Diet Crab Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Ingredients

2 Medium-Large Zucchinis

1 Cup Crab Meat Chopped (Imitation Krab)

1 Cup Non-fat Ricotta Cheese

I Can Diced Tomatoes Drained

2 Cups Spinach Blanched and Drained 

1 Tbs Italian Seasoning

3 Cloves Garlic Minced

1 Egg scrambled 

Salt and Pepper

Directions

Wash and cut off ends on zucchini and then cut length wise.  Prepare a steamer and steam zucchini for about 5 minutes remove from steamer and allow to cool.  When cool, scrape out pulp with a spoon, discard pulp and then transfer zucchini to a non stick baking sheet.

For filling, roughly chop crab and mix with all the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl.  Spoon filling into zucchini boats and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.  Finish with broiler until crispy on top if desired.  

Total Calories: 340 :)

Serve with a salad or steamed green beans.

Enjoy:)

My workout buddy Sara and I came up with the recipe when we wanted to make something healthy that included crab.  I have a deck of playing cards that I bought at the coast that have recipes of every single one. The cards are great and all the recipes sound really good, but they mostly include mayo, cheese, butter, bread crumbs... everything that makes food super fatty.  We wanted to make a meal that was healthy and and delicious.  I took a casserole recipe as inspiration and needed a vegetable to shove it into.  With the Curves diet plan a lot of vegetables are considered "free."  Free meaning, eating as much as you want within reason, and they don't count towards your daily caloric count.  I really wanted something cheesy without feeling guilty about it and of course crab. 

A few years ago I was vegan a stumbled upon a great cookbook that had a zucchini boat recipe in it.  I made them weekly and I remember them being very filling and my husband really liked them.  Needing I vehicle of vegetable variety to transport delicious crabby cheesy filling to my mouth I remembered the zucchini boats. Crab stuffed zucchini boats were born!  We also came up with an appetizer variation that required the same ingredients.  Cut the zucchini into medallions and then top with the crabby filling.  Bake 20 minutes and enjoy. 

After eating our new creations we decided that it needed to be a staple in our diet.  It is such a satisfying meal meal with very low carbs, it's gluten free, and of course delicious.  I hope you enjoy our creation as much as we enjoyed creating it and eating it.