Healthy Baked Zucchini Sticks easily made right in the oven or the air fryer! Serve with your favorite marinara sauce and enjoy!
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Ok so I have a serious obsession with anything breaded. Breaded cheese. Breaded chicken. Breaded onion rings. Mmm it just makes everything taste that much better. So why not zucchini??
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One of my favorite things to order when watching football games out at the bar is fried zucchini sticks…aaaaand they’re literally like 6194639101795730 calories. Don’t worry, I counted. So I wanted to make a healthier version without all the butter and oil that is required when deep fat frying these babies. Baked is the way to go people! I added a hint of parmesan to the Italian breadcrumbs and these tasted absolutely amazing. Oh and of course, the perfect appetizer for game day!
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And at only 2 points for 4 zucchini sticks PLUS some marinara sauce for dipping, you definitely get to indulge! I don’t know about you, but I’ll take these over the fattening fried stuff any day.
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Plus it leaves more room for cocktails.
Priorities.
Baked Zucchini Sticks
Healthy Baked Zucchini Sticks easily made right in the oven or the air fryer! Serve with your favorite marinara sauce and enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp Italian bread crumbs
- 2 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp. fat-free milk
- 2 large zucchini, cut lengthwise and in half (about 16 sticks)
- 1/3 cup pasta sauce, warmed
- Nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside. Combine bread crumbs and parmesan cheese in a shallow dish. Combine egg white and milk in another dish and beat with a fork until well blended.
- Dip each zucchini stick first into the crumb mixture, then into the egg white mixture, allowing excess to drip back into the dish. Roll again in the crumb mixture to coat. Place zucchini sticks on prepared baking sheet; spray with cooking spray.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with pasta sauce and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 4sticks + 4 tsp marinara | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 1g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These sure do look tasty and the points are good too! I love the pictures you did an amazing job again! I hope you have a wonderful week Kelley!
Oh man, that’s a wonderful make over! Looks very yummy, and very reasonable calorie wise!
Amen, Kelly. I’m for anything that leaves more room for cocktails! Seriously, I always bake the breaded stuff – who needs all those deep fried calories.
I am ALL ABOUT the baked zucchini sticks! I made baked zucchini nuggets over the summer and they were such a hit.
I love zucchini, these look great! I might even be able to get my husband to eat these!!
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YUM!!!
~Rebecca
I’ve been meaning to try to make zuchini fries. I’m usually scared of the difficulty – but these look sooo easy! Thanks!
Oh yes… I love these! I am going to make some this weekend for the Super Bowl, thanks to your brilliant idea. Perfect!
Those look awesome. My version of unfried night is posting tomorrow. kind of funny how game day brings out the fried food lover in all of us. lol.
I’ll have to try these for game day.
Robin
Kelly, these look fabulous. I love zucchini sticks. My grandmother always made these for us. They are so good. I have to try making them again. I made a raw dehydrated version over the summer, they were good, but these look heavenly.