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This Months Theme:
“We’re repeating last December’s theme due to popular demand: It’s the end of the year and we’re taking a moment to reflect – The Recipe ReDux has been around for 54 months! To celebrate, we’re playing a little party game this month: Grab your nearest cookbook and ReDux the recipe on page 54 or 154. We can’t wait to see the books you’re cooking from these days.”
So I flipped open my old Weight Watchers cookbook, the very first cookbook I EVER bought in college. It’s funny because even though it’s already a “healthy” cookbook I figured there might be something in that book I’d like to tweak the recipe for. I was THRILLED when I saw nachos because I’ve had this idea for zucchini nachos FOREVER!
I used turkey chorizo which brought a bunch of flavor to the nachos!
I envision zucchini to be just another option during taco night, so everyone can build their own!
The key is to hollow out the center of the zucchinis so it holds the goodies just like a chip! (Hopefully this is the last set of iPhone pictures but we had a good run!
It twas delicious, I ate it several times, until it was all gone!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 chopped onion
- 1.25lb ground turkey chorizo
- 1/2 cup cheddar or mexican cheese
- 2 large zucchini squash
Optional Toppings:
- chopped tomatoes or salsa
- jalapeños
- black olives
- sour cream or greek yogurt
Directions:
- Wash and cut Zucchini. Cut them in half, then cut each half length ways into 4 or 5 pieces using diagonal cuts to create a concave center.
- Sauté onions until translucent and soft on medium high heat in oil. Add in ground meat and salute until cooked all the way through
- Create taco bar with desired chips or zucchini chips, meat, cheese and desired toppings.
- Pile nacho plate high with desired toppings, cover with microwave cover to help cheese melt or microwave for 10-15 seconds.
Question of the Day:
What are your favorite nacho toppings?
What are you most excited for on your Christmas Menu?
Don’t forget to check out my fellow reduxer recipes below!
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Love this recipe! I bet if you sliced them even thinner you could make zucchini chips out of them in the oven!
I’ve totally tried that! They get a bit small but it might work!
this is such a great idea to get your veggies in.
Thanks I thought so!
Wow these look amazing!!
Thanks!
Sounds like a fun way to enjoy zucchini- gotta remember this for next summer!
I know when we have Zucchini coming our our ears!
Nachos are the best! I’ve never tried turkey chorizo, but that sounds delicious!
Oh my gosh it’s sooooo gooooood
Yummo! Love this idea, zucchini boats are perfect for scooping up nacho-y goodness 🙂 Now I just have to find some turkey chorizo, because that sounds AMAZING!
I got mind at Whole Foods! If not you can use real chorizo or ground turkey with taco seasonings 🙂