Vegetarian Delicacy

Couscous-Stuffed Zucchini

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Couscous-Stuffed Zucchini
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Health Score:
89 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
35 min.
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 15 min.
Ready in
Calories:
539
calories
Calories

Nutritional values

1 each contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie539 cal.(26 %)
Protein19 g(19 %)
Fat28 g(24 %)
Carbohydrates52 g(35 %)
Sugar added0 g(0 %)
Roughage7.3 g(24 %)
Vitamin A0.2 mg(25 %)
Vitamin D0 μg(0 %)
Vitamin E6.3 mg(53 %)
Vitamin K37.3 μg(62 %)
Vitamin B₁0.6 mg(60 %)
Vitamin B₂0.4 mg(36 %)
Niacin6.2 mg(52 %)
Vitamin B₆0.4 mg(29 %)
Folate55 μg(18 %)
Pantothenic acid0.8 mg(13 %)
Biotin7.8 μg(17 %)
Vitamin B₁₂0.3 μg(10 %)
Vitamin C51 mg(54 %)
Potassium984 mg(25 %)
Calcium223 mg(22 %)
Magnesium115 mg(38 %)
Iron4.4 mg(29 %)
Iodine29 μg(15 %)
Zinc2.4 mg(30 %)
Saturated fatty acids7.8 g
Uric acid119 mg
Cholesterol22 mg
Complete sugar20 g

Ingredients

for
4
Ingredients
olive oil (for greasing the baking dish)
3 Zucchini
40 grams blanched almonds
3 shallots
2 garlic cloves
2 Tbsps olive oil
200 milliliters Tomato juice
1 tsp Harissa
4 Tbsps Currants
180 grams Couscous
1 tsp sweet ground paprika
1 tsp Turmeric
½ tsp ground ginger
1 pinch cinnamon
1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
salt
cayenne pepper
100 grams Feta
200 milliliters Vegetable broth
1 whole Lime
200 grams Greek Yogurt (0.1% fat)
How healthy are the main ingredients?
FetaCurrantalmondolive oilparsleyginger

Preparation steps

1.

Grease one large or two small oven-proof dishes.

2.

Rinse the zucchini, trim the ends and cut into approximately 8 cm (approximatley 3.5 inch) long pieces. Scoop out the pulp with a melon baller or small spoon, leaving approximately a 1 cm (approximatley 0.5 inch) thick border. Place the scooped out zucchini into the baking dishes. Chop half of the zucchini flesh. Coarsely chop the almonds and saute briefly in a dry pan until fragrant.

3.

Peel the shallots and garlic and finely chop. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sweat both until translucent. Pour in the tomato juice, stir in the harissa and boil again. Mix the currants with the couscous, paprika, turmeric, ginger and cinnamon. Add the boiling tomato juice and cook about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in the crumbled feta, almonds, parsley and chopped zucchini pulp. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Spoon the mixture into the zucchini shells and surround with some broth. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 35 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil during last 10 minutes of cooking.

4.

Rinse the lime with hot water, pat dry and grate the zest. Squeeze the juice and mix the yogurt with lime zest, juice and salt to taste. Spoon mixture into bowls and serve with the stuffed zucchini.

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