Zucchini Bites

As a vegetarian and part-time vegan, I used what I had on hand--"Smart Bacon" brand soy "bacon," soy shredded cheddar "cheese," but then still used regular heavy cream instead of soy or skim milk, in order to help maintain some of the original richness of the dish. I think it worked. I also used whole wheat flour, which I made self-rising by using this quick recipe: http://southernfood.about.com/cs/breads/ht/self_rise_flour.htm They turned out super delicious--like little mini quiches. Tasted even better with hot sauce. My boyfriend loved them too. Overall, we were quite satisfied and will make these again.

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This was wonderful! I used 2 eggs, and didn't have self rising flour so I used whole wheat flour and 3/4 tsp of baking powder. I added a bit of black pepper too. I think I needed more bacon or a touch of salt with it. I made half the batch with colby jack, the other with pepper jack, and I loved the spice. Will definitely make again! Thanks!

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Dear Noo, this is actually 5 star, but I found it difficult (from across the pond) to guess how much veggies to use! We tend to use baby marrows (small zucchini, about 5" long). Still, the recipe made such a lovely side dish! I do get so tired of zucchini and carrots, and this was simple and great. I do suggest you edit the recipe for us fools, and rather put in an approximate weight for the carrots and onions. Also, 3/4 onion: how much is that? :lol:

Noo, I want to alert you to something. The photo of this recipe was/is on the Home Page, which attracted me. I went to the recipe and printed it out. The print-out differed from your ingredients!!

On my printout it says: "1 finely chopped onions", "3 slices rindless bacon", "1 large grated carrots", "1 large grated zucchini", and then it says "3 eggs" instead of your 2 eggs.

It still worked a charm: I used muffin holes, and got 9 lovely golden muffins. Maybe you could also print it and check the ingredients on your print-out: must have something to do with the change-over to Food.com!

Thanks for (for me) a new side dish!!

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We loved these! They were a little time consuming but they were delicious. I had a LOT of trouble with them sticking to my pans so the next lot I made I cut little circles of puff pastry to make little quiches that didn't stick so badly - extra good.

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I'm giving this 4 stars because 1, I think the directions should say to drain the carrot/zucchini mixture after cooking. 2, because I wasn't sure on your take on a lg zucchini vs mine. 3, the recipe says beat eggs, cream & cheese together, season to taste. I wasn't going to taste the raw egg mixture. I added some salt & pepper but once they were done I realized they needed more than I had added. Mine seemed a little "eggy" to me, maybe because of the size of the zucchini I used& I had to cook them for 30 min. I will be making this again, just need to tweek some things. Please don't take this as a negative review, I think it just needs some clarifying. Will be an easy on the go breakfast once I get it right for me.

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My whole family LOVED these. Made them for a picnic in the mountains. Changed things a bit...substituted turkey bacon for the regular, used egg substitute and low-fat cheese. Made the mini size, but will make more in a regular muffin pan so my girls can have them for breakfast. Oh, instead of sauteeing the bacon and vegetables, I drizzled them all with the olive oil and softened them in the microwave. Just didn't feel like dirtying a fry pan, I guess, but it worked nicely.

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This was the best thing I've made in months and I am always trying out new recipes. I think they will be my standard "take to a brunch" recipe.

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I enjoyed these a lot. I didn`t use bacon, so I added some garlic salt to make up for the missing saltiness it would have added and some pepper. I put leftovers in the fridge and warmed them up a little before having them and they still were great.

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The 1st time I made these I followed the recipe exact & they were great. So now I start tweaking it to get a healthier version. I nixed the bacon, used low fat milk instead of cream, spray oil instead of regular & low fat cheese. They still turned out great. Thinking just for an added kick, next time I will add a clove of garlic & some chili powder. I use a mini muffin pan & they cook perfect in 13 minutes.

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These are very moist and delicious!! One problem I have, is the adjective "large" used with ZUCCHINI. lol So I weighed my veggies with the results of; zucchini 11.75 ounces/320 grams, carrot 4 ounces/115 grams, onion 5 ounces/145 grams. I think I could have baked these for another 5 minutes, since I made 15 regular size muffins. I do have leftover muffins, ONLY because I'm saving some back for my husband. I think I'll make these in bite size form, for next months wine tasting get together. I know they will be a hit. Made for Please Review My Recipe.

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Love, love, love these!! I did use 3 eggs and turkey bacon, and WOW! They were inhaled! Even Mister "I'm not hungry" scarfed 'em down. I also cooked them for the full 20 minutes, and used 3/4 t. baking powder as my flour is not self-rising. Thanks for the recipe, Noo! I will definitely make these again!

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So very easy, followed the recipe exactly and got 36 beautiful little bites. They were disappearing as fast as they came out of the oven! A lovely recipe that I will definitely make again, ideal little snacky nibbles! We didn't feel they needed any extra seasoning, perfect as is. Our zucchini tend to be a bit smaller than yours, I have noticed (from various recipes), so I used a large carrot and 3 small zucchini (baby marrow), aiming for a more or less equal amount of carrot and zucchini. I used 3 eggs, incidentally, and found this to be a perfect amount. And I had self-raising flour, so no extra baking powder required!

Thanks Noo, lovely recipe, made for PRMR tag game.

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This was a hit with my family. I used sharp cheddar, added an extra slice of bacon and seasoned it with garlic salt and pepper. Thanks for the recipe.

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Yummy! I made half a recipe using sharp cheddar cheese and extra bacon. Great little quiches that are packed with goodness and flavor. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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Fabulous! These were so delicious! I made them exactly as the directions called for.. except had to add 3/4t of baking powder (I didn't have the the self rising flour) and used 1% milk (no cream either).... and they were wonderful little bites of heaven! Thanks so much for the great recipe!

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These delicious bites were part of our lunch, combined with meatballs in tomato sauce.
I prepared some with bacon in muffins-paper-shells and some in non adhesive muffins tin. We had to spoon out the content of the paper shells, with the other ones: no problems (like in the picture!).
Both were delicious and I will do it again!

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I loved it. The kids were half and half. One loved it and the other (who is super picky) didn't. Hubby liked it a lot. So I reluctantly give it 4 stars instead of the 5 stars I think it deserves.

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These were way better than I was expecting. It was, however, very difficult to figure out size of vegatables. When you say large zucchini I was only guessing that you didn't mean one of the huge behemoths growing in my garden, and chose a middle of the road sized one, but even so I was nervous the whole time because it looked like an awful lot of zucchini!! Thanks for posting a great way to transform another zucchini.

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This is very tasty. My husband hates veggies, but liked this recipe because of the bacon. I also used mini muffin tins, and it was great. I will use this one over and over.

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Omgoodness!!!! So I did tweek it a bit, no onion because the significant other hates them and I only used 2 eggs. I will have to make this often.

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