Zucchini Toast

As avocado toast is typically off the menu if you're looking for low histamine recipes, I wanted to make a fun alternative with that creamy taste and texture. This zucchini toast with cream cheese hits the spot perfectly and is so easy to make!

We use fresh summer produce of zucchini (we grow ours in our back yard and always have so many!), as well as fresh basil and mint leaves for that fragrant flavor. So let me show you how to make zucchini on toast as an appetizer, or for brunch or lunch!

Can't do bread? Simply swap for rice cakes or oat cakes if they work for you.

Have more zucchini than you know what to do with? Perhaps have a peek at my zucchini broccoli soup, vegetarian stuffed zucchini boats and my cabbage zucchini soup to make the most of them!

🥪 Ingredients

All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.

Some notes on a few of them:

• Toast - use the type of bread that works for you, or rice cakes as an alternative.
• Cream cheese - I suggest using a brand with as few additives as possible.
• Zucchini - we roast the zucchini to soften and bring out their sweetness so that we can mix it in with the cream cheese to form a kind-of cheesy veggie spread.
• Mint and basil - both fresh and light, and perfect in summer. Use fresh leaves not dried!

📖 Swaps and variations

Swap bread for rice cakes. If you're sensitive to gluten, then rice cakes (or oat cakes if gluten free and suitable for you) are an easy swap.

Swap cream cheese for ricotta cheese. Both work well for that cheesy taste! Have a peek at my blueberry ricotta toast recipe for another brunch idea.

Swap basil and mint. Choose the fresh herbs you like best!

🔪 Step by step instructions

Making these zucchini toasts is super simple, requires easy to find affordable ingredients and has all easy recipe steps.

All the instructions are set out in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.

Step 1: Roast zucchini

Dice the zucchini into fairly thin rounds, then place on a baking sheet. Drizzle with a little olive oil and roast for 25-30 minutes until they have softened with light browning (image 1).

Step 2: Combine 'spread' ingredients

In a bowl, combine cream cheese, zucchini rounds (let cool a little first), fresh basil leaves, fresh mint leaves, olive oil, salt and optional black pepper. Use a fork to mix together (image 2).

Step 3: Toast the bread

Toast your bread, whether under the broiler or in a toaster (for my UK readers!) (image 3).

Step 4: Assemble the toasts

Spread the zucchini cream cheese mix onto your toasts, and season with a pinch of salt and black pepper to preference (image 4).

🥣 How to serve

Serve up this zucchini on toast recipe with some fun sides to make it more of a hearty meal, particularly as a lunch idea for summer! Some ideas:

• Slaw recipes always go down well with kids and adults alike, so choose from my radish slaw, mango slaw or my broccolini slaw!
• Salads are easy to make, and fresh bright. My apple cucumber salad and fennel cucumber salad are both quick to do!
• Veggie sides add so much color to your plate and my roasted Brussels sprouts and broccoli and my pesto roasted vegetables would both cook up alongside your zucchini in the oven.

🍽 More brunch ideas

If you're looking for breakfast or brunch recipes I have you covered with fun ideas such as my carrot cake baked oatmeal and apple oatmeal, as well as these tasty recipes:

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