You know what happens when you have an over abundance of zucchini in the fridge? You pick up more at the store because you forgot that you already had an over abundance in the fridge. That way you can be left with a fridge that is overflowing with zucchini. Now that you’re in the predicament that I was in you now have to make a bunch of fun things with zucchini. Well, okay you don’t have to do it like I did, but you can definitely do a lot of really great tasting and quite gorgeous recipes with zucchini.
In fact zucchini may just be the most powerful vegetable in the world. It needs a little cape and everything because you can make just about anything out of zucchini. Zucchini noodles, zucchini bread, zucchini spread, im even considering zucchini ice cream and maybe even zucchini infused coffee. I may be getting ahead of myself here with the coffee. But the point is that zucchini is awesome.
Especially in fritter form. They are a lot like potato latkes that I used to have when I was really little. There was this awesome deli when I lived in California called Morts Deli. Man that place was amazing. Me and my mom would always go down there for a quick lunch and usually meet up with my nanny Chachi. To which I wish to express to you who that is, but I’m going to save it for another post.
That deli was like a second home for us, whenever we would go there they would know what I wanted to order every time and treated me and my mom like family every time we went in there. This is the place where I discovered potato latkes. My mom basically taught me how to eat them too. If i remember correctly the process consisted of centering the latke on your plate, then placing a dollop of sour cream on said latke but not in the center on an area that your ready to cut off, then place a slightly smaller dollop of applesauce over the dollop of sour cream and then cram it in your mouth.
My first thought was disgust but once I ate it I was hooked. But with the way I eat now I’m not all that into potatoes. Sure I love the taste of them but they are just too starchy and sugary. Sure I could just have 1 or 2 but to be honest I want like 4 or 5. So with my overabundance of zucchini in the fridge and my knowledge of zucchinis versatility as a mega vegetable I decided to do some research. And It turned out quite a lot of people have made zucchini latkes.
So it was somewhat of a miracle when I saw all of these recipes. Although as I looked I started finding several recipes for zucchini fritters which were pretty much the exact same thing just with a different name. And in my opinion zucchini fritters fits these better than zucchini latkes.
Plus it would be total sacrilege to call these actual “latkes” since they don’t have traditional ingredients you would find in a latke. So we will stick with fritters.
| Zucchini Fritters (Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free) |
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- 2 medium zucchini (about 350-400g)
- 2 green onions thinly sliced (12g)
- ¼ cup almond flour
- ¼ cup (about 1 ounce or 28g) fresh grated parmigiana reggiano (packed down)
- 2 eggs
- salt and pepper to taste(make sure its fresh ground black peper)
- Optional: 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- oil for frying (I used 2 tablespoons of walnut oil. Avocado oil or coconut oil would work great too)
- Grate zucchini with a medium sized grater so you get decent shreds of zucchini.
- Add salt and place shredded zucchini in a clean dishtowel and squeeze to get as much liquid out of it as possible. (It doesnt have to be perfect but do try to get as much as you can)
- Once squeezed place back in bowl and add beaten eggs, thinly sliced green onions, almond flour, parmigiana reggiano, and fresh ground black pepper and mix thorougly.(this is where you would add the lemon juiceif you choose to use it)
- Heat 2 tablespoons of yoru choice of cookign oil over medium heat and wait for that pan to get super hot.
- Once oil is shimmering add spoonfuls of mixture in hot oil and fry until golden brown on each side. About 2-3 minutes per side.
- Place on platter lined with paper towels to soak up any grease that sticks to the fritter and serve with sour cream and extra green onions on the side. And if you want to be really traditional you could serve it with sour cream and applesauce both on the side so each person can control how much sour cream/applesauce goes on.
I made zucchini fritters, too! I second your opinion in the hot chocolate post that it’s too cold in Texas right now… it’s 43F in Dallas right now and I. Am. Not. Happy.
Yeah. It finally started to warm up but then I guess texas decided that was a bad idea.
ZUCCINI FRITTERS WERE THE BEST SO DELISIO! CAROLE
These look so simple and yet soooo good! What a great idea! I have a posting in the hopper where I had to use up one lonely zucchini and wish I had tried this. Next time
Thanks Danny! Let me know if you try them and how it goes!
Oooo, this sounds amazing! I’m going to try these tonight! ~ L
PS: Love the blog! Can’t wait to read more recipes!
I have an abundance of zucchini in my fridge! I was wondering what to do with it, and I definitely plan to try this
That’s awesome Laura. Please let me know how it goes and if you like them, you can also post any pictures of them when you make them on my Twitter or Facebook if you like!
I just made these and they are awesome! My whole zucchini disliking family even liked them. Thank you!
That is awesome Christina! I’m so glad that you all liked them, you are very welcome!
I just love your blog. I made these today and they were oh soooooo good! Thank you!!!
GREAT RECIPE!! My kids (8 and 6 yrs old) loved these fritters. Thanks for sharing!!
This looks great! I want to try this tonight and am cooking for 5. About how many would this serve?
Sorry for the late response Jenny, this serves 2-4 people.
No problem. I made just one recipe last night, but I’m sure I had more than enough zucchini. It was more than enough for everyone. My daughter, the photographer, took pictures and hopefully will post them to you. I served it with a roasted chicken. They were wonderful! Even my picky, not so happy that we’re switching away from the things he likes 15 yr old liked them.
Excellent! Please share the pics on my Facebook or send them to me in an email I would love to see them.
Well, you certainly got me on this one!!!! My, oh, my – I never thought zucchini could taste so good unless it was in a bread or cake, etc. These fritters are the best and my husband who makes fun of zucchini and doesn’t like it at all — gave me the mmmmmmmmm these are delicious! Hope you are having fun creating – ’cause I’m having fun eating!!!!
Thank you so much Terry. I’m glad your zucchini disliking husband enjoyed them.
My 2 1/2 year old picky son ate them. Delicious! Thanks!
I just made these with frozen zucchini I had grated last fall and thought I better start using it up! I swapped the almond flour for coconut flour because I live in the boonies and it’s what I had. Used coconut oil to cook and they stuck a little bit but they’re yummy!!!!! I’ve been gluten free for 3 weeks now and these helped ease this craving I have to chew some bread!
Was it an even substitute for the almond flour? Or did you use less coconut flour? These sound so yummy, but I don’t have any almond flour and I have lots of coconut flour that’s begging to be used for something good!
Hey Saige, I wouldn’t recommend substituting coconut flour. Coconut flour is very, very absorbent and works very differently to almond flour. If you don’t have almond flour and really want to try these I recommend this brand or you can make your own almond meal which would work okay for this recipe by grinding up some almonds in a food processor until you get a fine grind but not to the point that it’s nut butter. Also I only currently have one recipe that is using strictly coconut flour that you could use that coconut flour in which is my Lemon Chia Seed Muffins. I plan on getting more coconut flour recipes up as well.
This is so me!! >> “You know what happens when you have an over abundance of zucchini in the fridge? You pick up more at the store because you forgot that you already had an over abundance in the fridge.” I have thrown away so much zucchini.
I’m about to try this recipe. Sounds great!
What is it with zucchini building up in the fridge? And I eat it pretty often so I don’t even know how it happens.
thanks so much for this recipe! I made this and added chopped bacon (2 strips cooked). SO good!!
I like the bacon substitution. There is never a problem with adding a little bacon.
Amazing!!!!!
So zucchini season is upon us, and with three plants in the yard we will soon have more zucchini than we know what to do with. I made zucchini fritters last summer and they were a hit. Now I’m trying to get healthy ( 53, over weight, arthritis…), been eating low carb. I’m going to try this recipe and your cauliflower tortillas, because they look great! Awesome job on your weight loss, and your blog is great!