Here’s a really quick & easy baked zucchini recipe that takes 3 minutes to prep. Also known as courgettes, this speedy side dish goes down like this: Cut zucchinis lengthwise, spray with Pam, salt & pepper. Sprinkle with parmesan and breadcrumbs, 12 minutes in a hot oven. Delicious!
This recipe is just a really fast way to cook zucchini in the oven that’s extremely tasty. For all those times you don’t have time to salt, squeeze, grate, slice, dredge, batter and fry. Now the fun part – showing you how this is so quick and easy. Lining them up together on the tray is the trick for capturing 99% of the parmesan and breadcrumbs without the hassle of dredging / coating!
Makes two servings – 50 Calories each
- 1 Medium Zucchini (just as good with eggplant!)
- Very light each salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp breadcrumbs (regular or Panko)
- 2 tbsp parmesan, grated (store bought sandy type is best)
- Cut in quarters or sixths lengthwise – minimal chopping!
- Spray cookie sheet, then spray zucchini, add salt & pepper, line them up next to each other, then sprinkle the breadcrumbs and parmesan straight on top. Because they’re touching, it “catches” most of the parmesan and breadcrumbs;
- Bake 12 minutes in a super hot oven….
- Until the parmesan becomes golden and the zucchini is tender but not mushy. Voila! Speedy Baked Zucchini!