Stuffed Zucchini with Onion and Cottage Cheese

Delicious zucchini for healthy eating! You might think there's only so much you can do with zucchini — fry it, turn it into a spread, or stew it with vegetables. But no. Here's one more recipe I think you'll love: stuffed zucchini with onion and cottage cheese.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 16 % 4 g
Fats 60 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 24 % 6 g
169 kcal
GI: 83 / 0 / 17

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    The ingredients.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Take a zucchini, preferably a small one. Peel it, then lower it into boiling salted water. Cool it down, cut it in half, and carefully scoop out the middle — don't throw it away, we'll use it later.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Now for the filling. Sauté the onion in butter, then add the scooped-out zucchini flesh — just squeeze it well first to remove excess liquid.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Add the flour, then pour in the milk, stirring constantly so no lumps form.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Once the mixture has thickened, take it off the heat and stir in the eggs, cottage cheese, salt, and pepper.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Fill the zucchini halves. Set them gently in a greased baking dish and bake for half an hour.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Serve it as a side dish or as a meal on its own.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68  kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64  kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60  kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47  kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140  kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157  kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45  kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542  kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352  kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118  kcal/100g
  • Zucchini - 23  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 40% fat content - 466  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 20% fat content - 233  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 18% fat content - 226  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 10% fat content - 156  kcal/100g
  • Low-fat cottage cheese - 75  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese with sour cream - 260  kcal/100g
  • Fruit cottage cheese - 147  kcal/100g
  • Soft dietary cottage cheese - 170  kcal/100g
  • Vitalinia cottage cheese - 64  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese 'morning' ( 'danone') without sugar - 91  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese - 156  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364  kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348  kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g

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