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Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats

May 3, 2016 By Allyson 7 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.

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These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

As most of you know, I have been trying to come up with lots of new healthy recipes, and I’ve been trying out lots of fun new food fads recently. Lately I have been playing a lot with zucchini, because it’s really so delicious and healthy. You can pretty much incorporate it into anything, and it takes on the flavor of what you are mixing it with. I have been obsessed with ‘Zoodles’ or zucchini noodles, and now I am equally obsessed with zucchini boats! I have a couple great recipes to share with you in the next few weeks, but you have to try these Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats – they are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy (see bottom for nutritional information)!

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

Using the southwestern filling in these zucchini boats, takes them to a really great place. You can customize the spice level to your liking, and add or leave out any ingredients you want. They are very versatile and easy to make. This is a vegetarian dish, which is great for anytime or a meatless Monday recipe. You could also add meat if you want – I think even a shredded rotisserie chicken would be great here; just mix it with the filling and get on with things.

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

Zucchinis are always plentiful during the summer, so it’s easy to pick them up when they are really cheap, and then use throughout the week. You could make these, some Zoodles, and maybe double the filling and use it in a Southwestern Stuffed Sweet Potato! The options are endless! With only about 127 calories (see bottom for nutritional info) per zucchini boat, you can easily eat 2 of these plus something else for dinner and not feel guilty! They are so filling, too!

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!
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Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

Ingredients
  • 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 red onion diced
  • 3 TBS diced green chilis
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1.5 cups frozen or fresh corn
  • 1 cup black beans
  • 2 plum tomatoes chopped
  • 3-4 medium zucchini I used 3.5 because 1/2 of one was bad, sliced in half longways and slightly hollowed out
  • 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
  • juice from 1/2 a lime
  • 1/4 cup red enchilada sauce homemade or canned
  • 3 green onions chopped
  • 1/4 cup reduced fat mexican shredded cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

  2. Using a large baking dish, add zucchini halves flesh side up, and lightly brush the tops with olive oil (should use about 1/2 oil TBS total). Place into oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.

  3. While the zucchini is cooking, add the remaining 1/2 TBS olive oil to a skillet, and add red onion and green chilis; saute for 3-4 minutes. Add cumin and chili pepper; stir. Add beans, corn, and tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes. Add lime and cilantro; stir and cook for 1 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside.

  4. Fill zucchini boats with southwestern filling, then pour the enchilada sauce over the tops, add shredded cheese and green onions on top.

  5. Place back into the oven and cook for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Recipe Notes

Try to use zucchinis that are wide and the same shapes - this will make cooking easier.

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

These Southwestern Stuffed Zucchini Boats are easy, delicious, and majorly healthy! only 127 calories per serving!!!

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  1. Bec says

    August 26, 2016 at 6:25 am

    Love these flavors together! And the zucchini boats look great – but the idea of making double, and having a different meal with the second batch is so much more appealing than repeating the same meal again!!! Can this filling be frozen successfully? Thanks!

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    • Allyson says

      August 26, 2016 at 10:19 am

      You know, I haven’t tried freezing the filling, but I would be optimistic it would freeze well! I am going to try that next time I make these. If you try it, please come back and let me know how it turned out! Thanks, Bec!

      Reply
  2. Elizabeth says

    March 15, 2018 at 9:14 am

    What brand of enchilada sauce do you recommend buying??

    Reply
    • Allyson says

      March 18, 2018 at 5:54 pm

      I make my own – here’s the recipe!

      Reply
  3. Julie says

    July 31, 2018 at 8:42 am

    This looks good but where is the zucchini that you took out? Don’t you use it in the recipe?

    Reply
    • Allyson says

      July 31, 2018 at 2:24 pm

      I don’t, but you could def add it to the filling for the boats! You only scoop out a tiny bit to make an indentation, most of the zucchini is left in the boat and the filling is essentially sitting on top 🙂

      Reply

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