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Zucchini Nachos Are a Veggie Delight

You’ll love these delicious veggie nachos with zucchini instead of tortilla chips! Use the meat of your choice and load up with healthy extras.

Delicious Veggie Nachos with Zucchini

Who doesn’t love a big, yummy pile of delicious nachos? With cheese and meat and all the goodies? I know I do.

But I also know that with some of the issues I have with my adrenal glands and with gluten, chips aren’t going to work and some healthy substitutions are necessary.

So I ditch the chips for crispy zucchini in this delicious veggie nachos recipe!

Veggie Nachos

Before we dive into the recipe, I wanted to go over a few questions I regularly get about this entree: substitutions and point values for WW. If you’re not interested, skip to the bottom to get the recipe card!

Recipe Substitutions

There are so many variations on this veggie nachos recipe that you can do. If you’re not a meat eater, you can substitute the Morningstar Farms Crumbles (which I’ve had in chili and are really good). If you’re a vegan, you can do the crumbles and select a vegan cheese.

Obviously the vegetables that you choose are up to you. I’m actually wondering how sweet potatoes would taste, personally . . . once you make it, customize it any way you choose.

Weight Watchers Friendly

It’s an “expensive” proposition when it comes to points and your standard issue nachos. However, you can modify this recipe easily so that it’s only 4 points per serving on Freestyle! You’re going to do three things:

  1. If you choose to have it with meat, select a 99% fat free ground turkey for zero points.
  2. Use reduced fat cheese (you can keep the 1 1/2 cups). I noted in the recipe builder that the Sargento Off the Block Reduced Fat shredded cheese gave me the least points. I’m sure another brand of reduced fat shredded cheese would be very similar.
  3. Use fat free sour cream.

Are you ready for the nacho recipe??

Zucchini nachos on a baking pan

Ingredients

  • 3 large zucchini
  • 1 pound Morningstar Farms Crumbles or lean ground turkey if you eat white meat
  • 2 fresh ears of corn
  • 1 package taco seasoning
  • 1 – 2 cups shredded cheese
  • Chopped romaine
  • Chopped cilantro
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • ¼ red onion, diced
  • ½ jalapeño, sliced or chopped
  • Sour cream

Directions

  1. Brown the crumbles with taco seasoning until completely cooked. Use ½ a package or whole depending on the amount of flavor you want.
  2. Slice the zucchini into 1/4 – 1/2 inch thick rounds.
  3. Place half on a baking sheet and top with half the turkey and half the cheese.
  4. Layer the rest of the zucchini, crumbles, and cheese.
  5. Peel the corn and cut the corn off the cob.
  6. Spread corn over the top of the last layer of cheese.
  7. Bake at 400ºF for 10 – 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the zucchini have started to soften (you want them to be soft, but still crunchy).
  8. Remove from oven and top with lettuce, tomato, cilantro, jalapeño slices and sour cream.
Pile of zucchini nachos with fake meat crumbles, tomato, onion, and lettuce
Yield: 4 servings

Zucchini Nachos

Zucchini nachos on a baking pan

You'll love these delicious veggie nachos with zucchini instead of tortilla chips! Use the meat of your choice and load up with healthy extras.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 large zucchini
  • 1 lb lean ground turkey
  • 2 ears corn
  • 1 oz taco seasoning, (1 packet)
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1-2 cups romaine lettuce, (chopped)
  • 1 T cilantro, (chopped)
  • 1 tomato, (diced)
  • 1/4 red onion, (diced)
  • 1/2 jalapeño, (sliced or chopped)
  • 2 T sour cream

Instructions

  1. Brown the turkey with taco seasoning until completely cooked. Use ½ a package or whole depending on the amount of flavor you want.
  2. Slice the zucchini into 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick rounds.
  3. Place half on a baking sheet and top with half the turkey and half the cheese.
  4. Layer the rest of the zucchini, turkey and cheese.
  5. Peel the corn and cut the corn off the cob.
  6. Spread corn over the top of the last layer of cheese.
  7. Bake at 400ºF for 10 - 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the zucchini have started to soften (you want them to be soft, but still crunchy).
  8. Remove from oven and top with lettuce, tomato, cilantro, jalapeño slices and sour cream.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1 serving

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 330Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 920mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 4gSugar: 9gProtein: 39g

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Zucchini nacho recipe

If you love zucchini, I’ve got some additional recipes for you – check these out below:

Camille

Thursday 2nd of March 2017

This looks so delicious! Can't wait to try. Thanks for sharing!

Camille

Thursday 23rd of February 2017

This looks so delicious! Can't wait to try this.

Amy

Tuesday 28th of February 2017

Yay! Glad you love them! Thank you!

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