchini should be on our plant/plate list at all times! Love this veggie!
Just use the local market and farmer’s market to get fresh ones for this or any other recipe!
Enjoy this summer!
This sounds like it would make a perfectly balanced meal for me with little to no bother. I may have to attempt to make these.
Oh this looks perfect for summer! I love Italian sausage and I’m sure this summer we’ll have a surplus of zucchini!
This looks like a great candidate for dinner tomorrow night! I can’t wait to try the recipe and hear the accolades from my family 🙂
Yumm Zucchinis are one of my favorite veggies. I’ve never had them with Italian Sausages. I definitely know what I’m cooking this Sunday for dinner ♥
Felice Raina // http://thekissofjoy.com // ♥ ♥
Yummy, these need to get in my tummy. I might have to make them.
I love zucchini and I love sausage, so this sounds like the perfect combination of both. I totally want to try this recipe!
Anything Italian I love. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I want to get a fork and dive in, the pics make me hungry.