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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I just bought a ton of zucchini and I am making these! I love breaded zucchini, not to mention a ton of other breaded goodies!!
I haven’t been able to keep up with my blog reading. But I am finally coming around. I wanted to let you know that your photos are gorgeous! You’ve definitely done a lot with that DSLR you got 🙂
Looking awesome! Dang, onion rings are my vice, I could eat like 26lbs of those things along with some ranch :/
Take care…
I want these in my life right now!
I love healtified versions of my favorite snack foods. Great app idea for game day! I bet this would be great with carrots or even pickles too.
Yummy!
these look awesome!! way to go for you for keeping us skinny and healthy even during the super bowl.
These look so delicious! I’m trying this as soon as Zucchini pops up somewhere
Yum! I love zucchini sticks but like you avoid them because of their mighty calorie load. these however are amazing and look great! Ooh now I’m super excited for zucchini season this year 🙂
Yum! I love zuchini with marinara!