PREPARATION TIME

10 mins

COOKING TIME

10 mins

AGE GROUP

10 – 12 months

INGREDIENTS

1 medium sized zucchini

4 tablespoons of dry breadcrumbs

1 tablespoon of wheat germ (if you don’t have this ingredient don’t worry about it)

3/4 teaspoon of dried basil

3/4 teaspoon of dried oregano

2 tablespoons of finely grated fresh Parmesan cheese

1 egg

METHOD

1. Preheat your oven to 190 deg C.

2. Using a shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, wheat germ, parmesan cheese, oregano and basil. Mix together thoroughly.

3. Rinse zucchini, cut off the top and bottom bits. Then slice length ways in half. Slice each half length ways into thin strips 5mm thick. Cut each length into 3cm pieces.

4. In a separate bowl beat the egg.

5. Add to the bowl the zucchini pieces and coat all of them in the egg.

6. Add the egg coated zucchini to the bowl of bread crumbs, wheat germ, parmesan cheese, oregano and basil.

7. Use a baking tray with baking paper on the bottom and add the zucchini (which should be well coated with the bread crumbs).

8. Spread evenly on the baking tray then spray zucchini pieces with a cooking oil spray.

9. Place into the preheated oven for 10 minutes until golden brown.

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