Showing posts with label zucchini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zucchini. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2015

Meal Prep Monday: Zucchini Bake - A Kitchen Adventure

Meal prep Monday. What are you making in the kitchen? Me? Well there is the usual of steel cut oats, meatballs. I have fruits like bananas and apples, and I also have veggies like carrots, green beans, and zucchini bake. What?? Yup I make something new. I love zucchini so I picked a recipe from Fixate. It makes 4 servings and now I have some super awesome veggies for the week. Here it is below:

Zucchini Bake

4 servings
2 green, 1/2 blue 1/2 tsp

Ingredients:


4 zucchinis
2 tbs lemon zest
1/3 - 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp oregano
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbs olive oil


Directions:
1. Quarter the zucchini
2. Mix lemon zest, thyme, oregano, cheese, garlic, salt and pepper 
3.  Brush zucchini with olive oil put in baking dish
4. Sprinkle with mixture
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 mins

Take out and enjoy!!!

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Meal Prep Monday - A Kitchen Adventure! Zucchini Chips:

Well, its that time again! Time to cook with me!
Last kitchen adventure, I posted a recipe from the Autumn Calabrese cookbook, zucchini chips. Well, this week, I made them as part of my meal prep. Some things to note:

1) WATCH THEM! We have some skinny little zucchinis here and I used one. The recipe says 2 hours, mine could have done better at an hour and 15 mins. Some were supa crispy BUT it did not take away from the taste. I strongly recommend them.
2) smaller zucchini means more in my serving. My 1 little sad zucchini turned into 1 serving.

Here is the recipe again in case you missed it

Zucchini Chips from Fixate
Containers: 1 Green and 1/2 tsp
Ingredients:
2 large zucchini, very thinly sliced
1 Tbs olive oil
1/2 tsp sea salt

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 225 F
2. Place zucchini slices in one layer between paper towels to help draw out liquid
3. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper
4. Place zucchini slices on parchment paper
5. Brush zucchini with olive oil and season with salt
6. Bake for 2 hours, or until golden brown and crispy
7. Cool completely before serving

You can also try different seasonings like Parmesan (that is what I did), red pepper flakes, pepper, BBQ seasoning, Mrs. Dash....really whatever you like. Play with it some.

As usual, I also made oats and am still rocking some leftover meatballs from last time. I also have 3 more servings of the mac n cheese. I need to learn not to be scared of the grill since I want to make some chicken kabobs with pineapple and veggies.