Healthy Cheesy Hasselback Zucchini Pizzas

Preheat oven to 425 levels F.
Wash and dry your zucchini, then slice off the ends.
Line up a chopstick on both facets of the squash and slice till you hit the stick.
Start at one quit and maintain slicing into discs (with out slicing all of the manner thru the squash) till you have reached the alternative end. Repeat for final squash. If you're making extra.
Slice each zucchini in half of for easy-to-stuff portions.
Line a baking sheet with foil, then set up your squash on pinnacle.
Next, stuff cheese and pepperoni between every tasty little zucchini disc, alternating every for tacky pepperoni pizza deliciousness in every chew!
Season with purple pepper flakes and pinnacle with any other sheet of foil.
Pinch + fold alongside the perimeters to make a foil pouch.
The foil pouch will no longer only assist the zucchini cook quicker by using steaming the squash, however may also keep the cheese melty and save you it from browning.
Bake at 425 stages F for 20 mins if al-dente zucchini is desired, and 5-10 min longer for softer zucchini.
Allow to rest/steam included in foil for an extra five mins ---> this changed into my perfect concept of al-dente. They had been smooth yet nonetheless company - no soggy zucchini here! If you discover you need yours softer, pop it lower back within the oven for 10 minutes for greater smooth zucchini. Easy peasy + definitely customizable!

Recipe Notes

For this recipe you could use sliced cheese or grated cheese. Both paintings first rate, but I discover the usage of slices the easiest. I purchased deli-sliced mozzarella and reduce each square into quarters. Depending on the dimensions of your zucchini, the quantity of cheese and pepperoni may additionally range only a smidgen.
Bake times may additionally vary a smidge from oven to oven.
My zukes really cook dinner faster in this kitchen than in my closing one so... Element in some more minutes in case you need them, however I promise these little nuggets of deliciousness prepare dinner pretty darn fast! You ought to even toss them on the grill using the foil pouch technique!