Zucchini with cheese in the microwave is a dietary snack that is suitable for all those who are losing weight, watching their weight, figure and who are on a diet. Because the dish is cooked with absolutely no oil.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Zucchini is the healthiest, one of the lowest-calorie vegetables. And besides that, it is also delicious, and most importantly very cheap. Its nutritional properties are absolutely not inferior to other vegetables, and even, on the contrary, in terms of usefulness they are in many ways superior. After all, this vegetable is rich in phosphorus, potassium, copper, iron. It contains proteins, sugars, fiber, vitamins PP and C. And the squash diet is useful for people with vascular and heart disease, as well as those who want to cleanse their body, lose weight and lose weight.
At the same time, the "classic" method of cooking a vegetable - frying in a pan, leads to the absorption of a large amount of fat into its pulp, which significantly increases its calorie content, approximately 10 times. Therefore, in order to prevent excess calories from the dish, zucchini can be cooked in the microwave, where there will be absolutely no oil. This miracle oven exists today in almost every family. It turns out zucchini in a microwave oven with a delicate and soft consistency. Well, if you are opponents of this kitchen "gadget", or you simply do not have it, then you can use the oven.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 86 kcal.
- Servings - 2 Vegetables
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Zucchini - 2 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 150 g
- Garlic - 2-4 cloves
- Sour cream 15% fat - 30 g
- Salt - 1/3 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - 1/3 tsp or to taste
Cooking zucchini with cheese in the microwave
1. Wash and dry the zucchini. Cut off the ends and cut into rings about 4 mm thick. The thinner you cut them, the faster they cook.
2. Grate the cheese on a medium grater, or simply cut into thin slices, about 2-3 mm each.
3. Peel the garlic, wash and dry.
4. Each microwave oven comes with a glass tray. Take it, line it with baking parchment and top with the zucchini slices. You can also use a regular plate.
5. Season the zucchini with salt and pepper and squeeze the garlic through a press.
6. For each zucchini slice, pour a little sour cream. Although it may not be used, it is a matter of taste.
7. Sprinkle the zucchini with grated cheese.
8. Place the tray in the microwave, cover and roast the courgettes for 15 minutes on medium power, about 450 WT. If you cook them in the microwave on 2 levels, double the baking time.
9. Decorate the prepared appetizer with herbs and serve the table.
See also a video recipe on how to cook zucchini with cheese in the microwave.
