Zucchini Pizzas

If you haven’t noticed, groceries are crazy expensive, especially meat!  I’ve been trying to make meat-free meals a couple times a week and this recipe was inspired by a couple actual people and of course pinterest.  It’s one of my new obsessions.  Although it does have meat.  I don’t really count pepperoni as a meat though, even in my vegetarian phase.  Yes, I know I’m totally illogical.  I’m okay with that.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  While you’re waiting, cover a baking sheet in foil (or parchment paper if you’re out of foil like me :) )  Then wash and cut your zucchinis in half.  Place them face down on the baking sheet.  You can coat them with a little olive oil if you’d like but I’m usually so hungry I just skip this step.

While you’re waiting for the oven to preheat you can mix up the pizza part of this recipe.  Chop your pepperoni.

Combine the pizza sauce, chopped pepperoni, garlic, and Italian seasonings in a bowl, and red pepper flakes and mix well.  You could also add in sautéed onion, green pepper, or olives but this simple mix is our favorite.

Bake the zucchini for 12-15 minutes.  Let them cool a bit, just enough so you can scoop out the innards.  Seeds.  Whatever.  Scoop out the insides and discard.

Scoop the pizza filling into the hollowed out zucchinis.  Top with a little mozzarella cheese and bake for another 3-5 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the zucchini is warm.

Enjoy!

Zucchini Pizzas

Yields 2-3 servings

Ingredients

4 zucchini

1 c. pizza sauce

15 pepperonis, chopped (add more as needed)

1 ½ Tb. garlic (if you aren’t a garlic fan you should definitely cut down on this)

1 Tb. Italian seasoning

red pepper flakes

mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Wash zucchini and slice in half.  Place face down on foil lined baking sheet.

Mix pizza sauce, chopped pepperoni, garlic, and Italian seasoning in a small bowl.

Bake zucchini, uncovered, for 12-15 minutes.  Let cool to the touch and then scoop out zucchini innards and drain the juice from the zucchini cavities.

Fill zucchinis with pizza sauce mixture.  Top with mozzarella cheese.

Bake another 3-5 minutes or until cheese has melted and zucchini is warm.