Sunday 20 May 2012

Not so boring Breaded Zucchini

I've been on a bit of a Zucchini kick lately, trying to come up with ways to make the otherwise rather bland vegetable that are more exciting than roasting **note, I considerd calling the post "Zucchini Warriors" as a shoutout to one of my favourite childhood authors, Grodan Korman, but I figured the sample size of those who would get it was small....but just know, I thought about it.

First up in the "zucchini isn't boring" series is courtesy of Nick, who suggested "why don't you bread it in some of your almond stuff." He's so smart. If I'd had parmesan and tomato sauce at the time I likely would have gone even further and made Zucchini Parmesan. But I didn't. Add that to the "pending dinners" list.


"Breaded" Zucchini
These are an excellent way to get some good, filling fats into your meal while excitifying your veggies!

Ingredients
  • zucchini
  • handful of almond flour
  • 1 egg
  • salt, pepper, and herbs if you want (I used a bit of oregano)
  • olive or coconut oil
  1. Slice the zucchini with the slices as even in thickness as possible
  2. Heat your pan with olive oil or coconut oil
  3. Whisk the egg in a bowl
  4. Put the almond flour in another bowl and stir in seasonings
  5. Dip the zucchini slices in the egg and then in the flour mixture (both sides)
  6. Fry until the almond flour starts to brown and then flip, less than 5 minutes each side I'd say. Watch the almond doesn't burn. The zucchini doesn't take long to cook so you're just getting the batter to your desired toastiness.
  7. Serve plain or with tomato sauce (and parmesan if that's your scene)
Option: Try with eggplant? I feel like eggplant is more complicated though and requires some sort of salting process so probably ask the internet before trying that....