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Zucchini boats with vegetables and cheese. Zucchini boats with minced meat in the oven

The homeland of the squash is considered to be northern Mexico. The locals ate only the seeds of this vegetable, and the Europeans in the 16th century also refused this. They grew zucchini solely for scientific purposes. But in the 18th century, the Italians offered to eat it raw and the course of history changed.

Today zucchini is considered one of the most popular dietary products... It contains vitamins (C, B1, B20), microelements (folic, malic and niacin), and the calorie content is no more than 24 kcal per 100 g.

Today we offer you to prepare dietary boats from zucchini. This is a simple and tasty dish that requires 3-4 ingredients and some free time.

Zucchini boats with mozzarella and cherry tomatoes

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 2 pcs.
  • cherry tomatoes - 2-3 pcs.
  • Mozzarella

How to cook?

  1. Wash the courgettes, cut lengthwise and scoop out the pulp in the middle with a spoon.
  2. Place cheese and tomato sliced ​​into rings in each half of the vegetable.
  3. Bake zucchini diet boats in the oven at 180-185 degrees for about 20-30 minutes.

Zucchini dietetic boats with chicken

© provincial_ka

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 3 pcs.
  • chicken fillet - 200 g
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • natural yogurt - 3 tbsp. l.
  • cheese (any dietary) - 70 g
  • spices to taste

How to cook?

  1. Make from chicken fillet minced meat, and finely chop the onion.
  2. Wash the zucchini, cut lengthwise and remove the pulp.
  3. Lubricate the finished boats natural yoghurt... Then put the mixture in them minced chicken with onions and spices.
  4. Before sending to the oven, lubricate healthy dish yogurt and sprinkle with grated cheese.
  5. Bake zucchini boats at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.

Diet zucchini with beef

© Yulia Lova

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 2 pcs.
  • ground beef - 300 g
  • sour cream (low-calorie) - 100 g
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • spices to taste
  • greens

How to cook?

  1. Wash the courgettes, cut lengthwise and remove the pulp.
  2. Finely dice some of the pulp together with the onion.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine the minced meat, courgette pulp, onion and spices.
  4. Salt the boats and pepper before stuffing the dish. Then fill them with the filling.
  5. Decorate the top of the diet squash boats with a mixture of sour cream and herbs.
  6. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for about 20-30 minutes.

Zucchini boats with egg and tomato

© Worldinside the Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 1 pc.
  • tomato - 1 pc.
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • cheese (any dietary) - 50 g
  • spices to taste

How to cook?

  1. Wash the zucchini, cut the top off and remove the pulp. Cut a little squash pulp into cubes with the tomato.
  2. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
  3. Beat the chicken egg, adding salt and pepper.
  4. Put chopped tomato, zucchini pulp into the boat. Then cover everything with the egg and spice mixture and garnish with cheese.
  5. Bake squash boats 40-50 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

Zucchini boats with mushrooms and mozzarella

© yulyasha__pp

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 1 pc.
  • mushrooms - 50-100 g
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • Mozzarella
  • spices
  • parsley

How to cook?

  1. Wash the zucchini, cut lengthwise and peel each half of seeds and pulp.
  2. Put finely chopped mushrooms and onions in the finished boats.
  3. Garnish the dish with mozzarella on top, pre-salt and pepper it.
  4. Bake the boats for about 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Garnish with fresh parsley or dill before serving.

Courgette boats with brown rice, mushrooms and green peas

© shanti_aa

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 2 pcs.
  • brown rice - 100-150 g
  • green peas (frozen or fresh) - 70 g
  • mushrooms - 100 g
  • natural yogurt - 2-3 tbsp. l.
  • cheese (any dietary) - 50-70 g
  • pepper

How to cook?

  1. Wash the zucchini, cut lengthwise, remove pulp and seeds from each half.
  2. Boil rice until tender, then mix with peas, finely chopped mushrooms and natural yogurt. Be sure to salt and pepper the filling.
  3. Garnish ready-made dietary zucchini boats with grated cheese and place in the oven for 30-35 minutes. Bake the dish at 180 degrees until cooked through.

Zucchini boats with bell peppers, cheese and young onions

© pp_legko_i_vkusno

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 1 pc.
  • cottage cheese (2%) - 150 g
  • bell pepper- 1 PC.
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • cucumber - 1 pc.
  • green onions - bunch
  • spices

How to cook?

  1. Wash the courgette, cut in half and core.
  2. Prepare the filling: chop the bell pepper, part of the zucchini pulp. Then, combine these ingredients with the curd, egg, finely chopped herbs and spices.
  3. Fill the squash boats with minced meat and place them in the oven for 30-50 minutes. Send the dish to the oven preheated to 200 degrees.
  4. Just before cooking, garnish the squash boats with grated cheese. When it melts, sprinkle the dish with finely chopped green onions and serve with fresh vegetables.

Don't have time to cook zucchini? Then take a look. You only need 20 minutes!

Zucchini dietetic boats are a juicy and healthy dish that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or even dinner. Zucchini is 95% water. Nutritionists recommend consuming it daily, as it is low in calories, improves the functioning of the stomach, kidneys, liver, and also soothes the nervous system.

Prepared by Tatiana Krysiuk

Zucchini is an inexpensive, low-calorie vegetable that is a staple in many dishes. Difficult to choose best recipes: quick and tasty zucchini in the oven can be cooked with different sauces and fillings. By most simple recipe zucchini are cut into rings and baked in the oven, and then served with your favorite sauce. But there are also more complex ones, designed for true connoisseurs of taste.

For 1 kg of basic vegetables, you will need the following products:

  • 2 tbsp. mayonnaise (can be replaced with not very thick sour cream) and ketchup;
  • garlic - a couple of cloves;
  • a spoonful of any oil;
  • salt.

Preparation:

  1. We prepare zucchini: rinse well, peel, cut into circles and salt.
  2. We coat the form with oil.
  3. We lay out salted circles on it.
  4. We mix mayonnaise and ketchup.
  5. We coat the top of the circles with the resulting sauce.
  6. We bake for a third of an hour in a well-heated oven.

In total, it will take about half an hour to prepare the dish.

Cheese recipe

To prepare 2 zucchini with a crispy cheese crust, you will need:

  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • a few minced cloves of garlic - to taste;
  • 3 tablespoons of sour cream;
  • a teaspoon of mustard;
  • 0.1 kg of cheese;
  • herbs, spices, salt.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Cut the peeled vegetable into small cubes, salt and season with spices.
  2. Add chopped garlic and herbs, mix.
  3. Prepare the sauce separately. To do this, mix the mustard, sour cream and 3 tablespoons of grated cheese, and then gently add the beaten eggs.
  4. Spread the seasoned pieces evenly into the baking dish.
  5. Pour over the sauce and spread the remaining grated cheese on top.
  6. Bake at medium temperature for about half an hour.

In general, it will take about an hour to bake the zucchini, including preparing the vegetables.

With minced meat and tomatoes

To bake zucchini with minced meat in the oven according to this recipe, we prepare the following products:

  • medium-sized zucchini;
  • 0.3 kg of minced meat;
  • 2 tomatoes;
  • 0.2 kg sour cream (can be replaced with mayonnaise);
  • salt to taste;
  • finely chopped greens - optional.

How to bake:

  1. Cut the zucchini into rings and lay out on a greased sheet, add some salt.
  2. Put on a spoonful of minced meat on top, cover with tomato slices, add some salt again.
  3. Mix sour cream with herbs. You can stir in the minced garlic clove if desired.
  4. Place the sauce on top of the tomato, about a spoonful.
  5. Bake at medium heat for about 20 minutes.

That's all! Simple and quick meal, which took about half an hour to prepare, can be served!

You can also do casserole with tomatoes, the main ingredient of which is zucchini.

For 2 medium-sized vegetables take

  • 0.2 kg of minced chicken;
  • 3 tomatoes;
  • onion;
  • egg;
  • a spoonful of tomato paste;
  • 0.1 g of hard cheese;
  • 2 tablespoons of sour cream;
  • salt and spices to taste.

How they cook:

  1. Fry finely chopped onions.
  2. Stir it into the minced meat, introduce tomato paste, salt, spices.
  3. Zucchini is rubbed on a coarse grater, salted. After waiting a little, squeeze the juice.
  4. Tomatoes are cut in circles.
  5. Beat eggs and sour cream, add a little salt.
  6. Half of the zucchini mass is shifted into an oiled form, then minced meat, which is covered with the remnants of zucchini. Lay tomatoes on top. All layers are poured with sour cream and egg mass.
  7. They are sent to bake in the oven for about half an hour.
  8. Take out the mold, sprinkle the grated cheese on top and send it back for 10 minutes.

With minced meat and rice

To prepare this kind of zucchini, take 3 medium vegetables:

  • 4 tomatoes;
  • 2 tablespoons of rice and sour cream;
  • 0.1 kg of hard cheese;
  • 200 ml of water;
  • a spoonful of tomato paste;
  • 150 g minced meat;
  • salt and spices.

Making zucchini stuffed with minced meat is easy. For this you need:

  1. Boil rice. To do this, put it in cold water, which is put on fire and, after boiling, is boiled for about a quarter of an hour, and then drained.
  2. Add minced meat to boiled rice, mix thoroughly.
  3. Season the resulting mass with salt and pepper.
  4. Cut the peeled zucchini into thin slices.
  5. Put a spoonful of minced meat on each circle and cover with tomato on top.
  6. Put the resulting "sandwiches" sideways in a mold in several layers.
  7. Prepare the sauce: stir the tomato paste, sour cream and water.
  8. Pour the sauce over the vegetables and send to the preheated oven for half an hour.
  9. Take out the mold to sprinkle grated cheese on top, and then send it to bake for another 5 minutes.

It takes about an hour to prepare a dish.

Zucchini casserole with chicken and cheese

Zucchini casserole is a great choice for quick and simple supper... Vegetables go well with chicken meat, cheese gives the dish an appetizing appearance.

For cooking 1 zucchini, you will need the following ingredients:

  • 0.4 kg chicken fillet;
  • 0.1 kg of hard cheese;
  • a glass of milk;
  • 3 tablespoons of butter (butter);
  • 2 tablespoons flour;
  • salt and spices.

How to cook:

  1. Wash the meat well, dry it and cut into small cubes. Then transfer to a frying pan or mold.
  2. Cut the peeled zucchini into small cubes and place on top of the meat pieces.
  3. Grind the cheese with a grater.
  4. Prepare the sauce. To do this, melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Then add flour and fry until golden brown. Pour milk, stir. After boiling, add salt and cook for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly.
  5. Pour the sauce over the meat and zucchini, sprinkle with spices on top and add the cheese.
  6. Bake over medium heat (180 ° C) for about 25 minutes.

Casseroles are eaten hot for a better taste and juiciness.

Another option for cooking casseroles includes the following products in the list of ingredients:

  • 2 zucchini of milk ripeness;
  • 0,4 kg chicken meat(fillet);
  • 2 eggs;
  • 50 g of semi-hard grated cheese;
  • onion and a little garlic;
  • a spoonful of sour cream and vegetable oil;
  • a few sprigs of dill;
  • salt pepper.

How to cook:

  1. Grind the peeled zucchini (it is better to use a coarse grater for this), stir in the salt and leave for 30 minutes to make juice.
  2. Cut the meat without bones and skin into small pieces, mince together with peeled onions and garlic, add salt and pepper.
  3. Stir the minced meat with eggs and finely chopped dill.
  4. Squeeze the zucchini, stir in the minced meat.
  5. Spread the whole mass evenly over a greased form, grease with sour cream on top.
  6. Send to a medium-heated oven for half an hour.
  7. Sprinkle cheese on top and bake for another 10 minutes.

Pieces of casserole are spread over lettuce leaves and served with fresh vegetables.

Zucchini pizza with sausage and tomatoes

Pizza turns out very tasty, the dough for which is prepared with the addition of grated zucchini... For one large pizza, you need a zucchini, 150 g flour, 3 eggs, a teaspoon of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt and a bunch of parsley. For the filling we will use tomatoes (5 pcs.), Sausage (about 120 g), hard cheese(0.1 kg) and one bitter pepper.

First, make the dough:

  1. Grate peeled zucchini.
  2. Chop the parsley and add to the squash mass.
  3. Beat the eggs separately and mix in the mixture.
  4. Combine flour, salt, baking powder, add to the courgette mass and knead the dough.
  5. Lay out baking paper on a baking sheet, grease it with oil, evenly distribute the dough on top.

Then we send it to a medium-heated oven for 25 minutes.

Oven squash frittata

Italian omelet - frittata - is prepared with vegetable, cheese or meat filling.

To prepare zucchini frittata for 0.2 kg of zucchini you will need:

  • 5 eggs;
  • medium-sized carrots;
  • a small onion, cut into small cubes;
  • finely chopped greens;
  • vegetable oil);
  • water;
  • salt and seasonings.

Frittata, despite the complexity of the name, is very easy to prepare:

  1. Fry the onions in oil for 2 minutes.
  2. Add grated carrots, a little water, simmer for about 3 minutes.
  3. Add the zucchini cut into small cubes and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes.
  4. Salt, add spices, turn off the heat.
  5. Beat the eggs separately, add some salt to them, stir in the herbs.
  6. We add the egg mass to the stewed vegetables.
  7. We move the resulting mixture into a deep baking sheet or frying pan and send it to bake in a preheated oven.

The omelet is done when the egg mixture hardens.

The exact baking time depends on the thickness of the pan: the deeper and smaller the container, the longer the frittata will take.

For example, an omelet with a thickness of 1 cm will be ready in 10 minutes, and if the thickness is 5 cm, then it will take about 40 minutes to wait.

Appetizer with herbs and garlic

A healthy snack, which can be prepared as a side dish for meat, cooks quickly enough.

First, we prepare the products:

  • 4 young zucchini;
  • garlic to taste;
  • greens (parsley, dill);
  • vegetable or olive oil;
  • salt and spices.

Now let's go directly to cooking:

  1. First, cut the zucchini in half lengthwise. Then we divide each half into 6 more longitudinal strips, the thickness of which does not exceed 2 cm.
  2. We lay out the squash strips on a greased sheet and send them to the oven preheated to 200 ° C for half an hour.
  3. At this time, chop the herbs and garlic, mix them.
  4. Put the zucchini baked in the oven on a plate in layers, sprinkle each layer with salt, spices and green mass.
  5. Pour oil on top of each layer and leave the appetizer to infuse for about half an hour.

Zucchini baked in sour cream in the oven

This method of cooking is convenient because the zucchini does not burn, and the finished circles are soft, with an appetizing cheese crust.

To bake 1 kg of vegetables you will need:

  • a glass of sour cream;
  • butter;
  • 3 eggs;
  • seasonings, herbs, salt, spices.

The action begins with the preparation of the main product: we rinse it, clean it if necessary. Then we divide into blocks about 1 cm thick.

After that, we follow the cooking recipe:

  1. Salt and pepper the pieces, leave for 10 minutes.
  2. After that, pour them into a saucepan and pour sour cream.
  3. Mix well and simmer under closed lid for half an hour without adding water.
  4. After that stewed zucchini take out with a slotted spoon, cool, then lay out in layers in a deep frying pan richly oiled with oil.
  5. Cool the liquid in which the zucchini was stewed, add eggs, chopped herbs, salt, stir well.
  6. Pour the vegetables with the learned sauce and bake in a preheated oven for about half an hour.

This dish will take about an hour and a half to cook.

Zucchini is a simple, versatile vegetable that can be used to prepare a variety of dishes. The dish of stuffed zucchini with minced meat deserves special attention.

Zucchini for stuffing is cut into barrels, rings or boats. The filling can be different, depending on your preference.

Pamper your household with delicious and a beautiful dish, prepare zucchini "boats" with minced meat in the oven.

We will prepare products according to the list.

Let's start with preparing zucchini “boats”. My zucchini, cut into 2 halves. From each half, using a teaspoon, scrub the pulp, leaving a layer of 8-10 mm of pulp around the edges. For convenience, the contour can be marked with a knife.

Lubricate the inside of the "boats" with vegetable oil, put them on a baking sheet, skin side up. We put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

While the "boats" are in the oven, prepare the filling.

Heat a frying pan with butter (1-2 tablespoons), put finely chopped onion and garlic. Fry until soft, stirring occasionally.

Cut 80 g of zucchini pulp into small cubes and put in a pan, to the fried vegetables, mix and fry for another 5 minutes.

Put the finished vegetables in separate container, straining off the oil.

Add a little more oil to the same pan, put the minced meat and fry for about 10 minutes, breaking the lumps with a spoon. Minced meat cool down.

Rub the cheese on a coarse grater. Finely chop the greens.

In a container we mix minced meat, fried vegetables, cheese, herbs. Add salt and pepper, mix. The filling is ready.

On a baking sheet, slightly oiled, we put the "boats". Salt them a little and fill them with the prepared filling.

Cut the tomatoes into semicircles, put them on the filling. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper.

We put the zucchini boats with minced meat in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, and bake for 30-40 minutes. We check the readiness by the softness of the zucchini.

Sprinkle the finished zucchini with grated cheese (30 g) and put in the oven again for 1-2 minutes. Once the cheese is melted, remove the baking sheet from the oven.

Cooked in the oven stuffed with minced meat Sprinkle zucchini in the form of boats with chopped herbs and serve as a separate dish.

The current option for a zucchini snack is fried zucchini with tomatoes, sausage and cheese in a pan. The recipe is very simple and delicious. The dish resembles a casserole, scrambled eggs, vegetable sandwiches. This snack is especially good in summer when you don't want to eat heavy food.
Recipe content:

When referring to the expression "zucchini dishes", the first thing that comes to mind is fried zucchini or squash caviar, and then there is a pause. Although, many beautiful and delicious dishes can be made from this vegetable. For example, stuff, bake, preserve, boil jam, etc. And if we take into account that zucchini is a useful, easily digestible and low-calorie product that contains minerals, fiber, iron, potassium, then there will be no price for it at all. And all these positive qualities at a symbolic low cost. I suggest not to offend such a respected root vegetable and diversify your menu by preparing a new one delicious food zucchini - fry with tomatoes, sausage and cheese.

If you are not afraid to show your imagination, then this recipe is for you. Golden and slightly stretchy cheese crust, light texture and delicate taste snacks ... All these qualities can safely turn an everyday dish into a festive one. This appetizer can be served both hot and chilled. It looks interesting on the table and will definitely arouse the interest of everyone present at the table. Everything here is just getting ready, the main thing is to have a frying pan available. And if desired, the food can be baked in the oven.

  • Caloric content per 100 g - 52 kcal.
  • Servings - 2
  • Cooking time - 40 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Zucchini - 1 pc.
  • Tomatoes - 1-2 pcs. depending on size
  • Sausage (any) - 100 g
  • Cheese - 100 g
  • Vegetable oil - for frying
  • Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
  • Ground black pepper - a pinch

Step by step cooking of fried courgettes with tomatoes, sausage and cheese:


1. Wash the tomatoes, dry them and cut them into rings or half rings. Remove the film from the sausage and cut it into thin half rings as well as the tomatoes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. You can cut the sausage thinner by 2 mm, and the larger tomatoes - 5 mm.


2. Wash the zucchini, dry with a towel and cut into rings of 5-7 mm.


3. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and add zucchini rings. Over medium heat, fry them on one side until blush, then turn them over to the other side and cook to the same degree. Do not forget to season them with salt and ground pepper. Fry all the courgettes in the same way.


4. Pick up a heavy-bottomed cast iron skillet and lay out all the fried zucchini. Put cheese shavings between the rings, it will hold the layers of food together.


5. Place the tomatoes on top of the zucchini and sprinkle with cheese. You do not need to salt them, otherwise they will give a lot of juice. And the tomatoes will be salted thanks to the sausage laid out on top.


6. Place the sausage half rings in the last layer and sprinkle generously with cheese shavings on the dish. Place a lid on the pan and place it on the stovetop on a fire divider. Turn on low heat and cook food for half an hour. During this time, the sausage will melt and saturate the vegetables with its juice and fat, and the cheese will melt and turn into a stretching crust.

Ingredients:

  • zucchini - 1 pc. (about 300 g);
  • tomato - 100 g;
  • onions - 100 g (1 small head);
  • ham - 50 g;
  • cheese - 50 g;
  • sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon;
  • salt, pepper - to taste;
  • vegetable oil (for frying) - 1-2 tbsp. spoons.

Stuffed zucchini boats in the oven recipe with photo

  1. For the recipe, take a young zucchini with a thin skin, wash and dry. Remove the stalk, and then cut the fruit in half lengthwise. With the help of a teaspoon, clean out all the pulp, keeping only the bottom and walls about 5 mm thick. It turns out neat boats, ready for stuffing.
  2. Finely chop all the squash pulp with a knife, put in a bowl. Add the tomatoes, cut into small cubes.
  3. Chop the peeled onion with a knife and fry for 3-5 minutes on a preheated vegetable oil... Do not forget to stir the slices to prevent scorching.
  4. Load the ham, cut into small cubes, to the fried onion. While stirring, keep the mixture over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Ham with fried onions transfer to a bowl with tomatoes and squash pulp. Add a spoonful of sour cream.
  6. Salt / pepper the filling components, stir.
  7. Put the squash boats in the mold. Sprinkle the blanks with salt and pepper. Zucchini after baking turns out to be soft-crispy, that is, not completely softened. If you don't like this, before stuffing, you can boil the boats in boiling water for literally a couple of minutes, so that the fruits soften slightly, but retain their shape.
  8. Ramboya, tightly fill the boats with the filling. The whole mixture should fit - it's okay if you get a slide.
  9. Three cheese on a fine grater and pour the blanks abundantly.
  10. We put in a preheated oven. We bake the zucchini for about 30-40 minutes. Temperature - 180 degrees. Stuffed boats from zucchini with a ruddy cheese "hat" served hot!

Bon Appetit!