Stuffed Zucchini with Turkey Sausage


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 277.8
  • Total Fat: 13.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 74.3 mg
  • Sodium: 1,156.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.3 g
  • Protein: 27.3 g

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Introduction

A low-Carb food A low-Carb food
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    6 medium zucchini
    3 tablespoons olive oil
    1/2 cup chopped onion
    1/2 cup mushrooms
    1 tablespoon of white wine vinagar
    1 1/2 diced tomatoes
    1 cup of parmesan chees
    1 egg, lightly beaten
    2 teaspoons salt
    2 teaspoons pepper
    1 pound of Jennie-o lean gound turkey

Directions

1. Cut zucchini in half lengthwise. Scoop out insides, leaving shells about 1/4 imch thick. Reserve about half of the insides.

2. Hear 2 Tbsp of olive oil in a skillet on medium high heat. Saute` onion and garlic until soft and golden color. Add mushroomsand reserved Zucchini insides, and saute` another 2 min.

3. In a seperate skillet heat a Tbsp of olive oil on medium high heat. Add the ground turkey. Lightly brown the brown turkey, stirring only occasionally. After that stir in the onion ad mushroom mixture from the other pan. Add the vinegar. Stir in tomato, and cook 1 min. longer. Drain any excess fat. Remove mixture from heat and set aside.

4. When mixture has cooled, add 3/4th of the cheese, egg, salt and pepper. Fill zucchini shells with mixture. Fill a baking pan with 1/4 inch of water. Place filled zucchini halves in pan and bake at 375 degrees for 25 kin., untill lightly brown. Remove zucchini from pan and put the rest of the cheese on top and serve.

makes 6 2 halves pieces

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LUVME4VER.

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    Incredible!
    The recipe was very good! I added diced orange bell pepper, parsley and oregano. I will definitely make this again. - 7/23/12


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    Incredible!
    THIS WAS SOOOOO GOOD!! I JUST MADE IT WITH SIDE OF BROWN RICE...REALLY FILLING!! THANKS FOR RECIPE!! - 5/22/11


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    Incredible!
    Awesome!! :) - 11/4/10


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    Incredible!
    Very good! It's got that "fresh from the garden" taste that we love. The only downside it that it's high in sodium but I used SaltSense so I didn't worry too much. The only addition I made to the recipe was I added 1-2 tsp of Italian seasoning. TFS - it's a keeper! - 8/16/08