Zucchini Cheese Toast

5 from 2 votes

This cheesy zucchini toast with mint and basil is the perfect alternative to avocado toast! Creamy and full of flavour from the herbs, it's a tasty brunch or lunch recipe.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Main Dish, Snack

Cuisine: American, British

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 176kcal

Author: Claire

Ingredients

2 tsps extra virgin olive oil
3 medium zucchini (I used a mix of yellow and green) sliced
3 tablespoon cream cheese
2 slices toast (rice cakes as an alternative)
small handful mint leaves
10 basil leaves
sprinkle salt to taste
sprinkle sesame seeds optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200C / 390F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Once the oven is at temperature, add the sliced zucchini to the baking tray and drizzle over 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Bake for 30 minutes.
A few minutes before the zucchini is ready, toast the bread. Finely dice the basil, and the mint - leaving a few mint leaves aside to use as a garnish.
Add the cooked zucchini to a bowl, setting aside a few slices as a garnish. Mash the zucchini lightly with a fork. Stir in the cream cheese, 1 teaspoon of olive oil, basil and diced mint leaves and salt to taste.
Top the toast with the zucchini mixture, and add the garnishes, including the sesame seeds if using.
Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

There are tons of cream cheese brands out there, from 'big name' brands to supermarket own brands. Personally, I have found that it is often the case that supermarket own brands contain fewer ingredients, and seem to contain fewer additives. Have a look at the ingredients lists to see which looks best for you.
If you follow a low fodmap diet, as I have had to do at times, then mozzarella rates as low fodmap, whereas the softer cheeses such as cream cheese are considered to be high fodmap due to their higher lactose content.
Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.

Swiss Interest Group Histamine Intolerance

All ingredients score as 0 on the SIGHI list, with the exception of:

wheat scores a '1' and has a ? as a liberator. If you prefer to be wheat-free, then you can add the topping to rice cakes or oat cakes instead.
sesame seeds score a '1'. Omit if you are unable to tolerate or you could swap for some pumpkin seeds.

Nutrition