Vegetarian Zucchini Boats Recipe [+VIDEO] 🥒 Masala Herb (2024)

Published: Jun 29, 2018 · Modified: Dec 20, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

Zucchini Boats are a great family dinner meal and that's how my mum would get us kids to eat our veggies.

The stuffing is completely vegetarian, skinny, healthy, and includes cheese.

Preparing baked stuffed zucchini boats for dinner is the best way to use up this amazing vegetable!

For that, I share an easy vegetarian meatless Meditteranean zucchini boat version with tomato and cheese.

Zucchini boats were a summer staple in our home, as were meals such as theclassic quiche lorraine.

🔪 How to make Zucchini boats?

Zucchini Boats are easily prepared from scratch!

These are quick instructions to help you decide if you want to make this tonight.

The complete recipe with ingredients and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

Step 1

Rinse your zucchini, cut it into half lengthwise.

Place Zucchini into a baking dish, scrape out the flesh to create "boats".

Step 2

Collect zucchini flesh with the other stuffing ingredients in a bowl and combine.

Step 3

Place stuffing into the zucchini. Sprinkle some cheese over that and olive oil

Bake until cooked through and golden.

📜 Flavor variations

You can choose your seasoning in this vegetarian recipe.

I recommend adding Italian seasoning, herb de Provence or something like a Mediterranean seasoning.

You can use oregano too and/ or basil and make it spicy add taco seasoning or cayenne pepper.

You can add the following ingredients to these zucchini boats. These are vegetarian meatless recommendations (sticking to the theme).

• jalapenos - for extra heat and a Mexican touch
• mushrooms - sliced
• parmesan - for Italian flavors
• ricotta cheese - for a creamy stuffing
• cooked quinoa or rice - if you have leftovers to use

📕 What zucchini to get?

The perfect zucchini length is 10 inches/26 centimeters. This length is easier to turn into boats.

Smaller zucchini have softer skin and the flesh tends to be tender as well. The squash will cook faster and better through.

Remember to pick only organic untreated/unwaxed Zucchini if you buy them from a store because you will be using unpeeled zucchini.

If you have grown big-sized Zucchini, you can use those as well.

But you will need to peel large zucchini because the bigger the zucchini the more bitter and fibrous the skin gets.

My mum would always prepare zucchini boats with large zucchinis, so she would peel them, quarter, or cut even smaller if necessary and hollow out as good as possible.

Then she would stuff the zucchinis just the way I am about to show you.

🥣 Serving suggestions

Serve up with cooked plain rice or aromatic rice.

Other side dishes such as couscous, wheat berries, and polenta (grits) are also great with these stuffed zucchinis.

A simple green lettuce salad with a vinaigrette is another great addition.

🍱 Storage

👁️ More Zucchini Recipe Ideas

• Meat Stuffed Zucchini Boats
• Zucchini and Eggs Skillet
• Baked Zucchini Casserole
• Garlic Onion Sauteed Zucchini

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