Cheesy Bacon and Corn Stuffed Zucchini Boats – Zucchini halves stuffed with an insanely delicious mixture of cheese, bacon and corn! Garlic, too!!
Zucchini boats used as a vessel for a perfectly delicious filling made with sweet corn, bacon and cheese!
HI, pals! Happiest of Sundays!! It’s gonna be a good one because I’m wearing my Sunday’s-best; black yoga pants with one of my husband’s white t-shirts. Bring on the food!!
I have to confess. There’s a song that keeps on playing itself in my head, especially this week. It goes a lil’ something like this:
“Back to liiiiife! Back to reeeealityyyy!
However do you want me! However do you need me!”
Can I just say that life is not as easy as it was 12 days ago? There’s a person in this house that goes to school. Full time! And just because I am now with only one kid for a full 8 hours, that does not mean that I can just put my feet up, sip my coffee and watch Real Housewives reruns all morning long. I learned that the hard way.
Somehow, there’s more to do because when Ana gets home, there’s all these papers I have to look through, AND they (as in her teachers), want me to, like, help her and stuff… Things are definitely not how I thought they would be. Suddenly, last year’s preschool days sound SO MUCH better.
That’s my confession. I just need to learn how to get into the groove of doing school-work. (AGAIN?? BUT I did it for 20+ years!!! WAAAAAH!)
Okay. Now we can talk about Stuffed Zucchini and how I love thee.
Have I posted too many zuch-recipes for you this season?! Promise, I am just trying to help y’all out.
I JUST said y’all! I’ve always wanted to say that! I digress.
So these stuffed zucchini boats aaaaaare SO GOOD! I mean, there’s bacon in there. Theeeen, we have corn, lotsa garlic and a good dose of cream cheese. Put it all together and you’ve got a dinner nobody can resist. Even those little ones that say green-food is yucky.
Now, go on, take your neighbor’s last of the zucchini-stash and get on ‘dis. Stat.
ENJOY!
- 4 medium zucchini
- water
- 8 slices of bacon
- 1 can (15-ounces) sweet corn (you can also use frozen corn, thawed)
- 2 garlic cloves , chopped
- salt and fresh ground pepper , to taste
- 1 package (8-ounces) low-fat cream cheese, softened
- Drop zucchini in a large pot of boiling water.
- Cook for 5 minutes, or until fork tender; drain and rinse with cold water.
- Cut zucchini in half, lengthwise; scoop out seeds and flesh, about 1/2-inch deep; set aside.
- Place bacon in a frying pan and cook to a crisp; with a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towel, leaving bacon fat in pan.
- Add corn kernels and garlic to the frying pan; season with salt and pepper and cook for 3 minutes, or until heated through and slightly browned.
- Add cream cheese and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted and mixture is well combined.
- Crumble bacon and mix it into the cream cheese mixture.
- Remove from heat.
- Stuff mixture into previously prepared zucchini shells.
- Broil for 8 minutes, or until tops are lightly browned.
- Serve.
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Kristina says
I’m assuming you mix back in the part of the zucchini you scooped out?
Katerina Petrovska says
Hi Kristina!! I didn’t do that, but you definitely can. Just fry it up together with the corn. Hope that helps! Have a great Sunday! 🙂
Jess says
These look like such a great vegetarian dish! Can’t wait to try them!
Titan Tyler says
Our Zucchini has not come up yet, but our yellow squash is over the top. Everyone is sick of me giving them some. I did this with yellow summer squash and fresh corn it was DELISH. So sick of putting up squash relish. If anyone has some good squash ideas, let me know. I just tried cucumber chips and squash chips and canned them together with dill like pickles. Other than the squash being yellow, you cant tell the difference. 1titantyler@gmail.com
Deborah Niskin says
Try freezing these on parchment paper and the in freezer bags with the air removed. I ddi and they were a good last minute dinner.
melissa says
these look amazing! do you happen to have the nutrition facts for them??
Valerie says
I made these last night for dinner and they where delicious!! Thank you so much for the recipe! I really suggest anyone who is wanting to try this to DO IT!! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!
Katerina Petrovska says
Thanks so much, Valerie!! Very happy to know that you enjoyed them!
Laura says
We really enjoyed these. I cut the recipe in half for two people. I had a half a can of black beans leftover from a previous meal, I tossed in the mixture, as well as some of the zucchini flesh I’d scooped out.
Edwin says
So, what do you do with the bacon, eat it? The last mention of bacon is removing it from pan w/slotted spoon.
Katerina Petrovska says
Hi Edwin!
Thanks so much for catching that! It’s fixed now.
So you want to crumble the bacon and add it back in the pan just as the cream cheese melts. Hope that helps. :)) Again, thank you!
Nami | Just One Cookbook says
This is the time! I always want to try stuffed zucchini recipe and I keep forgetting, but yours with cheese, bacon and corn version look perfect for my family! And it looks easy too. We’ll definitely enjoy this recipe very soon in my house! Gosh your photos always make me drool… 🙂
Meghan says
Plenty of this stuffed zucchini + Real Housewives reruns sounds like a good idea to me! I need to make these asap!
Matt Robinson says
One of my favorite recipes of yours, absolutely love these!!
Shawn @ I Wash You Dry says
These look amazing!! I can’t wait to try them out! Pinned!
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
Making this for my family ASAP!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Yoga pants are a Sunday must! So is this stuffed zucchini – squash has never looked better ;).
Jen @ Baked by an Introvert says
Wow! This looks amazing. Now, to find someone who still has zucchini I can take off their hands.