Pizza can be substituted with this low-carb zucchini dish.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded zucchini
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 pound 85% lean ground beef
- ½ white onion, chopped
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 ounce pepperoni slices
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 10×13-inch baking dish.
- Place shredded zucchini in a colander and sprinkle salt on top. Press down to drain as much water as possible. Let sit for 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Add eggs, 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder to the zucchini. Mix well. Press mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and onion in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Mix pizza sauce with cooked beef and spoon over zucchini mixture in the baking pan.
- Sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over the meat. Top with pepperoni slices.
- Return baking dish to the hot oven and bake until mozzarella cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 255 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 112 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 563 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was very tasty. I expected the crust to come out more like a pizza crust but it did not. It came out more like the base layer to a lasagna, soft. I guess that is why the recipe is named zucchini pizza casserole. In any case, I do think this is a good substitute for pizza.
We really liked it!
Nice alternative to a grain crust. The seasoning for me needed help. The salt pretty much runs off with the water from the zucchini… add a bit more afterwards but taste first. The ground beef on top had no seasoning. Just plain beef. I think seasoning the beef while browning would help… or else use all pepperoni or maybe sausage
I added some grilled sweet bell peppers to the recipe to make it more veg friendly but mainly because I had some in the frig that needed to be used. I put them on after the meat sauce and before the pepperoni.
Tasted more like a zucchini lasagna. I liked it but would prefer a higher veggie to meat ratio (I like my vegetables). Great recipe though!