Stuffed Zucchini

 This wonderful recipe came from Mrs. Fae Shaffer :)

Ingredients
1 lb of 99% lean ground turkey
1 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
half of a large sweet onion, chopped SMALL :)
3 cloves of garlic
1 can sodium free tomato sauce
zucchinis ( i used 6 medium sized one, the larger ones are easier to work with)
one small tomato (the softer the better)
Red/Yellow Bell peppers (half of each will work)

Directions:
preheat oven to 350
Cut the zucchinis in half-length wise. Take a small spoon and scoop out as much of the center as you can (place in a separate bowl, do NOT throw away) set aside. chop up the onion (3/4 of the 1/2 mentioned above), bell peppers, and 1 zucchini very small, and sauté, set aside to cool. Cook the turkey, set aside to cool. Take a small pot, and put the white part of the zucchini that you scooped out, add 1/4 or 1/2 cup of water (and a pinch of salt) and let it cook a bit till its softer. You can add the cooked quinoa, turkey and sautéed veggies in a bowl and mix up, set aside. In another pot, sauté the remaining 1/4 of onion, once its cooked, add the can of tomato sauce, the zucchini stuffing from the other pot, and crush the garlic and add to the pot. this is where you can get creative and add your own spices. I used garlic powder, salt, white pepper and crushed red pepper and oregano (i like it a bit spicy) let it cook a bit. Once the sauce is done, add half of it to the quinoa/turkey/veggie bowl and mix up. In a LARGE pot, boil some water, and put the zucchini in long enough to make them softer, take them out and dry off. Last but not least, lol, after the zucchinis have cooled, scoop some of the quinoa mix into the zucchinis, put in an oven safe pan, and lightly drizzle remaining sauce on top of zucchinis. Put in the oven for 20 minutes. Take them out and ENJOY :) FYI - I had a good amount of  the mixture left over, so I put it in the freezer and will use it another day.