AMAZING & EASY ZUCCHINI RECIPES ‣‣ healthy & gluten-free
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- Hi, friends, welcome back to my channel.
If you're new here, my name is Alyssa.
Today I have got three recipes for you
that use my favorite summervegetable of all time, zucchini.
I have been sharing a lotof zucchini-inspired recipes
on the blog lately, and I justlove it this time of year.
I love how fresh it is.
It's a very hydrating vegetable,
and I love that it can be turned savory
and sweet at the same time.
So today I'm gonna show you
how to use it three different ways.
We are making agluten-free zucchini bread.
We're also making some darkchocolate, super duper gooey,
absolutely delicious zucchini brownies.
These are probably the bestbrownies that I've ever made,
and they're vegan.
And we're also gonna be making
some five-ingredient zucchini fritters,
which are a reallylovely summer side dish.
So all of these recipesare up on the blog for you.
If you would like to make them,
you can find the links right down
below this video in the description box.
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I'm actually gonna start this video
by showing you how toprep zucchini for baking.
So if you're gonna usegrated zucchini in baking,
basically you just use a box grater,
or you can use a foodprocessor to grate it up.
And then once you're done,it's really important
to squeeze out the liquid.
So you'll just take allof that grated zucchini,
put it in a clean dish towel,
and then basically just likeyou would make almond milk
or something like that,
you're gonna squeeze all of theliquid out of that zucchini.
And that's gonna really help make sure
that your baked goods aren't too soggy
and everything bakes through.
So I'm using this method for all three
of the recipes in today's video,
so just keep that in mindas we're going through,
and I hope that helps get us started.
So let's dive in.
So we're gonna start with ourgluten-free zucchini bread.
We're gonna use some oat flour,
as well as some chickpeaflour, almond flour,
tapioca starch, coconut sugar,
cinnamon, baking powder,
little nutmeg, some ginger,and a pinch of sea salt.
And you can just stir that together
or whisk it together until it's combined.
Then we'll add in two beaten eggs,
as well as some light flavored oil.
I used almond oil here.
A little bit of almond milk.
And again, stir thattogether until it's combined.
Once you have that batter together,
you can just add inyour shredded zucchini.
And again, we'll just fold that together
until the zucchini is evenly distributed
throughout the batter.
Then we will transfer thisinto a greased loaf tin.
I like nine by five here.
And you could top itwith stuff if you wanted.
I just usually leave this bread plain
because I don't really feellike it needs much topping,
but up to you.
It would be great with somechocolate chips on top.
And then you'll just bake this
until it is golden brown and puffy,
and when a toothpick isinserted into the center,
it comes out clean.
This is what it looks like.
It's so pretty.
And I let it cool completely in the pan
before I turn it out andtransfer it to a rack,
just to make sure thatit is completely cool
before you slice itbecause that will make sure
that it's not gummy in the center.
Once you're ready to slice things up,
you can just slice it up.
And it is so gorgeous.
I love the texture inside of this.
It tastes amazing.
It toasts up beautifully.
Not too sweet, and also fullof nutritious ingredients.
I love serving mine with a little bit
of peanut butter or almond butter on top,
but, again, you can really doanything with zucchini bread.
It's one (laughs) of thosethings that just is versatile.
So I hope you guys give thisone a try because it's so yum.
The second recipe areour zucchini fritters.
I'm gonna add my shredded zucchini,
which I pressed, into the bowl.
And then I'm gonna addin some quinoa flour,
a little salt and pepper,
as well as some sliced up scallions,
and then you will stir that together
until the flour kind of coatsall of the grated zucchini.
From there, we'll add in a beaten egg.
And again, stir togetheruntil it's combined.
And I think you canactually make these vegan.
I have had some peopleon the channel tell me
that they work vegan.
So if you don't eat eggs, trythem vegan with a flax egg.
But they definitely cook better with eggs.
Once you have your dough together,
we are actually going to pan fry these up.
So I just add some olive oil into a pan.
It's probably three tablespoons or so.
And then I let it heat up, andthen I drop a spoonful or two
of the zucchini batter into the pan.
I just kind of spread it outand shape it with my spoon.
And I just repeat to fill the pan
and repeat until I've used all the batter.
These cook for about twoto three minutes per side
until they are nice and crispyand golden brown on one side,
similar to how you cook pancakes.
And once you have themcooked on both sides,
you can just transfer them to a wire rack
and complete the cookingprocess of the other fritters.
So here's what they look like.
They are gorgeous goldenbrown on the outside,
nice and crispy.
And I love serving these witha dollop of either vegan mayo
or maybe some coconut yogurtor something like that.
And then I do some sort of fresh herb
and a little bit of pepper on top.
And they are so good.
They are my favorite thingto make all summer long.
I love having them as leftovers.
I toast them up in the toaster oven,
and then I spread them with some hummus
and avocado and things like that,
kind of like a mini sandwich,and they just taste delicious.
They're so easy to make,
and you can change up thespices however you like.
So I definitely thinkyou guys gotta try these
before the summer ends.
Last but not least,
we're making our flourless veganzucchini brownies, so good.
Starts with almond butter.
And you're just gonnaadd that into a bowl.
To that, we'll add in some mashed banana,
as well as a flax egg, somecoconut sugar for sweetness,
and then that's gonnabe your wet ingredients.
So you'll just stir this together
until it forms a batterish consistency.
Then we'll add in our dry ingredients.
So the dry ingredients
that we're gonna use arecacao powder obviously.
We're also gonna add in somechocolate protein powder.
I think you could replace this
with additional cacaopowder or maybe oat flour,
but I actually reallylike the protein powder.
I find that it works really well in here.
So I like to do chocolate protein powder,
some baking powder, and some sea salt.
And then you will just stir this together
until it forms a thick brownie batter.
Little bit messy, you can see. (laughs)
The cocoa powder went everywhere.
But you're basically just looking
for a thick browniebatter type consistency.
And then we will fold in ourzucchini and chocolate chips
and call it a day.
I love this recipe, you guys.
It is so frickin' good.
You guys are gonna love it.
So once you have the zucchiniand chocolate chips folded in,
you can just transfer this
into a parchment-lined brownie pan.
I use eight by eight pans here.
And just use your spatula
to kind of press it into the corners.
It is a thick batter, soyou want it to be thick.
You're gonna have to push it around there.
But once you have it all spread out evenly
and it's smooth and it's into the corners
and you're ready to bakeit, you can bake it up.
So you'll just transferthis into a 350 degree oven.
It will come out looking like this.
Definitely need to leave thesecool before you slice them.
I leave them in thepan to cool completely,
and then I remove them from the pan
using the parchment paper,and I slice them up.
They are very, very fudgy,
so something to keep in mind is
if you do have trouble slicing them,
clean your knife offbetween every single slice,
and that will help youget a less sticky cut,
I guess you could say.
But they are definitely fudgy,
so they might be a little bit messy,
but they are absolutely delicious.
And you would never know
that there (laughs) is secretlysome vegetables inside.
So here is just the texture.
I want you to see how gooey they are.
They are so good.
I love them.
And I'll also tell you
that my family said that these are some
of the best brownies they've ever tasted,
so if you're gonna tryone recipe in this video,
it should probably be these ones.
And there you have it, my friends,
I hope you enjoyed our fabulouszucchini recipes today.
I love, love, love zucchini.
It's just one of those vegetables
that I literally could eatpretty much (laughs) every meal
and not get sick of it.
Doesn't have a ton of flavor,
really hydrating, like Isaid, and it's very versatile.
So if you're interested intrying any of these recipes,
they are up on the blog for you.
You can find them down inthe description box below.
I will also add the link to thezucchini archive on the blog
which has all (laughs) of the recipes
that I've made usingzucchini, which is a lot.
And there's also some savoryones in there for you as well.
So I hope you guys enjoyed it.
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In this video we're making 3 easy zucchini recipes! These are healthy gluten-free recipes that taste awesome! We've got a gluten-free zucchini bread, healthy zucchini fritters and even some zucchini vegan brownies 😍 ☆ RECIPES ☆ - GLUTEN-FREE ZUCCHINI BREAD: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/gluten-free-zucchini-bread/ - ZUCCHINI FRITTERS: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/5-ingredient-healthy-zucchini-fritters/ - FLOURLESS VEGAN BROWNIES: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/flourless-protein-brownies/ ✧ PRODUCTS ✧ - Oat Flour: https://amzn.to/2ZvdiY3 - Garbanzo Bean (Chickpea) Flour: https://amzn.to/2PgqoZf - Almond Flour: https://amzn.to/2PmzSSQ - Tapioca Flour: https://amzn.to/2NBC32t - Quinoa Flour: https://amzn.to/2L1HZQJ - Cashew Butter: https://amzn.to/2L3xuwm - Coconut Sugar: https://amzn.to/2NAY81a _________________________________ ✧ FREE QUINOA STARTER GUIDE ✧ www.simplyquinoa.com/join-now ______________________________ use code SIMPLYQUINOA and save: 3 FREE SMOOTHIES: www.daily-harvest.com 15% OFF MATCHA POWDER: www.simplyquinoa.com/matcha15 20% OFF VEGAN PROTEIN BARS: www.squareorganics.com 15% OFF ADAPTOGEN POWDERS: www.rootandbones.com _________________________________ OTHER PLACES YOU CAN FIND ME: WEBSITE http://www.simplyquinoa.com FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/simplyquinoa PINTEREST http://pinterest.com/simplyquinoa/ INSTAGRAM @simplyquinoa Disclaimer: This video contains affiliate links, which help support this channel. When you purchase through a link here, at no extra cost I make a small commission which helps me continue to provide content and videos for you. As always, thank you so much for your support!