Recipe Corner: Protein Zucchini
Zucchini Protein Cobbler- sounds strange but it’s delish !!!!
2 large zucchini diced up
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tsp of nutmeg
2 1/2 cups of splenda
1 tsp. of cinnamon
2 cups of Vanilla Protein Powder or, if you can find a Vanilla Carmel type flavor
3/4 cup of I can’t Believe it’s Not Butter Butter Spray
- In a large pan cook diced zucchini with lemon juice until soft. Cover while cooking
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees while zucchini is cooking
- In a separate bowl, combine protein powder and 3/4 cup of splenda with the fat free butter spray until powder is somewhat formed into crumbs
- Once zucchini is cooked and softened, add in the nutmeg, the remaining splenda, and cinnamon and stir
- In a sprayed square cooking pan, place one half of the protein mixture on the bottom, next add the zucchini mixture and then place the remaining protein mixture on top.
- Place in the oven and cook for 35-40 mins
Serves 9
Nutritional breakdown
130 calories
4 grams of fat
8 carbohydrate
34mg of sodium
2 grams of sugar
16 grams of protein
September 17, 2009 at 11:32 am
sounds great! im gonna give it a try:)
September 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I made the recipe. The protein powder and splenda got gummy and sticky. It was hard to spread it in the pan. Has that happened to you?
September 23, 2009 at 7:09 pm
I eat Zuccinni almost everyday and have never thought about putting protein powder in it. Thanks.