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Easy, healthy Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters! Loaded with vegetables these delicious fritters are gluten-free, dairy-free & vegan! They are baked & not fried but still taste amazing!

front view of a stack of six healthy Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a blast hiking, playing in the pool, and spending time with some amazing friends. My heart is full and my soul is rested!

Now it’s time to jump back into another week with these Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters! These healthy zucchini fritters, served with a giant salad, make an amazing meatless meal! They are easy, healthy and packed full of summer produce!

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How to make Healthy Zucchini Corn Fritters

Baked – Not Fried

I am terrible at frying food! I have tried so many times and always wind up with an end product that is completely inedible! I am not sure exactly why, but I am definitely not going to be crowned the reigning food-frying queen any time soon…which is why I am happy to report that these fritters are baked and not fried!

Grease pan generously. Generously grease your baking pan with olive oil to prevent sticking. I recommend measuring out 1 TBS of olive oil and using your fingers to spread it all over the pan. So this recipe calls for a mere 1 TBS over a vat full of hot oil, yay!

EASY Zucchini Corn Cakes

These Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters are so simple! Simply mix together the ingredients, and plop portions of dough from 2 TBS to 1/4 cup onto the greased baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. Flip and bake for 10 minutes more and presto, you have delicious (and healthy) corn fritters without the hassle of frying! Total win!

Blend, if desired. 

If you have picky eaters who will turn up their nose at eating something with green flecks in it, feel free to blend the zucchini with your milk of choice until it’s smooth. This will cause your healthy zucchini fritters to be slightly green in color, but for some strange reason my kids are OK with eating green food, but not food with flecks of green inside! LOL!

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Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters: Substitutions 

  • All-purpose flour. These healthy zucchini fritters are easily made gluten-free by substituting the flour for your favorite gluten-free, all-purpose baking flour!
  • Milk. Make these healthy zucchini corn fritters  dairy-free and vegan by using plant-based milk. I recommend unsweetened, plain almond milk!
  • Corn. Fresh corn cut from the Cobb or frozen corn kernels that have been thawed work perfectly in this recipe!

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Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters

Easy, healthy Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters! Loaded with vegetables these delicious fritters are gluten-free, dairy-free & vegan! They are baked & not fried but still taste amazing! 

Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword baked zucchini corn fritters, zucchini corn cakes, zucchini corn fritters, zucchini fritters healthy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 Fritters
Calories 90 kcal
Author Laura

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Generously grease a baking pan with olive oil, spreading it around with a spatula or your fingers until the entire surface is well-coated. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and granulated sugar.
  4. Add milk and stir until the mixture is smooth and there aren’t any lumps.
  5. Add corn and zucchini and stir until evenly mixed in.
  6. Drop ¼ cup portions (for large fritters) onto your prepared baking sheet.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, spray the uncooked side gently with cooking spray (I recommend this).
  8. Carefully flip each fritter (they should be dark/golden brown on the first side) and sprinkle the browned side with a touch of sea salt.
  9. Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until second side is golden brown.
  10. Serve warm over a salad or as a side dish for your favorite BBQ fare!

Recipe Notes

*You can omit the sugar if you like non-sweet cornbread.

Nutrition Facts
Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters
Amount Per Serving (1 fritter)
Calories 90 Calories from Fat 23
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.6g 4%
Saturated Fat 0.5g 3%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.4g
Cholesterol 1.3mg 0%
Sodium 178mg 7%
Potassium 164mg 5%
Total Carbohydrates 15.7g 5%
Dietary Fiber 1.5g 6%
Sugars 4g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 6.7%
Vitamin C 4%
Calcium 4%
Iron 3.4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Overhead view of three healthy Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters on a plate

I am absolutely loving the abundance of summer produce this year! In my last Moments post I reported that I was not optimistic about our garden. Well, I’m happy to report that is no longer the case and I expect to be able to harvest a few zucchini in the next week or two! I’m so excited to get to use them, along with juicy ears of corn from the Farmer’s Market, in these healthy Baked Zucchini Corn Fritters!

We seriously had a magical weekend! It is one of those that will go down in the books! It ended with us getting caught in a rainstorm on the way home from the park (and I l-o-v-e storms)! We saw this double rainbow which was breathtakingly beautiful (view from our front porch)! Then Ritch and I played late 90’s/early 2000’s music videos for the kids! I’m talking N*Synyc, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees…and had a dance party. My cup is so full it’s overflowing!

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What is your favorite summer produce item? 

Are you growing a garden? How is it going this year?

Who is your favorite boy band? (C’mon I know you have one)!

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    • LOL Rachel! My husband says I just need to use more oil…but then it kind of grosses me out! It’s ok if a restaurant does it for me…but I’ll stick to baking in my kitchen…for now! 🙂 I did have some amazing lightly fried veggies at a restaurant on a date with Ritch a couple weeks ago that were amazing. Made me think (just think) about trying it!

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    • Isn’t it incredible Jenn?! Living in the mountains is so amazing because the weather is completely different from one side of the valley to the other. Which means sun and rain often collide and produce amazing sights…like this rainbow! 🙂

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  6. So happy that your garden is doing well Laura! It’s always so amazing to see when God revives a garden and causes it to grow! And my cup is so full too. You just reminded me of that, when I was feeling a bit of self-pity and fear right while reading your post. God is good! These delicious little corn fritters look so delicious, and zucchini is in abundance right now. I’m going to have to put this on the ‘to make zucchini list.’

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    • Thank you Emily! It is so fun growing a garden with the kiddos! 🙂 <3 I'm so glad that God spoke to you through my post! I love the way He uses the body of believers to uplift and encourage us!

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  11. Wow that is a beautiful rainbow…it is so bright!
    I love restful weekends that leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy. I’ve never tried baking fritters but it sounds like such a great idea!
    My favourite boyband is Westlife haha playing their songs now brings back so many memories.

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  13. I would love a stack of these right now! I’m so starved because it’s just about dinner time. Haha! I really should be making dinner instead of looking at delicious food blog posts. I’ll be getting zucchini soon and I KNOW that I will be trying these. They look so amazing! Pinned for later!

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    • LOL that happens to me SO much! I look at all these amazing food posts then I just end up making scrambled eggs for dinner! LOL the struggle is real!

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  18. Just pinned your fabulous Fritters, they look so good. Hope you are having a fantastic day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
    Come Back Soon,
    Miz Helen

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  20. These corn fritters with the zucchini in them is FABULOUS. Okay y’all, simple tasty. Perfect crunch and filling yet DELICIOUS side. I had avocado and shredded buffalo chicken with this and I can’t wait to make it again for my hubby when he comes home, Thankyou for this recipe!

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