Dinner · 75 min · middle-eastern

Kousa Mahshi

Zucchini does the heavy lifting here, with ground beef rounding it out. A Middle Eastern dinner that takes 75 minutes, start to finish. At 465 calories and 32g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 8 small Zucchini
• 1 lb Ground beef
• 1/2 cup Rice
• 2 cups Tomato sauce
• 1/2 Onion
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Mint
• 1 tsp Allspice
• 1 tbsp Olive oil

Steps

1. Hollow each zucchini with an apple corer or small spoon, leaving 1/4-inch walls — go slow; the first one always breaks.
2. Mix the beef, rinsed rice, grated onion, garlic, mint, allspice, and salt.
3. Stuff loosely, only three-quarters full — the rice swells and will burst tight squash.
4. Nestle seam-up in a wide pot and pour the tomato sauce around, not over, with 1 cup of water.
5. Simmer covered 45 minutes, until the squash yields to a fork and the rice is tender.
6. Rest 10 minutes in the pot; the sauce thickens as it stands.

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