Healthy,  Vegetables

Zucchini Fritters

untitled-0479I am swimming in zucchini…

So many zucchini!

and since I have a person in my house that hates zucchini, I have to come up with creative ways to get it into dinners.

Lucky for me, there is one night a week right now where I am on my own for dinner, so guess what my dinners have consisted of.

Wow, how did you guess?

Yup, zucchini.

I will pretty much eat it any which way, but I wanted to try something different.

Do you ever get like that?

Where you know there are a million ways you have already had something, and they were all super delicious but you just want to try and make it differently?

I think about these things all the time.

I am not sure if it is normal or not, because I feel like there are lots of people that could eat the same old thing all the time and not care.

Don’t get me wrong. I think I could pretty much eat carrots & peanut butter every day.

Not together, but separately.

Sometimes you just need to break the mold and try something different.

These zucchini fritters were just that.

They were a little different from your traditional fritter. They aren’t super crispy like a normal fritter because they aren’t fried.

But, that’s okay with me.

They are more like a zucchini….pancake.

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And I mean who doesn’t love pancakes?

These were packed with flavor and I used some cheese for the first time in forever, granted it was Parmesan.

Patrick eats cheese on a regular basis, but as I have gotten older it doesn’t agree with me like it used to.

This coming from the girl who would order fried mozzarella sticks everywhere we went out to eat when I was younger.

Thanks adulthood. You’re awesome.

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However, I would highly recommend these.

They would serve well as a main dish, like I had them, or as a side to something else. Or even as an appetizer for dipping.

Enjoy!

 

Zucchini Fritters
Recipe Type: Main
Author: RavieNomNoms
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Cook time:
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 Zucchini, grated (about 2 cups)
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 6-7 fresh basil leaves, chopped
  • 1/2 cup egg whites
  • 1/4 cup flax seed
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
  • 1 tablespoon Parmesan (optional)
  • Cooking Spray
Instructions
  1. Grate your Zucchini and place it into a strainer and let it sit for about 20 minutes so that the extra liquid is gone. Take a paper towel and press the zucchini to get all the remaining liquid out.
  2. Place all your ingredients into a bowl and mix together. (this mixture will be wet)
  3. In a skillet, heat over medium heat with cooking spray. Place fritter into pan that is about 4″-5″ in diameter and let it cook for about 4-5 minutes on each side.
  4. Serve hot and with whatever you like! (I had it with lettuce, tomato and salsa)
Serving size: 1 fritter Calories: 105 Fat: 5.5g Saturated fat: 1.5g Carbohydrates: 5.4g Sugar: 1.3g Sodium: 189mg Fiber: 2.9g Protein: 8.2g Cholesterol: 5mg
Notes
Inspired by Cooking Lights recipe for [url href=”http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/crisp-cauliflower-fritters-50400000133598/”]Crisp Cauliflower Fritters[/url][br][br]Net Carbs: 2.5g per fritter

 

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