This one is a show-stopper for your eyes as well as palate. Perfect for breakfast or any meal side.
Zucchini Flan
Description
We intended this zucchini dish to be a dinner side, but it is very much an egg breakfast. Don't let the zucchini 'blanching' scare you off. Blanching is super-easy once you try it once and it's not time consuming as you can blanche lots of zucchini at once. The result is vibrant green, tender-cooked zucchini slices you can beautifully fan across the pan for an impressive presentation with very little work. Now, here's the good part: We loved this recipe and enjoyed it for several days in a row, warmed up in a frying pan. Not only that, our teenagers loved it and one even asked for the recipe. That is a ringing endorsement. Enjoy! PCOS Nutrition made with love.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Heat oven to 375 F / 190 C. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add zucchini and blanch for 1 minute. Drain and spread zucchini out to cool on paper towels. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
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Beat egg and egg whites with almond milk and ¾ teaspoon salt, then add nutmeg, thyme and basil leaves.
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Spray a large, low-sided baking dish with olive oil spray, and arrange blanched zucchini across the bottom. Scatter cheese over zucchini, then pour in the egg mix.
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Bake for 35-45 minutes or until the egg is still a bit jiggly, but an inserted knife comes out clean. Cool to room temperature before serving.
Servings 3
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 241kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 8g13%
- Saturated Fat 2g10%
- Cholesterol 190mg64%
- Sodium 643mg27%
- Potassium 282mg9%
- Total Carbohydrate 12g4%
- Dietary Fiber 3g12%
- Sugars 5g
- Protein 29g58%
- Vitamin A 81 IU
- Vitamin C 1 mg
- Calcium 60 mg
- Iron 3 mg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
We mixed the almond milk and eggs with a mixer for almost 5 minutes to give it the best chance to achieve a custard-like consistency. Almond milk will never perform as well as regular milk when it comes to this.
This dish was initially intended as a side. But the serving is huge, so we reconsidered it as a breakfast. Of course, you can halve the serving size and enjoy it as a side as well. The eggs are light and smooth as in a flan. The cheese is an accent rather than a main event. Line up your zucchini rounds in the bottom for a presentation-worthy effect. A gorgeous and wholesome start to any day.
This recipe took just a little prep, but I ate it 3 days in a row and even my picky teenagers loved it.