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Baked Zucchini Fries are a delicious and easy way to add more healthy veggies to your life, and they are kid friendly!
Baked Zucchini Fries Recipe
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
Mine was filled with a quick coffee date with my husband before work, beautiful flowers from him and a walk with my son. I planned to cook up a nice dinner for Valentine’s Day but the crazy work week got the best of me and I was just plain exhausted when I got home last night. All I wanted for Valentine’s Day was to spend time with my son and husband and go enjoy a meal out. Do you ever have those days?
We ended up going to one of my favorite local Mexican restaurants and ate devoured delicious salsa, tacos & sipped a couple of margaritas. That is a good Valentine’s Day in my book.
Now on to these yummy Baked Zucchini Fries. Do you need to encourage your kids to eat more veggies? Do you need to eat more veggies yourself?
These are your answer!
You can use panko breadcrumbs or regular breadcrumbs for these zucchini fries. Are you not a fan of zucchini? This recipe would work great for other vegetables like squash or eggplant.
You can eat these Baked Zucchini Fries as an appetizer, snack or side dish. I think they taste even better with a little dipping sauce. Check out some of the dips I found around the web that I think would be great for these. I made the spicy alioli dip and really liked the added spice.
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Recipe Source: Weight Watchers
For dip ideas:
Spicy Alioli from My Recipes
Easy Alioli from Epicurious
Onion Dip from Alton Brown
Homemade Ranch Dressing from Pioneer Woman
Have a wonderful weekend!
Julia
Perfect Fries
Thursday 7th of March 2013
Getting children to eat vegetables can be tricky but this seems like a good solution. Thanks for sharing.
Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking
Monday 18th of February 2013
I have a husband that needs to eat more veggies. I have a frozen zucchini soooo this will work for us!
A Cedar Spoon
Monday 18th of February 2013
My husband is the same way..and I am sure my son will follow in his footsteps. :) I haven't froze a zucchini before--does is still taste pretty good once it thaws?
Louise
Sunday 17th of February 2013
This is such a great idea - I'm going to make a Paleo version of it with coconut flour and almonds :) I can't wait - I love zucchinis!
A Cedar Spoon
Monday 18th of February 2013
Thanks! A paleo version sounds great--I have not use coconut flour but need to learn more about this! Let me know how they turn out.
Mary @ Fit and Fed
Sunday 17th of February 2013
Yum, no one's going to pass up that zucchini! You got a lot of breading to stick to those zucchini spears. For a gluten-free version of panko bread crumbs you can crush up Rice Chex with a rolling pin. BTW, congrats on the site redesign, it looks nice!
A Cedar Spoon
Sunday 17th of February 2013
Thanks! Great idea for those that are gluten-free or want to watch how much gluten they eat. I will have to try that sometime.
zerrin
Saturday 16th of February 2013
Oh I know that kind of a tiring work day very well! We have to eat out order something to home then. If the place you eat is a nice one, it could be a good change. On such days, we sometimes have breakfast like meal for dinner, which is easier to prepare. Zucchini fries look great! It is definitely a good idea to love and eat zuchhini more often. I love to dip these fries into strained yogurt. YUM!
A Cedar Spoon
Saturday 16th of February 2013
Thanks! I love breakfast for dinner--I always forget to do that. Dipping these in strained yogurt sounds awesome- great idea.