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35 Recipes to Serve with Stuffed Zucchini

Published: Aug 31, 2022 by Terri Gilson · Modified: Sep 3, 2022 · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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It's zucchini season and if you love zucchini, you're probably making stuffed zucchini or zucchini boats. It really is a great way to enjoy this summer squash! They are not only fun, zucchini boats are also healthy and low carb! But what to serve with stuffed zucchini? That is the question.... So, I have gathered up 35 fantastic recipes to serve with stuffed zucchini, from my fellow food bloggers.

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Whether you are serving fresh zucchini boats as a side or a main course, I have you covered with lots of ideas for recipes to serve with your zucchini boats that the whole family will love, including salads, rice, bread, and even main courses you could serve with your stuffed zucchini side dish.

Sides Dishes to serve with Stuffed Zucchini

If you are serving a stuffed zucchini stuffed with meat (Italian sausage, chicken, ground turkey, ground beef or bacon), like these Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Zucchini (shown), Healthy Perogy Stuffed Zucchini, Taco Zucchini Boats, Greek Stuffed Zucchini Boat or, Southwestern Turkey Stuffed Zucchini Boats, and this is the main dish, then you'll want to serve them with a side. I have gathered the best side dishes including salad, bread, or vegetable sides, for a stuffed zucchini main dish.

buffalo chicken zucchini boats with ranch dip and parmesan cheese in white bowls in the background

Salads

📋 Easy Quinoa salad recipe
This healthy Easy Quinoa salad is a Moroccan variation on Tabouli, made with gluten-free quinoa. It's also Weight Watchers friendly, dairy-free and can be made in under 30 minutes. It's a cold salad that's the perfect side dish for a BBQ and makes a great lunch box meal too!
Check out this recipe
quinoa salad with spoon sticking out, in white bowl
Spinach Salad with Honey Lime Cilantro Dressing
This Honey, Lime Cilantro Dressing is divine trio of fresh flavors that goes so well with any salad. It's perfect on this Strawberry, Spinach and Pecan salad, which make a an ideal light summer meal, a side salad or potluck salad.
Check out this recipe
honey lime cilantro vinaigrette being poured over a strawberry spinach salad
Roasted Chickpea Salad
This flavorful Roasted Chickpea Salad combines avocado, heirloom tomatoes, feta cheese and crisp cucumbers with roasted chickpeas and spices.
Check out this recipe
Roasted Chickpea Salad
📋 Healthy Greek Pasta Salad Recipe
A delicious and refreshing Healthy Greek pasta salad recipe made with creamy feta cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes and fresh herbs in only 20 minutes! It's WW friendly! Perfect summer BBQ, summer picnic or potluck idea!
Check out this recipe
Greek pasta salad in white bowl
Italian Rice Salad
This Italian rice salad can be put together in 10 minutes and is packed with fresh, zingy flavour.
Check out this recipe
Italian rice salad on a white plate with hand holding fork in salad
📋 Mandarin Orange Salad recipe
This Mandarin orange salad is easy to make and has a delicious apple cider dressing. and it's naturally dairy-free and Weight Watchers friendly.
Check out this recipe
Mandarin Orange salad in a small glass bowl with a fork
Tortellini Salad
Tortellini Salad is a tasty and unique pasta salad made with cheese tortellini, fresh veggies, salami, and a simple homemade vinaigrette.
Check out this recipe
Tortellini salad on a white plate with a fork
📋 Easy Vegan Bean Salad recipe
This 5 minute healthy vegan bean salad is the easiest and quickest BBQ side dish! Made with canned beans, it only has 6 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. It's my go-to summer salad recipe and it's Weight Watchers friendly and gluten-free.
Check out this recipe
Easy (vegan) mixed bean salad in a large bowl with a dark brown wooden spoon

Rice

Lemon Rice Pilaf with Dill and Pistachios
20 minutes for the most flavorful side dish. Lemon rice pilaf is cooked with orzo and toasted pine nuts, pistachios and loads of fresh herbs.
Check out this recipe
lemon rice in a silver work with dill on the side
📋 Apple Rice with Sausage Recipe
This award-winning Gluten-free Apple Rice with sausage with dehydrated/dried apples, sage, wild rice, spinach and pine nuts is a great fall dish and perfect for a Thanksgiving or holiday side.
Check out this recipe
apple rice with sausage on a white plate with pine cones in the background
Vegetarian Rice Pilaf
Ready in less than 30 minutes, this vegetarian rice pilaf is packed with flavor and has a mouthwatering light and fluffy texture! The perfect side dish to serve with a protein and vegetable.
Check out this recipe
vegetarian rice pilaf in a white casserole dish on wooden surface, with large spoon in it
Mushroom and Spinach Rice
This Mushroom and Spinach Rice will take that plain box of rice in your pantry to the next level. It’s full of fragrant flavor and great for meal prep!
Check out this recipe
mushroom and spinach rice in a white bowl on white linen

Vegetables

📋 Spicy Sweet Potato Fries Recipe (Moxie's Copycat)
This Sweet Potato Fries is a copycat of Moxie’s recipe. Made in the air fryer or baked, instead of deep-fried, these spicy sweet potato fries are the perfect stay at home snack or appetizer!
Check out this recipe
Sweet potato fries and dip in white plate on white bowl
Creamed Cabbage with Bacon
Creamy Braised Cabbage with Bacon is a creamy, savory, and versatile recipe. Serve it as a weeknight side dish or holiday meals.
Check out this recipe
Creamed Cabbage with bacon in a white bowl on a wooden surface, with mauve linen on the side
Loaded Cauliflower Mash
It’s the perfect side dish for every meal! Loaded cauliflower mash is creamy and tastes just like loaded mashed potatoes.
Check out this recipe
half of a white casserole dish of loaded cauliflower mash
📋 Quick Cucumber Kimchi Recipe
This Quick Cucumber Kimchi recipe is an easy spicy side dish made with sliced cucumbers and a few pantry ingredients you already have on hand. It's vegan, gluten-free and Weight Watchers friendly!
Check out this recipe
kimchi pickle in white bowl on grey marble counter surface with glass vinegar container in background
📋 Onion Baked Potatoes in Foil Recipe
These 3 Ingredient Onion Baked Potatoes in Foil (with onion soup mix) are easy to make and unbelievably delicious! Adding the onion/butter mixture between the slices and baking in aluminum foil locks in the rich flavor, adding real pizzazz to your potatoes! They are perfect in the oven or on the grill.
Check out this recipe
cooked, sliced, onion baked potato on foil

Bread and Buns

📋Bread Machine Italian Breadsticks Recipe
Make the dough for these easy and delicious Bread Machine Italian Breadsticks in your bread maker, quickly cut them with a pizza cutter, pop them in the oven and bake to perfection in 15 minutes! Your house will smell amazing, while the bread machine does all the work! They are the perfect side with soup or salad and taste great dipped in oil and balsamic vinegar or your favorite pizza sauce!
Check out this recipe
bread machine Italian breadsticks in a basket
Easy Garlic Knots Recipe (Keto)
This easy Keto garlic knots recipe is perfect for a late-night snack or a low-carb pizza side dish. They are perfect by themselves, for lunch, at a party.
Check out this recipe
Keto garlic knots on a white plate with dipping sauce in the background
📋 Everything Bagel Cloud Bread Recipe
This Everything Bagel Cloud Bread is like an everything bagel but without the calories or WW points. It's light and fluffy, quick and easy to make. It also makes a great side to soup, salad or eaten straight up on its own!
Check out this recipe
6 pieces of everything bagel cloud bread stacked on top of each other
Naan Recipe (without yogurt)
Make a batch of fluffy naan bread to serve with your favorite main dish! This vegan recipe doesn’t require any yogurt, so you can make delicious naan with just a few pantry staples!
Check out this recipe
4 pieces of naan bread on a dark wood cutting board
📋 The Best Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe
These easy to make homemade Baking Powder Biscuits are made with simple ingredients like shortening, without butter and bake up super soft and fluffy. They are the BEST Baking Powder Biscuits you'll ever try!
Check out this recipe
baking powder biscuits piled on a plate with magic baking powder in background
Easy Cornbread Recipe
Enjoy fresh baked Cornbread - ready in just 30 minutes- with this delicious, moist, and buttery Cornbread Recipe.
Check out this recipe
squares of cornbread piled on a plate with honey being drizzled from above
📋 Granny Buns Recipe (Dinner Buns)
These homemade Granny buns (aka dinner buns) are light, fluffy and soft. They are the perfect side to your Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter holiday meal or any meal!
Check out this recipe
Granny buns piled in a basket

Other Sides

📋Slow Cooker New England Baked Beans Recipe
This Slow Cooker New England Baked Beans recipe is a quick and easy side dish! It uses canned beans so you don't have to worry about fussing with boiling or soaking dried beans and it can be made in advance. It's perfect for a BBQ or potluck!
Check out this recipe
slow cooker baked beans in pottery with slow cooker in background
Quick Lemony Herbed Millet
Make this delicious lemony herbed millet as a simple gluten-free side dish! You’ll love this flavorful vegan recipe.
Check out this recipe
lemony herbed millet in a white bowl with fork in it

Main Dishes to Serve with Stuffed Zucchini

Zucchini boats make a great side dish, served with a main dish. Serving them on the side is ideal if you're having stuffed zucchini that is lighter or vegetarian, like these Air Fryer Zucchini Boats or Vegetarian Mexican Stuffed Zucchini (shown). Here are some main dishes that pair well with stuffed zucchini on the side.

Vegetarian Mexican Stuffed Zucchini Boats
📋 Old Fashioned Dairy free and Gluten-free Meatloaf Recipe
This classic meatloaf recipe is made without eggs, milk or bread crumbs. It is dairy-free, gluten-free,  easy and can be made ahead and frozen for a quick weeknight meal. It's a healthy beef meatloaf that's also Weight Watchers friendly!
Check out this recipe
meatloaf, sliced on a black tray with a colorful flower tea towel in the background
Miso Baked Salmon
Miso roasted wild salmon recipe is easy fast and delicious. This bright lemony recipe adds a delicious glaze to a freshly caught salmon.
Check out this recipe
miso salmon on a bed of lettuce and vegetables in a white bowl
📋 Shortcut Skillet Fried Chicken Recipe
This skillet fried chicken is not only easy to make, it has a healthier, unique coating and it's super quick (with my shortcut method.) Eat them hot or cold, these breaded pan fried chicken thighs also make a great picnic chicken and are perfect for the lunch bag!
Check out this recipe
view of half plate of fried chicken with macaroni salad
📋 Marinated Grilled Maple Pork Recipe
This Marinated Grilled Maple Pork is an easy recipe with a savory sweet combo of tangy lemon and maple flavors. The marinade takes about 5 minutes to put together and works it's magic while you go about your day. Your can use any type of boneless pork (pork loin or pork tenderloin) or pork chops. It's the perfect easy summer grilling recipe that's perfect for Father's day or any summer BBQ! They are also Weight Watchers Friendly.
Check out this recipe
Maple lemon pork on a plate with broccoli and baked potato in foil
📋 Hoisin Baked Chicken Quarters Recipe
An easy, economical and delicious baked Hoisin baked chicken quarters (chicken legs with thighs attached), that can whipped up quickly using staples from your pantry. This chicken is also Weight Watchers friendly!
Check out this recipe
hoisin chicken quarters piled up
📋Smoky Mesquite BBQ Slow Cooker Beer Ribs Recipe
If you don't have a smoker, but want to create that smoky flavor, you can do it in your slow cooker with soaked mesquite wood chips and a little liquid smoke. These Smoky Mesquite BBQ Slow Cooker Beer Ribs are loaded with flavor and there's no heating up the house or using the grill required. The slow cooker does all the work for you!
Check out this recipe
slow cooker ribs with beer on a cutting board with thongs in the background
Air Fryer Lemon Chicken
These perfectly spiced Air Fryer Lemon Chicken thighs combine lemon, garlic and Italian flavors and are cooked to perfection in the air fryer.
Check out this recipe
4 chicken thighs in air fryer
Smoked New York Strip
This Smoked New York Strip is one of the most delicious ways to cook this special cut of beef. Tender, juicy and a bit smoky.
Check out this recipe
Smoked New York Strip
Cornish Hens with Rosemary Wine Sauce
These Easy Baked Cornish Hens recipe with Rosemary Wine Sauce are the perfect date night recipe, Valentine's day, birthday dinner, Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner or fancy enough for a dinner party. This recipe is also economical, simple, easy to make, Weight Watchers friendly and can be made in advance.
Check out this recipe
cornish game hens with rosemary wine sauce in a glass dish with blue oven mitts in background

💭 Top Tip

When choosing zucchini for your stuffed zucchini, the size of your zucchini matters and bigger is not better! Choose smaller to medium zucchini instead of large zucchini, as they tend to be more flavorful. Larger zucchinis also tend to have a tougher skin. I usually grate larger zucchini use them in zucchini bread, muffins, cookies and fried zucchini.

📖Variations & Substitutions

  • Cheese - the cheese in most of the zucchini boat recipes can be swapped out for another type (cheddar cheese for mozzarella cheese or Monterey jack cheese or visa versa) You can use your favorite cheese or whatever you have on hand. Parmesan cheese is an excellent garnish for stuffed zucchini!
  • Oil - in most recipes you can use olive oil, vegetable oil, cooking oil and canola oil interchangeably.
  • Lactose-free - use lactose-free cheese and lactose-free cream cheese instead of regular cheese for filling.
  • Spicy - to make zucchini boats spicy use crushed red pepper flakes or add hot sauce
  • Lighten - you can substitute turkey sausage, chicken sausage, turkey bacon or ground turkey to lighten up most zucchini boat recipes

🍽 Equipment

You'll need a, 9X13 baking dish , at least 2 inches deep for making zucchini boats and in many cases, a large skillet (affiliate link), for making the filling. See individual recipes for specific equipment requirements.

stuffed zucchini in baking dish

👪 Serving Size

Each recipe has the servings listed on the recipe card. However, many of the recipes also have adjustable servings so you can half, double or triple the recipe. Simply click on the blue serving number, then select the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.

🌡️Storage

Store leftover zucchini boats in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. They will freeze well in a sealed container for up to 3 months. See individual side and main dish recipes for storage information.


❔ Frequently Asked Questions

How do you scoop out a zucchini?

Use a spoon or melon baller to scoop out the zucchini flesh from zucchini halves, leaving at least ¼ of an inch thick rim. Discard insides. Then fill the zucchini shells with filling of your choice. zucchini on cutting board with middle scooped out

Are zucchini boats healthy?

Yes, zucchini boats are healthy, low carb, low calorie, low in saturated fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. Zucchini is a good source of Protein, Vitamin A, thiamin, Niacin, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Magnesium, Potassium and Manganese.

Whether you grow your own and have an abundance of zucchini or get it at the grocery store, zucchini boats are a healthy dinner or lunch. I hope this post helped you decide what you should serve with stuffed zucchini!

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  1. Jasmine

    August 31, 2022 at 10:10 pm

    These all look delicious! Definitely saving and making a few of these.

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    • Terri Gilson

      September 01, 2022 at 6:23 am

      Thanks, Jasmine!

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