{"id":31336,"date":"2014-08-26T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=31336"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:14:33","slug":"stuffed-zucchini-couscous-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/stuffed-zucchini-couscous-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Couscous Stuffed Zucchini Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zucchini<\/a> is bursting out of backyard gardens and farmers markets this time of year and what better way to prepare it than with a delicious couscous filling? The best part about this recipe is that none of the vegetable goes to waste, so you\u2019re left with a gorgeous healthy appetizer<\/a> or light summer snack. Make a big batch to enjoy for the week, or serve it up at a dinner party to impress your guests.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Renee Blair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Israeli Couscous Stuffed Zucchini Recipe<\/h3>\n

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Serves 8<\/p>\n

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 min<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n

4 medium zucchinis
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1\/3 cup uncooked Israeli couscous
1 3\/4 cup water
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 bell pepper, diced
1 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
sea salt and black pepper, to taste<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/h3>\n
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  1. Preheat oven to 350\u00ba F. Cut each zucchini in half lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds and inside flesh with a spoon, making sure not to puncture the bottom. Reserve the inside flesh and seeds.<\/li>\n
  2. Lightly rub inside each zucchini with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 15 minutes or until tender.<\/li>\n
  3. While the zucchinis bake, prepare the couscous by bringing the water to a boil in a saucepan. Add the couscous and reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook 10-12 minutes or until all the water is absorbed.<\/li>\n
  4. To make filling, saut\u00e9 chopped onion for five minutes in a large frying pan. Chop the zucchini flesh that was scooped out in step 1 and add that to the pan along with the diced pepper. Cook another seven minutes.<\/li>\n
  5. Season with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n
  6. Add the cooked Israeli couscous and chopped basil to the pan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n
  7. Stuff each zucchini half with the couscous filling. Garnish with basil leaves and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    RELATED: <\/strong>Stuffed Acorn Squash with Wild Rice<\/a><\/p>\n

    For more recipes from Renee, visit\u00a0<\/i>www.nourishtheroots.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and follow her on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Take advantage of the abundance of summer squash with this creative stuffed zucchini recipe. It\u2019s easy to make and the perfect snack for a sunny afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":31337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,9,427,17],"tags":[244,121,87,341,381,178],"class_list":["post-31336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","category-vegan","tag-appetizer","tag-grains","tag-snacks","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets","tag-vegetable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}