Savory Zucchini Tots

Zucchini is such a versatile vegetable. It can blend in anything and everything. I make these little beauties whenever kids are in mood for a savory treat.

They are very low in calories. Zucchini itself is low in cholestrol and high in protein, Vitamin A and minerals. So it's a win win situation for me when kids ask for more every time. I had gotten this idea of tots from a fitness site and made it my own. It almost tastes like fried bhajiya's. Ever since, we all are big fan of these treats.

Ingredients:

Zucchini, grated - 1 1/2 cup
Onions, chopped fine - 1/2 cup 
Potato - grated - 1/4 cup
Parmesean Cheese - 1/2 cup
Bread Crumbs- 1/2 cup
Eggs - 1 Large/ 2 medium
Ginger - lime size - grated
Lime juice - 1 tsp.
Salt to taste
Chili powder - 1/2 tsp

Oil/ Butter spray

Method of Preparation:

~ Mix all the ingredients (except the spray ofcourse)
~ Preheat the oven at 400 degrees. Grease or spray the muffin tin.
~ Spoon in the zucchini mixture into all the muffin tin equally and pat it down.
~ Bake for 20 - 30 minutes or till the brown crust forms on the edges.
~ Serve it hot with your favorite sauce or ketchup.

Note:

~ Instead of grating, you can chop the vegetables finely in a food processor and use it.
~ You can use different variety of cheese, parmesean gives a nice taste, which we like.
~ Instead of using muffin tins you can tap it down in a oven safe dish and cut it into pieces to serve.

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Kale Chips

Kale has been added to my diet since I got to know about how low their calories are. I mostly add it to my milkshakes or make this spicy green smoothie for breakfast all the time. I had read about Kale chips on my fitness pal and tried to create it. It came out pretty good. Kids doesn't really care about this one, though we both enjoy it. With easy to make steps it won't take much time and you can be rest assured this will be the healthiest chips you will be eating.

Ingredients:

Kale leaves - Washed and pat dried
Olive oil/ canola spray
Salt to sprinkle on top
Chili powder/ or Pepper

Method of Preparation:

~ Preheat the oven at 300 deg Farenheit.
~ Line a cookie sheet with foil, place kale leaves, spray oil.
~ Bake for 7 minutes and take them out.
~ Sprinkle salt and pepper/ chili powder on top. Toss it and put it back for another 3 minutes.
~ Crispy chips are ready to be served.

Note: I usually clip the sides off of the centre before serving. The center thick part of the leaf is bitter portion of the Kale leaves.

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Pita Cheese Pizza Bites

I have to say I got this idea from McCalister's Deli. Recently we discovered that kids loved Pita pizza on their menu. So later I tried out this at home and kids were excited since they were involved in making it too. Now it's a quick snack or no brainer lunch for them. It's been such a busy summer for us, so this has been featuring on our menu  more than often. I leave the kids to get it prepped as they wish and help them put it in the oven. They don't even have to wait too long to devour it.

Prep Time: 5 min| Baking Time: 5 min| Serves: 1

Ingredients:

Whole wheat Pita bread - 1
Pizza Sauce / Ketchup - 1 tbsp (as much as kiddo wants)
Shredded Cheese / Cheese Singles

Method of Preparation:

~ Preheat the oven at 300 deg Farenheit.
~ Place Pita bread on a cookie sheet and top it with pizza sauce & cheese.
~ Bake for 5 minutes, take it out and cut it into wedges and serve.

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Baked Vegetables

These baked vegetables are super easy to prepare. We love it as a side dish. Simple versatile recipe. You can pop in all or any of your favorite vegetables and have all the goodness together. Here goes the recipe.

Prep Time : 10 min| Baking Time: 35 to 40 min.

Ingredients:
~ Vegetables cut up in chunks.
(I used 1 - yellow squash, 1 - Bell Pepper, 1 - sweet potato, 1 cup brocolli florets, 10 to 20 asperagus.)
~ Lemon zest - of half a lemon
~ Lemon juice - From half of lemon
~ Salt - 1/2 tsp.
~ Pepper
~ Basil/ Parsley - 1 tsp.
~ Olive oil - 2 tsp.

Method of Preparation:

~ Preheat the oven to 375 deg Farenheit.

~ Mix salt, pepper, lemon juice and lemon zest. Add it in the vegetables and toss them well. Lastly add olive oil.

~ Bake for 30 to 40 mins.

Note: I sometimes use vegetables as a bed for chicken breasts to make it a full meal.

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Roundup Bon Vivant #6 - Sunny Refreshing Drinks

Thank you all once again for dropping in at my space. This time it was all about thirst quencher. Loved all the creations and wonderful presentations. Check out these yummy satisfying summary version of Bon Vivant.

Bon Vivant #7 - Baked Goodies

Hello everyone! This month am inviting all of you to bake some of your best dishes and link up. I love baking anything and everything in the oven. Just whip up something, put it in the oven, switch on the timer and forget about it.! Right? So any dish baked can be linked up for this month's Bon Vivant Series. Happy Baking!

Rules for the event :

~ Multiple entries are allowed. Usage of the logo is a must.
~ Linking back to this announcement page is mandatory to get the word out.
~ Vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes are allowed. No pork or beef ingredients please.
~ Blog post should be in month of Aug.
~ Two old posts are allowed, if re-posted again in Aug.
~ Please link up your post using the linkz below. In case of any problem linking please send me an email with your name, recipe name, recipe click and url to sumeesculinary@gmail.com
~ Non-bloggers can email the recipe along with a picture of the dish to the above email address