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Tasty Zucchini Tots Recipe
If you're like us, you're always looking for easy energy-boosting veggie recipes that everyone in the family will love. We’ve been hard at work on our next book that has 100 of these!
As you can imagine, our minds are in complete veggie mode - we look at different recipes for inspiration and explore ways to make them delicious and healthy.
The other day, our friend told us about these delicious zucchini bites that she had seen online. Apparently, her kids devoured them and she was beyond thrilled that she got her kids to eat zucchini!
These tots are baked, not fried, and they’re made with zucchini, not potatoes, and they’re light and delicious.
They won't weigh you down so they'll keep your energy level high. They’re genius! And they are so good, we had to share them with you, even though our book is not yet released!
Zucchini Tots Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup zucchini, grated
- 1 egg
- 1/4 yellow onion, diced
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a mini-muffin tin with non-stick spray. Set that aside.
2. Grate zucchini, and then place in a dish towel and squeeze out the excess water, to ensure crispiness.
3. Combine egg, onion, cheese, bread crumbs, zucchini, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
4. Fill each muffin cup and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the top is browned and set.
Yields 2 servings
Curious just how good these are for you? We were too, so we did a nutritional analysis of the recipe and supplied that below.
Note: if you want to cut the calories further than you see below, use a little less parmesan. We tried it, and they were fabulous!
Nutrition Facts Per Serving: Serving Size 6 tots. Calories 114. Total Fat 3g. Cholesterol 11mg. Sodium 321mg. Total Carbohydrate 15g. Dietary Fiber 2g. Sugars 3g. Protein 7g. Vitamin A 22%. Vitamin C 9%. Calcium 18%. Iron 6%.
Adapted from: http://curiouscountrycook.blogspot.com
Photo from: http://www.emilybites.com/2012/05/zucchini-tots.html
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About the Author
Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., and Tammy Lakatos Shames, R.D., are co-owners of NutritionTwins.com, a nutrition counseling practice in New York City. They have been featured regularly as the nutrition experts on The Discovery Health Channel, The Learning Channel, and the Oxygen Network, and been featured in Good Housekeeping, Vogue, People, and Women’s Health. Visit: NutritionTwins.com. They are the authors of the recently released "The Secret To Skinny: How Salt Makes You Fat" (HCI Books) and also "Fire Up Your Metabolism: 9 Proven Principles of Fat and Losing Weight Forever" (Simon and Schuster).
