So … we’re a family of bread lovers! But carbs, sugar and a healthy lifestyle don’t go hand in hand.
My son is training for basketball, I’m doing Weight Watchers and working towards a healthy me, so I’ve been experimenting with adding more vegetables, reducing my meat intake and bringing some flavor to our daily favorites!
One of my newest obsessions is vegan cheese! I’ve tried three brands and love them all! Of course if we go overboard, we will pack our meals with calories, so the healthy concept goes out the window! My secret is: use it in moderation!
Now you’re probably thinking: why vegan cheese? Because dairy has proven to leave me bloated and a lot of studies show that daily high does of dairy can cause long term stomach issues as well. So I’ve been experimenting with reducing it.
Let’s get started with this low carb vegetarian recipe for veggies sticks which will leave your family and friends asking for more!
Veggie Sticks
Ingredients
1 Zucchini shredded
2 eggs
2 cloves of garlic chopped
2 Tbsp of Italian Seasoning
1 and a 1/4 cup of vegan cheese
2 Tbsp of corn or tapioca starch
Salt and pepper to taste
Finely chopped parsley
Preparation
Pre heat the oven at 400F
Cut the zucchini ends and shred it
Mix the zucchini, eggs, garlic, seasoning, cheese, starch and salt and pepper to taste
Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and use your hands to spread the mix flattening it
Bake for 25 minutes
Add the remaining cheese and parsley and bake for 5 minutes
Cut and serve with warm tomato sauce as an appetizer or with tomato soup as a great healthy vegetarian meal! The recipe will give you about 20 sticks!
The first time I made it, it was a bit soft, so I drained the zucchini and some of the egg the second time and they turned out crunchier!
Sooo good you won’t believe it! This recipe will be a staple at all your holiday gatherings if you are planning on bringing some healthy appetizers or menu items to the table!
I promise it is so easy and delicious, you won’t believe it!
I can’t wait to hear what you think! As usual give us a Trendy Shout!
Looks great!
Oh wow! This looks really good. I love to snack on things like this, hope I get to taste it soon.
This look delish. I would love to make a recipe with these healthy sticks yum!
Zucchini is something I grow-up eating and love so these veggie sticks are something I am going to have to make. My son is a beginning vegetarian and this recipe would be perfect to try. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
So awesome how you used zucchini! Can’t wait to try this!
I am in LOVE with this recipe! The ingredients go so well with everything.
I love zucchini and these sticks looks delish! You made simple food look so tasty and good. I must try it out. Cheers!!
I shared this to my colleagues and they are excited to try as well. All the ladies had an agreement to all make this and bring in the office and share to our men colleagues. But we will not let them know what are the ingredients.
This would be great for game days. It would be something different and healthy as well. I am saving your recipe. It would also make a good appetizer for Thanksgiving dinner.
This looks so tasty. And fairly easy to make. We love vegan cheese too. My son doesn’t know the difference. I’m trying this.
ohhh, this is so nice. At first you would not thought that these are the ingredients! I will take note of this and will try it on my own! Yay!
This is definitely on my list for appetizers this holiday season. I bet the kids won’t even know there’s veggie in it!
It sounds good, but every time I roast zucchini it turns all mushy. I must be doing something wrong.
Never thought zucchini would look so amazing!! It must taste really great! 🙂
These look delicious! I love veggies and have recently found that they often taste better than the choices I’m used to.
I have tried cooking with courgettes: we made courgette based pancakes once and they were delicious! These sticks look so tasty!
That looks absolutely delicious and a great trick to mix the veggies for the kids to eat. This would be a great snack to make in my spare time.
I use zucchini in so many things. I got the KitchenAid Spiralizer and love using it to make the shredding easier.
Now that would be a treat for me. It definitely looks good and I can imagine how delicious it was!
These look so YUMMY! I love zucchini and I love cheese, so I definitely want to try this. I always try to eat healthier, and replace carbs with more veggies, so this sounds perfect.
Sondra xx
prettyfitfoodie.com
This looks yummy, and something about it screams adding pesto to it (which I would definitely do). My kids love zucchini, so I’ll have to try this.
Those look delicious! I love zucchini and can’t wait to try this out. Thanks for sharing.
Love this idea! We love cheese sticks and breadsticks so this is a great twist on those. I’m going to have to try these.
I have a terrible time eating veggies – and I’m always looking for new ways to fool myself into eating more, lol. This looks really good though, definitely something I might like. Pinning for later – thank you!!
The cheese veggie sticks look really yummy. Indeed a great combo of taste and health I am sure. They look completely irresistible.
I like to eat lots of veggies myself so these sticks look totally yummy to me! I’ve never tried the vegan cheese before so this would be fun to make and see what I think.
Yum, this looks delicious! I always love healthy alternatives.
One of my favorite ways to sneak in extra veggies! Looks easy too.
These do sound good. I’d be interested in trying that vegan cheese in a few different recipes!
A great idea!
I can whip up something to replace one ingredient from this and stick to the rest. A carrot with spinach puree sounds fun and delish too.
These look very good. I’m sure they taste amazing too. I’ll have to make these soon. I’m sure our family will really love these.
Seriously yummy!! This looks so good and it’s great that it’s easy to prepare as well! 🙂
I have been wanting to give vegan cheese a try. This Veggie Sticks recipe looks so delicious and easy to make. I have been looking for healthier recipes to try.
This sounds like a great low carb appetizer or game night snack. We love carbs but this might come close.
I tried veggie sticks for the first time and totally fell in love. They are so delicious!
Looks delicious! I wonder if we can switch out the starch for coconut flour, since I have to eliminate almost ALL carbs in my diet (I’m so sad about that) Having things that are still tasty are SO important to staying on these types of meal plans. Because while they aren’t “diets” per se, they do miss things that our bodies have bookmarked as what makes us feel good when we taste it.
Ive been wanting to try this crust out for such a long time, they look so crazy yum the only thing is I don’t eat dairy. I wonder if maybe I could use dairy free cheese.
Oh wow yum! I have made something like this in a “tater tot” form, but this takes it to the pizza level!
I love recipes that are healthy and delicious! This is great! I’m thinking my pizza loving grandkids would even like it.
I’m always looking for new things to do with zucchini so thank you for that. It looks delicious
Yum! This looks delish. Bonus that it’s healthier than alternatives.
That is so awesome! I would never guess those were made with zuchinni by looking at them.
I want to try this so bad! It looks delicious and I love that it is healthy for you! I will definitely make this soon!
Hmm..I need to try this recipe. I am a sucker for traditional bread sticks!
I was skeptical when I read the title, but the pictures have me sold! I can’t wait to try this out! Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Zucchini is wonderful in so many dishes! I need to try this recipe out soon, I bet the other half would love it!
That looks so good! This is the most fun way I’ve ever seen to eat veggies!
I can not find vegan cheese anywhere and my daughter will not eat cheese so I have to know the brand you use. That recipe looks perfect and we all can eat it, yeah!
This must taste so good. As a health food blogger, I often times I get told healthy is boring. Little do they realize healthy doesn’t have to be boring.
I’m always on the lookout for more veggie-filled recipes as a way to get my kids to eat them more than they do. I don’t think I’d go with vegan cheese (we’re fine with dairy here), but I’m definitely going to try these!
The only vegetarian cheese I ever tried was so slimy it was almost a sauce. Yours look much better. I’m not sure if I’m ready for that kind of cheese yet, but your zucchini sticks look amazing.
These do look tasty! I’d give them a try. I tend to enjoy things with garlic in them.
I love Zucchini! It’s healthy and refreshing! I would like to try them all.
THis looks so delicious! I love that it’s served with that red sauce. I am totally going to try this for our next party.
My niece makes something similar since she is always on a low carb diet. I was shocked at how tasty they actually are!
Dairy and I don’t get along very well so I need to try the vegan cheese. Your Veggie Sticks look amazing and I love that they are healthy as well.
Wish I had found this recipe when my zucchini was over flowing in the garden. Going to save this to make, looks delicious.
Those sound really good. My husband and I love to snack on things like this when we have movie nights at home. I will have to try these soon.