Stuffed Zucchinis

Now that summer is in full peak; Zucchinis are in abundance at the moment! If you are growing your zucchini, there are many things you can do with them including:- Stuffed Zucchini- Zucchini pasta - Zucchini Lasagna - Zucchini fritters- BBQ zucchini- Taziki dip​

Ingredients

• 1 or 2 large zucchinis cut in half

• Parmesan cheese

• 500g mince of choice

• 6 cloves of garlic diced

• 1 onion diced

• Salt & pepper

• Generous handful of chopped herbs (whatever is in season – right now it's basil, parsley or oregano)

• ½ red capsicum

• 2 cans of chopped tomatoes

Method

1. Split zucchinis lengthways

2. Scoop out flesh with spoon and roughly chop

3. Add onion, garlic, mince, salt & pepper and zucchini flesh to a fry pan with olive oil

4. Add chopped herbs

5. Stuff the zucchinis shells with mixture

6. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese

7. Add tomato to the baking tray

8. Place on baking tray and cover with foil

9. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 1 hour

10. Remove foil and bake for a further 20mins

Jade is a final year naturopathy Student at Southern School of Natural Therapies. She is currently seeing patients from the student clinic at their Fitzroy campus.