Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini
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These Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini are a 5 ingredient healthy zucchini snack or easy vegetable side dish when you want to switch things up. So good.
Zucchini is one of those vegetables that there always seems to be a week or two of the year where everyone just has a complete overstock and is wondering what to do with it. I love zucchini, it’s so healthy and so versatile, but even I struggle to come up with ways to use it before it goes bad during summer when it’s so plentiful.
It turns out that zucchini doesn’t always just have to be eaten plain or made into noodles. The tasty way for it to be enjoyed as a snack is to have it as Baked Garlic Lemon Zucchini Spears. I always find myself snacking and I am reaching for all the sweets and goodies that are not so good for me. Finding an easy recipe for a vegetable that you love will make it where you will be more likely to indulge in this versus something chock full of sugar.
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What to Serve with Zucchini Vegetable
This is such a simple dish that is prepared in the oven once you get the zucchini prepped with all of the delicious flavors. I love garlic and lemon when it comes to sensational flavors together, so putting them together with the crunch of this zucchini snack is absolutely delicious.
Though I love eating these Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini as a snack, this is also an easy vegetable side dish. Healthy and easy vegetable side dishes can often feel limiting or boring, I often get into a rut of making the same things over and over again. These Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini are a nice change to that. They’re light and flavorful, perfect for accompanying a variety of proteins for a healthy meal. Think Lemon Garlic Zucchini with a delicious salmon or grilled chicken. A quick and easy meal perfect for hot summer days.
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Variations to Oven Baked Zucchini Recipes
All it takes is putting the zucchini into spears on parchment paper and adding the lemon juice and garlic on top. Stick these right in the oven and wait for the magic to happen. This will take your snacking to a new level and give a whole new spin on what you will crave in between meals. The crunch of having broiled the zucchini at the end of the bake time is nothing like you can get from the satisfaction of a potato chip.
- Want more of a crunch? Use panko bread crumbs or ground pork rounds to give these a bigger crunch.
- Want some heat? Add some ground cayenne pepper.
- You can also add some smoked paprika to this oven baked zucchini recipe.
- For an additional kick, feel free to top this easy zucchini snack with parmesan cheese if you have any on hand. This together with the garlic and lemon gives a totally different flare to this healthy way of snacking or side dish.
How to Store Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini
Whether you’re rethinking snacking or on the hunt for other easy vegetable side dishes, these Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini are Rethink snacking and make these for any time of the day for yourself, your family or your friends. That is why I like to make extras whenever I make them.
The best way to store garlic lemon oven baked zucchini is to store it in the refrigerator in an air tight container. I like to place a paper towel in the bottom of the container. This absorbs any leftover moisture that can take away from the crunch.
How to Reheat Baked Zucchini
These zucchini vegetables can be reheated in the oven and the microwave. I like that the crunch comes back when they are reheated in the oven. However, I like when I have the convenience of heating them for a snack in only a few seconds. Either way, no matter how they are heated, these Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini make a great reheated snack.
Always a much healthier choice than greasy chips, so you can have a guilt free delicious snack or side dish for dinner.
Ingredients in Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini
- zucchini
- lemon juice
- garlic
- salt
- pepper
- parchment paper
How to Make Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cut zucchini in half. Cut lengthwise into three or fours making quartered spears.
Place parchment paper on baking sheet. Lay out zucchini on top. Mix lemon juice and garlic together.
Using a grill brush, brush on the lemon juice and garlic. Top with salt and pepper.
Bake for 20 minutes at 350 F. Broil for another 8 to 10 minutes on high to add roasted look and flavor.
Enjoy!
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Garlic Lemon Oven Baked Zucchini
Ingredients
- 2 zucchini; quartered into spears
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- parchment paper
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Cut zucchini in half. Cut lengthwise into three or fours making quartered spears.
- Place parchment paper on baking sheet. Lay out zucchini on top. Mix lemon juice and garlic together.
- Using a grill brush, brush on the lemon juice and garlic. Top with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 350 F. Broil for another 8 to 10 minutes on high to add roasted look and flavor.
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