Prep time: 15 minutes
Serves: 10
This is a delicious savoury loaf, perfect to accompany soup or as a sandwich with lots of healthy butter.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups blanched almond meal
- ¾ cup grated tasty cheese
- ¼ cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten (room temp, large 70g)
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 1 cup grated and squeezed zucchini (approx 120-130g weight)
Method
Preheat fan forced oven to 170°C and line a 23cm x 8cm loaf tin with non-stick baking paper.
- Place all dry ingredients into a bowl and mix together, ensuring no lumps remain.
- Place eggs and melted butter in another bowl and whisk together well.
- Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Grate zucchini and squeeze excess liquid through a nut bag or using your hands.
- Fold zucchini through mixture.
- Spoon into lined loaf tin and bake for 40 mins until top is golden brown, firm and skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
- Remove and let cool in baking tin 5 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
- Store in fridge for up to 5 days in airtight container.
With a background as a food writer and cookbook author, Linda Martinucci has spent the last 15 years following nutrition studies and medical research aimed at the best way to fuel our bodies for optimal health.
In 2017, Linda made the decision to overhaul her eating style and was amazed at how much better she felt by simply reducing carbohydrates and increasing healthy fats. Taking her husband, David, on the journey with her, he not only experienced weight loss, but had energy he never thought possible, and all inflammatory aches and pains disappeared.
One key to successfully transitioning to this new lifestyle was being able to indulge in favourite desserts from time to time, particularly at family celebrations.
Every Simply Swap Foods ingredient has been carefully selected for good nutrition and health benefits; Linda doesn’t compromise when it comes to your health. With these products and recipes, you really can indulge yourself and feel great too!