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With added quinoa and white beans, theses Vegan Zucchini Fritters are high protein, filling, and can be eaten as an appetizer or main course!
This is the perfect recipe for all of those large zucchinis in your garden!
Of course here at Vegan With Curves, we have to make them protein packed and high calorie! It is a perfect recipe for your healthy vegan weight gain goals!
What to Serve with Zucchini Fritters
Unlike traditional zucchini fritters, each fritter has 12 grams of protein because of the added white beans and quinoa! They make a great main course to go with:
- Cucumber Chickpea Tomato Salad
- large green salad
- topped with vegan sour cream
- serve with unsweetened vegan yogurt
How to Make Vegan Zucchini Fritters?
*Please read the detailed and printable recipe card below for full ingredients and instructions.
Substitution, Cook, and Storage Tips:
- This recipe uses white beans but you can substitute with chickpeas if you desire.
- If you do not like quinoa, omit it. Just make a note it will be lower in protein.
- This recipe will last in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days and can last in the freezer for up to 2 months.
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High Protein Vegan Zucchini Fritters
Ingredients
- 3½ cup grated zucchini (measured/weighed before squeezing out water)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 green onions, chopped
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 15 ounce canned navy white beans, drained, rinsed, and smashed (or 1½ cup/25 g prepared navy white beans)
- ¼ cup chickpea flour
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil (for frying)
Instructions
- Grate the zucchini and then add it to a mixing bowl. Add sea salt, mix in, and leave for 10 minutes. This is to help release the excess water from the zucchini. Add zucchini a cheese cloth and use your hands to squeeze the zucchini and draining off the excess water. Place the squeezed zucchini into a separate bowl and discard the water.3½ cup grated zucchini (measured/weighed before squeezing out water), 1 teaspoon sea salt
- In the same bowl as your squeezed zucchini, add green onions, nutritional yeast, cooked quinoa, smashed white beans, chickpea flour, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt & pepper. Mix together until fully combined.2 green onions, chopped, ¼ cup nutritional yeast, 1 cup cooked quinoa, 1 15 ounce canned navy white beans, drained, rinsed, and smashed (or 1½ cup/25 g prepared navy white beans), ¼ cup chickpea flour, ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Add olive oil to a frying pan and let it get hot. Once hot, use ⅓ measuring cup to scoop out your fritters from the batter. Add each fritter to your skillet being sure not to overcrowd them. I was able to fit 3 in there at a time.¼ teaspoon onion powder
- Let it cook for a few minutes and then flip over - around 3 minutes per side. When both sides are nicely browned, then transfer your cooked fritters to the baking tray in the warmed oven to stay warm.
- Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil to the frying pan and repeat with your next batch.
- Serve with vegan sour cream and chopped spring onions.
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Notes
- This recipe uses white beans but you can substitute with chickpeas if you desire.
- If you do not like quinoa, omit it. Just make a note it will be lower in protein.
- This recipe will last in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days and can last in the freezer for up to 2 months.
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Jazmin
Followed recipe almost exactly(no white beans so used chickpeas). Delicious!! Even my 4 and 5 year olds enjoyed them! Thanks!🙂❤
Gina Marie
Awesome! So glad you and your babies like them!!!