Kittencal's Low-Fat Oven-Baked Zucchini Sticks

I was totally shocked at how delicious these crispy sticks tasted. Zucchini is not on my list of favorite vegetables and I buy it infrequently. But, I had some in the refrig and decided to try this recipe in desperation. My DH and I finished our portions and were disappointed that there wasn't more, so my advice is to make twice as much as you think you need. There wasn't a temperature setting for the oven written in the instructions, so I set mine for 375 hoping for the best. I got a phone call in the middle of the baking time and didn't turn the zucchini halfway through the baking time, and happily they were still perfectly crisp. And I used some panko dry bread crumbs which really helped make the little sticks crispy. Cornflake crumbs would be great too. Thanks for give me a recipe our family will enjoy for years to come.

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These were yummy! We cooked only 8 mins, or so, a side and cut them in thick coins. They were nice and crispy and not too soft for us. We thought maybe they could use stly more salt, so for next time. Also, we're going to go for 1/2 moon bite-size when we do them as a snack. Thanks Kittencal!

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WONDERFUL!!!! We really enjoyed this recipe I added the cayenne and used Panko crumbs these were crispy and tasty little morsels..........I wonder if they are still considered low fat if you eat them all yourself in one sitting.....LOL I will be making these often...in my eyes they were better than fries:) Thankyou for posting!!!

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This was fantastic!!!!!! My extremely picky three year old LOVED them. I did use ranch to coat instead of egg and liked the result. I will definitely make again.

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I am giving this four stars, because I used this base recipe, but I changed it a bit. We thought these were great! I added 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour and I didn't use seasoning salt. I also added a bit more parmesan cheese and garlic powder. I used 2 eggs as well, because we had a HUGE home-grown zucchini to use up. I also sprinkled some cayenne pepper in there (just a dash) for a bit of a kick. I found the breading is easy to do by mixing the breading mixture in a Ziplock and tossing the egg-coated zucchini around in the bag (cleaner too). I baked at 450 on the middle rack, without turning, for 27 minutes or so. The crumbs were browned, and the zucchini was soft, but not mushy - kinda like steamed texture, but a bit more firm (it's hard to describe). I have served this with Recipe #281620 and crescent rolls before, and also with Recipe #360729. Thanks for the idea...sorry I changed it around so much, but we really enjoyed this! :)

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Delicious! I love having a new way to serve zucchini! My toddlers loved them and so did Hubby and I. I recommend slicing them very thin, like shoestring fries, if you want them to get crisp. The thicker ones did not crisp much for me. Oh, and I did not take the peels off...I left them on.

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Yummy, yummy, yummy. I'll be making this all summer!

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I didn't really love this, I didn't really like the panko coating option that I used, if I make it again I think I'd prefer the regular crumbs. And I'd also add less black pepper.

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Great recipe, zucchini was on sale at the supermarket so I bought a lot of it and looked for something to do with it when I got home. It is easy and really tasty. We have had it twice this week now. It goes really good with tzatziki.

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I love Zucchini but I'm a little tired of having it grilled or steamed, this was a nice change of pace. Thanks Kittencal for a great and simple recipe.

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Wonderful! I ended up making two batches of eggs and crumb mix for my 1 regular and 1 super-large zucchini. I had to use Emmenthal instead of parm because it's what I had but I really liked it! I peeled them before finding this recipe but they were still great. Watch them after 20 minutes so they don't burn. Thanks for the keeper Kitten!

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I used cracker crumbs. Good and crispier than yhou would imagine from the oven.

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Kitten does it again! I just love her recipes. Yumm-O!!!
This was absolutely delicious. The entire family loved it.
For those who are interested I calculated Weight Watchers Points Plus calculation is 11 points for the entire batch. Not that I...ahem...could eat an entire batch, well...maybe. :) (the nutritional information listed doesn't calculate correctly for some reason on food.com but I used nutrition labels and added up the recipe)

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All I can say is YUM! These were amazing!

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Healthy appetizer!

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This was a great recipe but made a TON!

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excellent! Our family of three polished them off in no time. My four year old definitely wants me to make them again.

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We thought this was excellent. My 18 month old son who usually picks off the "good stuff" (and only eats that) at the whole thing. Yay! DH and I loved it as well.

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I really wanted to love these because a) KittenCal has the most delicious recipes, and b) I thought I might have found a relatively healthy way to get veggies into my nieces. Alas... My nieces didn't like them and I thought they were "eh". Not bad, but not terribly flavorful.

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My son has eaten and *liked* zucchini for the first time, thanks to this recipe. Wonderful!

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