Zucchini Cottage Cheese Fritters
A beautiful way to boost your veggies with some added protein!
These are some of my favorite meal prep zucchini fritters because I can enjoy them anytime and get that added bonus protein from the cottage cheese! Bonus: they’re low in calories and carbs!
Its very important to ring out the zucchini shreds as best you can. You can make these gluten free by removing the breadcrumbs and adding almond flour instead.
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Zucchini Cottage Cheese Fritters
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups grated zucchini, liquids squeezed out
- 1 cup cottage cheese, drained
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs (or almond flour)
- 1/3 cup grated pecorino cheese
- 2 scallions, fine chop
- 1 tsp Italian herb blend
- salt and pepper to taste
- Optional Dip: Lazy Tzatziki
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the squeezed out zucchini shreds, drained cottage cheese, eggs, breadcrumbs, grated cheese, scallions, italian herb blend, salt and pepper to taste. Form about 9 medium sized patties.
- Heat a large skillet with 1 – 2 tbs olive oil. Once hot, add in the patties cook until golden brown, GENTLY flipping halfway through – about 4 minutes per side.
- Optional: squeeze on some fresh lemon juice!
Notes
Store leftovers in an air tight container in your fridge and eat cold or reheat in a mini counter top oven~
Nutrition
Calories: 73kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 233IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 1mg
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Delicious! Be sure to add enough salt to make the flavors pop. I added some fresh basil because I had it.
I only give 4 starts because I’m not sure of its recipe or me, but I had trouble with the fritters forming firm fritter type shapes. But the flavor was a crowd pleaser! Thank you- keep them coming
Oh my, were these ever good!!!! Used 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese as I did not have the pecorino.
So awesome. Thank you!!!
Hi Joan, thanks for the great feedback!
Delicious, quick easy to follow recipe. Love this site.
Sorry meant can you air fry the patties?
can you bake the patties instead of frying them? If so what temp. & for how long? Van you sir fry them?
A successful and yum dish, I added extra veggies, and paired it with the Easy Chicken stuffed Pizza recipe, this is a fantastic website to find healthy recipes that don’t cost a lot to make and there’s leftovers for the next day for us. Thank you.
What can you use instead of cottage cheese if it isn’t available?
Hi The Queen, you can use ricotta cheese in these instead!
Absolutely delicious!!!!! Ty!
Questions in one recipe you had apples. I am allergic to them what else can I put in the recipe instead ?