Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Stuffed Zucchini Cups use giant zucchini slices hollowed out to make cups filled with meat and cheese! This stuffed zucchini recipe that’s perfect for using extra-large zucchini doesn’t have any rice, and it uses low-sugar pasta sauce!
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Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Stuffed Zucchini Cups are perfect for late summer when people with gardens are likely todiscover a giant zucchini has suddenly sprung up overnight! So for today’s Friday Favorites pick, I’m reminding you about these fun stuffed zucchini cups that have been so popular on the blog!
I love everything about this way of making stuffed zucchini from giant zucchini slices. Don’t you think hollowing out a big slice of zucchini to make a cup and then filling it with meat and cheese sounds like a delicious way to use late-summer zucchini?
I’m definitely a fan of round 8-ball squash for stuffed zucchini, but those can be hard to find, and these stuffed zucchini cups give a similar result. And this recipe for stuffed zucchini doesn’t have any rice or other grains, so it’s perfect for low-carb eaters and the recipe is gluten-free. I hope you try this recipe if you end up with some extra-large zucchini that needs to be used!
What ingredients do you need for this recipe?
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What are Zucchini Cups?
This recipe uses “zucchini cups” created from slices of overly-large zucchini that have the center hollowed out to make a cup! I think this is such a great idea when the zucchini you have on hand are too large for your usual favorite zucchini recipes.
Are these stuffed zucchini cups low in carbs?
These tasty stuffed zucchini pieces use ground beef, sausage, onion, green pepper, Mozzarella cheese, and low-carb Rao’s Pasta Sauce (affiliate link) for a stuffed zucchini recipe with only about 7.5 net carbs per serving and 33 grams of protein!
What else can you make with extra-large zucchini?
I have a collection of Recipes for Extra-Large Zucchini on this site for more good ideas to use when your zucchini get out of control!
How to make Stuffed Zucchini Cups:
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Make it a Low-Carb Meal:
I’d serve the Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Stuffed Zucchini Cups with a simple cucumber salad on the side, like one of these:
Weekend Food Prep:
This recipe for Stuffed Zucchini Cups has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep where you’ll find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!
Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Stuffed Zucchini Cups
15 minutes
50 minutes
1 hour 5 minutes
This recipe uses giant zucchini slices hollowed out to make cups filled with a meat, tomato, and mozzarella mixture. And this is a perfect idea for using zucchini in late summer when giant zucchini can show up overnight!
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Use any combination of ground meat you’d like, but use low-fat ground meat for the South Beach Diet and full-fat for low-carb or Keto.
I would use Rao’s Pasta Sauce (affiliate link) for this recipe. I used a blend of six cheeses called Italian blend.
This recipe created by Kalyn when she found some giant zucchini in her garden!
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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
These Stuffed Zucchini Cups are a great dish for any low-carb or Keto eating plan when they’re made low-sugar pasta sauce. If you use low-fat ground beef, low-fat turkey or chicken Italian Sausage, and low-fat cheese, the recipe will work for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe for Stuffed Zucchini Cups was first posted in 2009, when I had a big garden and couldn’t keep up with the zucchini! Since then, this has been a huge hit on my site every year during late summer zucchini season! The recipe last updated with more information in 2025.
