Mini Zucchini Pizza Bites are low carb, easy and a great way to get your family to eat zucchini!
Best way I know how to get my kids to try a new recipe is use cheese as a cover up. Gooey cheese over the top of most anything I'm trying to secretly include into my kiddies meals works most often then not. This time it's disguised as mini pizza bites and they ate them up like there was no tomorrow even after they saw the "green" and knew it was zucchini!
I have successfully disguised veggies in many recipes, but a few of my favorites are my Cheddar Cauliflower Bacon Bites , Cauliflower Tortillas and my Baked Zucchini Egg Nests.
This recipe was originally posted in August of 2015. It's a great recipe and I wanted to bring it back to the forefront as well as provide a simple video to show how to make them.
I've made them a few times now to know that the "green" from the zucchini needs to be covered well over the top instead of as you can see above, showing it's colors. They may know the zucchini is there but they prefer not to see it and that makes them happy so that's what I make sure to do.
This idea for a pizza bite has been on my mind all summer because we have a garden and I want to use up my zucchini. I couldn't wait for the garden to start producing zucchini for me. Thinking of new zucchini ideas is my quest each summer. I never want to waste a harvest.
Change up the toppings to whatever your heart desires but don't leave out the cheese!
Whether you choose some pepperoni on them or not, these will be devoured in your house.
2 dozen doesn't go very far with a family of 6.
I hope this summer you are eating your hearts content of zucchini recipes! The recipe video below shows these in regular sized muffin pan, but my kids and I prefer them in a mini muffin pan. Easier to hold and pick up!
For more Zucchini Recipes Check Out my Pinterest Zucchini Board!
This recipe has been adapted from my Mini Zucchini Cheese Bites.
Mini Zucchini Pizza Bites
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasonings
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ½ cup grated provolone cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup mini pepperoni slices
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray a mini muffin pan with natural olive oil cooking spray.
- Place the zucchini in a clean towel and squeeze as much liquid out as you can.
- In a bowl mix the zucchini, egg, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and provolone cheese. and cilantro.
- Evenly divide the mixture into the mini muffin pan, packed down in each cup.
- Evenly sprinkle mozzarella onto zucchini then top with mini pepperoni slices.
- Bake for 15- 18 minutes until golden brown around the edges. Mine were perfect at 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool about 10 minutes before removing. Use a knife to cut around edges to loosen from muffin pan. Enjoy warm or room temperature.
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Robin
Loved it! A trick I seen in a cooking class is to add the salt mix let it sit for 10 or 20 min then squeeze the excess water out. Cheesecloth is perfect if you have it!
Thanks for posting! It will be in my rotation ?
Ashley
Is the serving size per pizza bite, or all of them combined? How many pizza bites make up the 3.8 carbs?
Brenda
A mini muffin pan has 24 cups as opposed to a regular size muffin pan that has 12. Under the title there are 6 servings in this recipe which makes each serving be 4 pizza bites.
Kari
Can this be made using a regular pan instead of mini? If so, would these amounts make 12, or 6 like in the video?
Brenda
This recipe makes 24 mini bites so if you were to use a standard muffin pan, my guess would be you'd get just 12.
Kathy K
Hi Brenda made these tonight and they tasted awesome. The only problem is that they were a little soggy, I did squeeze my zucchini, the only difference was I didn’t have a block of provolone so I did a small dice to equal the quarter cup...any ideas? Thanks Kathy
Margo
I absolutely love love love these. I substitute turkey pepperoni since my gall bladder can’t handle the regular stuff. Excellent snack for diabetic. I even made this in a special ed class with the kids. All the children tried it, some loved it. All the adults loved it! Thank you ?!
Amy
Can I say how awesome these were! I have been doing pretty well on a low carb, no sugar, gluten free diet but I am in month 3 and my kids were begging for pizza...this was delicious! They are not like some of those recipes out there that well...taste yuck! I now don't have to feel deprived! Thanks for posting!!
Brenda
Awesome!!!
Carla
I saw this recipe and was curious. I only had one zucchini but made it work using a mini muffin pan. It was fabulous and my family loved them. So easy and quick. I am going back to the store for more zucchini. Oh and I didn't use pepperoni because I didn't have any. Asked the family if I should add sauce and they said it wasn't necessary. Kudos and thanks.
Lorien Kelly
I am not getting anywhere near your nutritional info when I break this recipe down. Just curious how you calculated it? I have tried 3 different times and not coming close. Tracking macros for keto, so this is important. Thanks!
Jessica Shafer
Provolone is a soft cheese, that can not be grated like parmesan. Should it be shredded Provolone or grated parmesan?
brian
I dont have muffin tins, so turned it into a casserole with slices of sausage and bacon INSTEAD OF PEPERONI. Unbelievable. Oh I also threw in some marinera sauce. It was amazing!!!! way better than I thought it would be. Thanks so much!!! fANTASTIC RECIPE!!!!!
B. Hill
That's brilliant.
Sissy
This would make a great breakfast
Cindi Ryan
Cilantro? Seems out of step for pizza-like recipe. Maybe basil?
I have made a few of your recipes, they usually come out great. Thanks.
Aan het strand van Oostende
Hi Brenda, These worked out great. My family loved them and I have a house of picky eaters, I will be making these often. Thanks for sharing.:)
Brenda
Great to hear! Thanks for making it and coming back to comment!
Nancy@SeasonsOfJoy
Hi! These sound delicious! Thank you! Thought you might want to know, you mention cilantro in the instructions, but I didn't see it listed in the ingredients. I am sure it is optional, and easy to guess, but thought you might want to know. I haven't tried the recipe yet, but I am giving it 5 stars, as it will be, I am sure!
Pati
Don't you have to do anything to get excess water out of the zucchini first? Squeeze it, lay it out on paper towels, anything?
Brenda
No actually I didn't, worked fine, but if you're worried about it squeeze out the water in a dry clean towel.