Low carb? Absolutely. Scrumptious? Oh, yeah. Both light and hearty? You know it! Enjoy this easy one-pot meal on any weeknight evening.
January 4 2017 by Anne Aobadia, photo by Emma Shevtzoff, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE in Recipes, Dinner, Meal
Low carb? Absolutely. Scrumptious? Oh, yeah. Both light and hearty? You know it! Enjoy this easy one-pot meal on any weeknight evening.
USMetric
4 servingservings
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp butter, for greasing the baking dish
- 4 oz. 110 g zucchini
- 2 (8 oz.) 2 (220 g) yellow onionyellow onions
- 3 3 garlic clovegarlic cloves
- 5 oz. 140 g cherry tomatoes
- 1¾ cups (7 oz.) 425 ml (200 g) fresh mozzarella cheese
- ½ tsp ½ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp dried basil or dried thyme
- 1½ lbs 650 g sausage in linkssausages in links
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease a baking dish with butter.
Divide the zucchini into bite-sized pieces. Peel and cut the onion into wedges. Slice or chop the garlic.
Place zucchini, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and sausages in the baking dish. Dice the cheese into inch-sized pieces and place it among the vegetables. Season with salt, pepper, and basil or thyme.
Bake for at least 30 minutes or until the sausages are thoroughly cooked, and the vegetables are browned and caramelized.
Tip
This dish is the perfect crowd pleaser, so double or triple the recipe for a party!
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38 comments
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AH
January 4 2017
Hi there, how much squash is in this recipe?
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pat m.
January 5 2017
zucchini is the squash, recipes says one small zucchini. I am sure you can use basically as much or as little zucchini as you like.
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Nicole
January 11 2017
The counts of this recipe are WAY off. People forget onions have a ton of carbs 15 per onion and this calls for 2 (in my calculations I only used nutrition of half an onion as that is what I used, thank goodness), Mozerella has 8, garlic has 1 per clove, a zucchini has about 6, the tomatoes have about 12, Thyme alone has 3. From my calculations the recipe nutrition per serving ( 1/4 of dish) looks like this:
Cal 630.25
Carb 14.6
Protein 29
Fat 53.175That being said it is SUPER DELICIOUS, just not Keto friendly. This is very misleading. It makes me nervous about other recipes on this site.
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Cynthia
March 11 2017
Nicole: You need to factor in the fiber. Add up the fiber for the ingredients you listed and then subtract that number from the total number of carbs. This will give you the total net carbs.
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Karen
March 31 2017
See AlsoRecipe This | 7 Day Cabbage Soup Diet PlanLow Carb Creamy Turnip Slaw — Recipe — Diet DoctorLemon, Ricotta, Almond Meal Cake (Gluten-free) RecipeLow-Carb Kale Chips – Vegan Snack Recipe – Diet DoctorNicole,
My guide says a large onion (5&1/2oz.) is 15 carbs. I would consider that 2 onions. I noticed in my cookbooks they will call for a large onion but also give a measured amount. A large onion today is always double or triple what it calls for. I personally have never thought of counting spices. Maybe it would be nice if they put in ounce values for the veges.6
Helen
April 14 2017
This recipe is so good, though I would advise if using pre grated mozzarella to add it half way through cooking. I also only used half a large courgette (zucchini), red pepper in mine and half an aubergine (eggplant). A good dish for using up veggies and the flavours were great. Thyme works much better than basil inn my opinion too.
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Angela
July 3 2017
What sausages are people using? Regular have high carb content.
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Peter
September 11 2017
You can always spice up the recipe with some chillies and add cream cheese at the end instead o Mayo. Like a Mexican fusion...
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Karrie Phillips
December 7 2017
I did half the cheese (used cheddar and cream cheese as I was out of mozzarella ) didn’t have tomatoes so I used red/yellow peppers instead. Also I used just a quarter of an onion. This is a low carb dish not a keto dish, but with some simple changes it’s easily made keto. Yum
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Gertrude
April 29 2018
This was delicious. I used only half an onion and red pepper and mushroom. I also only used abut three ounces of the cheese. I used mild Italian sausage. It was so good! ?
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Ivy
July 17 2018
I used one large onion, and it came out really, really wet. The onion released so much water into the dish, it was like soup at the bottom. It was tasty, but nothing special. If I were to make it again, I’d up the zuchini, maybe add some mushroom, and decrease the onions.
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alexis
September 26 2018
recipe says 14g carbs , so your calculations are correct.
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Brenda
October 18 2018
My husband and I didn’t enjoy this recipe, it turned out to dry for me must have done something wrong,
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Ashleigh
November 21 2018
We'll definitely be making this again- YUM
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Cheryl
December 31 2018
Excellent recipe the whole family loved and one tray to prepare. Not an onion fan I replaced with small amount of shallots and mushrooms. Used dried rosemary and oregano. Also used about half the oil.
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Wendy
January 24 2019
What sausages did you use in the recipe? Thanks
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
January 25 2019
You can use Italian or German, or whichever other version are available to you locally and suit your taste preferences.
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Carrie
February 3 2019
So sausages are ok to count no carbs? #newbie!
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Reply to comment #20 by Carrie
Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
February 4 2019
So sausages are ok to count no carbs? #newbie!
That is going to depend on the type, source and brand of your sausage. Some have carby fillers, so you will want to read the ingredients and nutrition label.
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Lys
June 6 2019
Delicious, I thought it was Keto Friendly. Reading the above comments, it is not. 14 carbs.
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
June 6 2019
Delicious, I thought it was Keto Friendly. Reading the above comments, it is not. 14 carbs.
Correct! The orange circle and the 14g in the recipe picture indicate that this is one of our moderate low carb meals. You can read more about the different carb levels we support at this link.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/how-low-carb-is-low-carb24
Heidi
June 14 2019
The amount of fat per serving is huge. Is the serving size supposed to be on OMAD?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
June 15 2019
The amount of fat per serving is huge. Is the serving size supposed to be on OMAD?
This can be incorporated with any of our moderate low carb eating plans.
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Jenny
June 21 2019
Would haloumi cheese work instead of the mozzarella?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
June 21 2019
Would haloumi cheese work instead of the mozzarella?
I am sure haloumi would be delicious in this recipe.
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Shawn
July 8 2019
This was yummy. However, I ended up with a lot of liquid in the bottom of the pan. I just used my serving spoon to drain some off as I served it, however, then you loose some of the fat from the EVOO. I guess you could always drizzle some more over. Also, I like mayonnaise but I felt like the mayo kinda masked the yummy flavors so I just ate it first for the fat.
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Heather charrington
October 27 2019
What does sausages in links mean? Here in Australia sausages, pork , beef, chicken etc come joined. What sausages dont come joined?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
October 28 2019
What does sausages in links mean? Here in Australia sausages, pork , beef, chicken etc come joined. What sausages dont come joined?
You can use those. In the USA, sausage can be patties, links (like what you've got, or same shape but unjoined) or as loose ground pork with spices added.
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Jacqui
November 19 2019
I made this last night. It was very tasty but I lost most of the cheese as it stuck like cement to my serving spoon and dish, I think 40 minutes for mozzarella is far too long. I will make it again but add my cheese in the last 10 minutes of cooking so it just softens nicely
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Sally
January 1 2020
Is 14g for 4 servings? So if I make 2 servings, will the net carb be 7g?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
January 1 2020
Is 14g for 4 servings? So if I make 2 servings, will the net carb be 7g?
Our listed carb count and nutrition information is always per serving, not for the whole recipe. This is a moderate low carb recipe and is 14g carbs per serving.
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Zofka
April 17 2020
Mine had a lot of water in it from the zucchini.
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Donna
January 12 2021
How much is a “serving” of the veggies
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
January 12 2021
How much is a “serving” of the veggies
That is going to depend on how much the veggies reduced as they cooked. Each recipe specifies the number of servings that it makes rather than serving size, for accuracy.
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heidi
March 4 2021
There is no mayo under ingredients, only mentioned under Tips - did it include mayo before? Maybe Tips need an update?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
March 4 2021
There is no mayo under ingredients, only mentioned under Tips - did it include mayo before? Maybe Tips need an update?
Thank you Heidi! I have asked the recipe team to review this for you!
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Helena
October 1 2021
Hello when do you put the sausages in? Do you have to do them separately or first or when? I am confused.
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
October 1 2021
Hello when do you put the sausages in? Do you have to do them separately or first or when? I am confused.
You put the sausages on the pan at the same time as the vegetables. You can place them in any order as long as it is before they go in the oven.
