You might be looking at these zucchini pizza boats and thinking they couldn’t possibly taste good. You’d be wrong.
It’s surprising how well the zucchini forms the perfect base for a pizza mix!
Scoop them out a little then fill them up and you can eat them hot or cold, holding them like pizza sticks.
This recipe includes a mixture of sundried tomato, cauliflower, ham, olives, bell pepper, mushrooms, and cheese for the toppings. But like any other pizza, you can use all sorts of things – chicken strips, ground beef, spinach, avocado, broccoli, onion, feta, spinach – top the zucchini boats with whatever you like and they will taste just as awesome. 🙂
ENJOY!
Low Carb Zucchini Pizza Boats
Ingredients
- 3 large zucchini
- 6 teaspoon tomato paste
- 3.5 oz cauliflower – chopped small
- 3.8 oz ham – equiv. 4 slices – diced
- 1/4 red bell pepper – diced
- 2 sundried tomatoes – sliced
- 4 pitted kalamata olives – sliced
- 3 mushrooms – sliced
- 2.2 oz cheddar cheese – equiv. 1 cup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F/ 175°C.
- Chop the ends off the zucchini, the use a teaspoon and scoop out the inner part (white flesh), leaving an edge at each end to form boats. Scrape them out well but still leave a little zucchini in the bottom too
- Place on a baking tray, then spoon one teaspoon of tomato paste into each boat, smoothing it over the bottom.
- Add a sprinkle of cheese, then fill the zucchini with your toppings. Topping with cheese to finish.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and zucchini is cooked but still firm. You want to be able to pick them up and eat them like pizza sticks.
- Cool a little then eat your heart away!
Essential Kitchen Tools
Sharp knives in the kitchen save you time and effort and are something you use every day. And baking trays, well, baking is a super easy way to cook, so keep them handy in the cupboard for a cold winter night – or mid summer if you have aircon. 🙂
And you always need a good grater, or make it easier – a food processor with a grater! To make a nice appetizing treat for the family or guests, serve them up on some beautiful wooden serving boards.
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I need help to help my mom, who has type 2 diabetes. She recently moved in with us. Old southern mama set in her ways, when it comes to food….please help!!
That can be tough Peggy, but keep at it, people can change despite their age. Check out our free resources and for extra help, you might consider joining us as a member where you can access many, many meals and diabetes education too.
Just checking in.
A friend threw me a surprise birthday party and of course there was too much of the wrong foods to eat! My taste buds have definitely changed , I do not enjoy sweet things anymore and can easily pass on potato . I did not check my bloods, knew they would be high.
Back on track today !
Seems like this is extremely high in sodium and cholesterol for a healthy meal?
Ham and cheese are rather high in salt, which can be solved by low salt cheese and using chicken instead. As for cholesterol, 65 mg is not high and it’s irrelevant. The cholesterol you eat does not equate to higher blood cholesterol. We have more info coming on this soon.
Thank you for new cooking ideas.. it makes it a lot easier for making better meal combos
I like your weekly blog