Delicious and Nutritious Zucchini Canoes

Here is another great recipe idea. A perfect choice for friends and family for summer– Zucchini Canoes!

This dish makes four servings and only takes 25 minutes to prepare.

First, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• Get 2 medium sized zucchinis, approximately 2 inches wide.
• Half a teaspoon of salt – divided
• Half a teaspoon of freshly ground white or black pepper -also divided
• One Tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• One Tablespoon of shallots, minced
• 1 Cup of Grape Tomatoes, quartered
• Half a cup of diced feta cheese.
• A quarter of a cup of fresh basil, thinly sliced.

Now that you have the ingredients, here’s how to prepare this great dish.

Prepare the zucchini by trimming both ends and cutting them in half, lengthwise. Then just cut a thin slice at the back so that each half can sit flat on a dish. Then take out the pulp inside, being careful to leave a zucchini shell that is about ¼ inch thick. Chop the pulp you set aside finely for later use.

Get your steamer basket or any covered pot. Place just an inch of water inside. Steaming makes the veggies taste better and retains more nutrition when compared to microwave cooking. Then place the zucchini inside the steamer and season with a quarter teaspoon of both salt and pepper.

For the canoe fillings:

In a medium bowl combine the olive oil, vinegar, shallots and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon of salt and pepper. Then add the basil, zucchini pulp, tomatoes and cheese. Whisk all of these flavourful ingredients together in a blend. This will be used as filling for the Zucchini canoes. Divide this filling equally for the vegetables.

Nutrition Information:

This light but healthy dish only packs 87 calories per serving, 4 grams of fat of which 1 gram is saturated fat and 3 grams is Mono. It also has 7 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams added sugars; 7 grams protein; 2 grams fiber; 408 milligrams sodium; 454 milligrams potassium. The carbohydrate serving you get from this dish is one half of the total and you get an exchange of 1 vegetable to 1/2 high-fat meat.

You can add a bonus of Vitamin C (48% of daily value), Vitamin A (19% of daily value), and Calcium (16% of daily value).

Enjoy this easy to prepare and healthy dish!