Zucchini Omelette

This Zucchini Omelette is the most delicious high-protein breakfast recipe to use your garden zucchini. Plus, it’s full of feta and Parmesan for a cheesy omelette packed with 22 grams of protein per serving.

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I have a passion for egg breakfast recipes, like my Scrambled Eggs With Cottage Cheese, Ricotta Frittata, or Sunny Side Up Eggs. They are filling, easy to make, and low carb as well to fill you up with no guilt.

Ingredients and Substitutions

To make this omelette with zucchini you need.

• Grated Zucchini – Keep the skin on for an extra boost of fiber. Grate with a hand grater and squeeze in your hand to discard any zucchini water that tends to soften the omelet. Discard the juice.
• Large Eggs – I like to use fresh, free-range eggs.
• Egg White – Optional, but adding an egg white to the omelette boosts the protein content.
• Feta Cheese – Feel free to use goat feta, sheep feta, or cow feta cheese. Note that low-fat cheese is working well if you want less fat and fewer calories.
• Shredded Parmesan, Mozzarella, or cheddar. Any hard shredded cheese melts and tastes great with zucchini.
• Garlic Powder – optional
• Salt and Black Pepper – Adjust to taste.
• Paprika – to serve, optional
• Garlic – Fresh crushed garlic or powdered garlic.
• Chili Flakes – Or chili powder if you have.
• Olive Oil – I like to use extra-virgin olive oil, but any other vegetable oil would work.
• Butter or ghee or more olive oil

How To Make Zucchini Omelette

Zucchini are eggs are made to be together, and when I don’t make a crustless zucchini pie, I love a quick zucchini omelet recipe.

1. Cutting Zucchini: Cut the end of the zucchini with a sharp kitchen knife. You don’t need to peel them as it keeps all the vitamins.
2. Grating Zucchini: I like to use a large grater to grate the unpeeled zucchini because it adds more texture to the omelette filling. However, you can dice the zucchini into tiny cubes if you don’t have a grater.
3. Squeeze the Zucchini – to extract the water.
4. Measure the Veggies – with a measuring cup.

5. Heating Zucchini: In a large nonstick skillet, add olive oil, and when hot, add crushed garlic and grated zucchini. Cook, stir for 1 or 2 minutes until the zucchini soften. Set aside on a plate, cover with foil to keep the omelette filling warm.
6. Beating Egg Mixture: In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, egg whites, chili flakes, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
7. Preparing The Pan: Meanwhile, rub the skillet with absorbent paper to remove any oil left from the zucchini.
8. Cooking The Omelette: Return to medium heat, add olive oil and butter, and melt over medium-high heat. Add the beaten egg mixture and tilt the pan to spread the eggs all over the skillet’s surface.
9. Cook until the sides are dry and the center of the omelette starts to dry out.
10. On one half of the omelette, add the cooked grated zucchini. Top up with crumbled feta cheese and shredded Parmesan.
11. Close the omelette in half and cook it until the cheese has melted.

Serving

Serve the omelette with a dust of paprika, fresh herbs, and a spinach tomato salad on the side. Other great side dishes to an omelette with zucchini are:

• Roasted rutabagas
• Oven Roasted potatoes
• Sourdough bread or a lice of almond flour bread
• Roasted cauliflower

Allergy Swaps

Below are some ingredient swap ideas if you need.

• Dairy-Free – You can use dairy-free feta and dairy-free hard cheese in this recipe. You can also make the recipe cheese-free and add a pinch of nutritional yeast to the beaten egg to add a dairy-free cheesy flavor to the recipe. Swap butter for more olive oil.
• Gluten-Free – This omelette is naturally free from gluten.
• Garlic – You can skip the garlic, or use two tablespoons of finely chopped onion or shallot instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are my answers to your common questions about this zucchini omelette recipe.

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