Day 146: Roasted Zucchini with Feta ♥

Today's easy vegetable recipe: Zucchini and green onion roasted with feta cheese. Yeah, that simple! It's Low Carb. Weight Watchers Friendly. And seductively delicious!

What a history, this recipe.

Way back in 2005, I was cooking a new vegetable recipe every day for an entire year. I was in full experimental mode and posted all the results, good or bad. Day 146's recipe for roasted zucchini had so much promise: it was simple and cheesy, then brightened with fresh mint. Instead, it was awful. I made it again, just to see: not awful, but forgettable.

Way back in 2008, it was time for an overhaul, a fresh start, a new recipe. The zucchini and feta remain, garlic and onion are added, the mint is nixed. The results? Delicious!

And now, all these years later? I roast zucchini with feta all the time.

ROASTED ZUCCHINI with FETA

Hands-on time: 10 minutes
Time to table: 35 minutes
Serves 4

1 pound zucchini, cut into thirds lengthwise, then into sixths
2 green onions, cut into lengths
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt & pepper to taste
1 ounce feta cheese, crumbled

Preheat oven to 375F/190C. Toss zucchini, onions, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper and feta in a large bowl. Arrange in a baking container with room enough to spread evenly in a single layer. Roast for about 25 minutes, stirring after 10 and 15 minutes, until zucchini are cooked but still quite firm.

NUTRITION INFORMATION Per Serving: 72 Calories; 5g Tot Fat; 2g Sat Fat; 6mg Cholesterol; 99mg Sodium; 5g Carb; 1g Fiber; 2g Sugar; 3g Protein. WEIGHT WATCHERS WW Old Points 1.5, WW PointsPlus 2, WW SmartPoints 3, WW SmartPoints Freestyle 2

TODAY'S VEGETABLE RECIPE INSPIRATION Original recipe adapted from the New York Times, 8/24/2005

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