
Stuffed zucchini without bechamel
Hello friends, yet another easy and healthy recipe : stuffed zucchini without bechamel, you will love them, they are tasty and also beautiful, they are a complete dish, nutritious and satisfying.
These days I have a lot of hustle and bustle, new projects, new friends and many dreams, sudden trips and some unavoidable cultural activities but I still work every day to publish recipes that can give you ideas and help active people like me, who despite having little time to enjoy the food, feel love for the natural products and always want to take care at all costs.
Today's recipe is easy, healthy and one of those that will bring back memories of home because who has not tried stuffed zucchini? My mother prepared them for me, along with the stuffed aubergines that were part of our diet. so easy to prepare that anyone can make them, you can keep them in the fridge for another day and the filling allows a wide variety of ingredients.
Prepare your stuffed zucchini from one day to another, after some hours or next day the flavors become mixed and are richer.
My recipe is very basic, the idea is that you can prepare a rich dish with few ingredients and that also looks nice.
For my stuffed zucchini I used round courgettes, they are very aesthetic and easier to fill than the elongated, for the filling I have used beef, onion, cheddar cheese, sea salt and a mixture of peppers. I have decorated the plate with homemade ketchup and extra virgin olive oil.
You realize? They are only 4 ingredients!, It can not be simplified more taking into account the result.
These stuffed zucchini without béchamel are ideal to take to work, your colleagues will be surprised! microwave and ready.
This is one of those recipes of low difficulty and guaranteed satisfaction, do not complicate yourself and make your day to day easier. You just have to boil the whole zucchini in salted water for 10-15 minutes, when they are warm cut the top part and with a spoon they are emptied, being careful not to break them. In a frying pan, fry the onion and minced meat, add salt and pepper. You must also add the meat of the zucchini, and finish cooking it all together. Then you fill the zucchini, add cheese and the gratins, it is all very simple and fast and they are scary.
To decorate this dish I added a little homemade ketchup and a few drops of extra virgin olive oil, would also go very well a cream of piquillo peppers, the flavor of the pepper combines very well with zucchini and meat filling. As an entrant it occurs to me that a tomato soup it would be perfect and a cauliflower cream Also, although I must say that if you take a couple of zucchini you already have more than enough and it works as a single dish.
These stuffed zucchini without bechamel They are very light, precisely because of that, because they do not have bechamel sauce, if you want to add that sweet touch to the dish, you can use my recipe cauliflower cream , the fake bechamel and add it to the filling, read the entry carefully to ensure that the cream of cauliflower is thick enough and can fulfill the function of amalgamate the mixture of the filling, keep in mind that if it is very liquid the filling will not be as consistent as it should be .
If you decide to add the cream of cauliflower as a béchamel sauce, you will enrich the dish, but make sure it is well seasoned and spicy, we do not want to wash the whole.
In addition to adding the cauliflower cream to the filling, you can also put a couple of tablespoons in the center of the plate as a base and present the zucchini or zucchini on top, around add a few drops of homemade ketchup or homemade tomato sauce, it will be delicious !.
Properties and benefits of zucchini:
- It is low in calories
- Rich in fiber.
- It contains folic acid, potassium, iron, phosphorus and magnesium.
- Contains vitamin A and vitamin C
- It is diuretic and very digestive.
- And it is a source of antioxidants.
Why I like this recipe so much:
- Because it has only 4 ingredients: zucchini, meat, onion and cheese.
- Suitable for coeliacs and lactose intolerant if the cheese is substituted, (see other options in the recipe).
- Because it is low in carbohydrates.
- Stuffed zucchini without béchamel are low in calories.
- For its simple elaboration.
- Because it works as a single dish.
- They are good to take away, to go, to eat at work...
- Because of its low price.
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I hope that you encourage them to prepare them, they are very easy to make and it is a good way to include proteins and vegetables in the same dish, the result is delicious and very light. Do not forget to read the complete recipe below. Be Healthy! <img draggable="false" class="emoji" alt="" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/svg/1f609.svg">

Stuffed zucchini
Ingredients
- 4 round courgettes
- 250 gr minced beef
- 1 onion
- 50 gr queso cheddar (Optional)
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Boil the zucchini in salted water for 15 minutes.
- Allow to temper and empty carefully not to break them, reserve the zucchini pulp.
- Grate the cheese and reserve it.
- In a frying pan sauté the onion with olive oil and then the meat, cook 10 minutes and add the zucchini pulp, continue cooking all together a few minutes 5 more.
- Fill the zucchini with the sofrito and add grated cheese inside halfway, continue filling up and finish with more cheese.
- Gratin the zucchini for 5 minutes so that the cheese melts and remains golden brown.
- Serve each zucchini on a nice plate and decorate with the sauce that you like the most.
Notes
- If you want to avoid dairy products, do not use cheese and add a sauce made of piquillo peppers prepared with vegetable milk, for example.
- The filling of the zucchini can be varied, you can use the type of meat that you like or replace it with a filling of shrimp or monkfish, there are many options.
- As I explain to you at the entrance, you can make a cauliflower cream well thickened with the right touch of spices that works like fake bechamel, you can add a few spoonfuls to the filling and also a couple of spoonfuls at the bottom of the plate to present the zucchini on top.
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Ana
Thanks for the recipe, rich and healthy. The only drawback I have found is that the courgettes release some water even after the oven but the taste is great.
missblasco
Hello Ana, as you say the zucchini is a product that contains a lot of water and usually releases it during cooking. If you read the entry you will see that the first step is to boil them in water with whole salt, you do not have to cook them too much, just enough to empty them, but at the same time they are firm to hold the filling, respect the time frame in the recipe and you will not have any problem. Regards and thank you for comment. 😉