Santa Fe Stuffed Zucchini

It's definitely zucchini season!  I don't know about you, but I love zucchini and I am always looking for new ways to prepare it.  I found this recipe which makes zucchini boats that are stuffed with a Santa Fe seasoned ground turkey mixture.  The original recipe calls for 12 oz. ground turkey and not the full cans of black beans or corn - I decided to make a bigger recipe and had some leftover stuffing mixture that I baked in a sepearte pan in the oven.  The leftover stuffing would be great over lettuce!

Servings: 6
Serving Size: 2 zucchini halves 
Points Plus: 7pp
Level of Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:
5 medium zucchini
1 lb. lean ground turkey
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can corn, rinsed and drained
1 jalapeno pepper
1 tomato, diced
1 clove garlic
1/4 cup onion, chopped
2 tsp. cumin
Kosher salt
1/2 cup salsa
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 cup Mexican shredded cheese, reduced-fat

Directions:
Bring a large pot of water to to boil.  Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wash and slice each zucchini in half length-wise.  Scoop out the insides of each zucchini half, leaving about 1/4 of an inch to form a zucchini boat.  Place the hollowed out zucchini halves in the boiling water and boil for 1-2 minutes.  Save the insides of the zucchini to add to the stuffing mixture.  Brown the ground turkey in a large skillet over medium high heat; season with salt to taste.  Once the turkey is almost cooked through, add in the black beans, corn, jalapeno, tomato, onion, garlic, zucchini and cumin.  Mix all ingredients together and simmer on low for about 20 minutes, covered.  Place the zucchini boats in a 9x13 baking dish.  Add about a 1 Tbsp. to the bottom of each zucchini half and then top with the turkey stuffing mixture, about 1/3 cup of stuffing will fill each boat.  Finish with 1 1/2 Tbsp. shredded cheese per half and top with fresh cilantro.  Bake for 35 minutes and then serve immediately.

Tip:
Maybe Santa Fe isn't your favorite seasoning?  Try taco zucchini boats instead!

XOXO Megan

Recipe inspired by Skinnytaste