The Kitchen of Kristen

This blog is a little eclectic sometimes. I eat a vegetarian diet and my husband is a meat-eater, so you will find some of everything in here. I do not create any of the recipes, and I credit the original recipe unless I don't know where it came from. If you click on those links, you can see what I may have changed from the original. Specific brands and exact weights are listed for nutritional information only. Feel free to substitute as you would like. And ENJOY!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Baked Zucchini Fries

Last month we had a rewards assembly at school and as part of it each kid got a Kid Approved: Healthy Snacks cookbook from PE-Nut (part of the Michigan Nutrition Network). Anyway, I got a cookbook too and that's where this recipe came from.

Ingredients:
1 zucchini, peeled and cut into matchsticks
1-1/2 T italian bread crumbs
1-1/2 T balsamic vinegar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 475F.
Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
Pour vinegar into a small bowl and breadcrumbs onto a small dish. Dip the zucchini strips first into the vinegar, and then coat with breadcrumbs before placing them on the baking sheet.
Bake 5 minutes, turn strips over, and bake until crumbs are lightly browned, about 5 more minutes.

Makes 2 servings.

Nutritional Information:
Calories: 34
Fat: 0.5g
Carbs: 7g
Fiber: 1.5g
Protein: 1.5g

2 comments:

KelliJanuary 18, 2011 at 6:14 PM
were these good?? the vinegar part scares me. :-P but I am curious to try them.
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Kristen & DaveJanuary 18, 2011 at 6:17 PM
Yeah, they were pretty good! The vinegar scares you? Hmm.... I love vinegar, so I can't relate. :) I bet you could just use water if you didn't want the vinegar taste at all? I think it's just to make the breadcrumbs stick to the zucchini sticks a little better.
The good thing is, assuming you have some breadcrumbs around, the only thing it would cost to try it is the cost of one zucchini, which is not much! :)
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