Zucchini Tots with Stouffer’s Family Sized Macaroni & Cheese
While I long for the warm weather, the hectic life that comes with it is hard on our family. I find myself searching for easy dinner ideas that are delicious, quick and nutritious. After a week of just too much take out, I thought there has to be a better way. That’s when I spotted Stouffer’s Family Size Macaroni & Cheese.
Stouffer’s Mac & Cheese recipe includes real, simple ingredients, like freshly made pasta, cheddar cheese, milk and butter. While homemade meals are the “golden standard” for many families, we live in a busy world where whipping up homemade dishes every night can be challenging. Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese is an easy solution that you can feel good about feeding your family.
I love serving my kid’s favorite side dish with our Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese: Zucchini Tots!
We know that everyone wants to eat better but needs inspiration and simple solutions to choose from so they can make it a reality more often. To build a balanced meal, use frozen prepared foods as your base and pair with an easy-to-make side dish made of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and/or low-fat dairy. These Zucchini Tots are made with just 5 ingredients and the star is nutritious zucchini!
Zucchini Tots
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 medium zucchini shredded
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup pamesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- salt & pepper
Instructions
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Shread zucchini into a mesh colander with a towel underneath. I like to use a cheese grater.
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Squeeze out excess liquid.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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In a bowl, mix together all ingredients.
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Shape 1 tbsp mix into a tater tot like shape.
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On a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, bake tots for 20 minutes.
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Bottoms should be browned.
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Flip tots over and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
One of my favorite reasons why I love these tots is that they come together so fast. You can also make them ahead of time and freeze them! Just let them cool off after you bake them and freeze on a baking sheet. When they are frozen, place into a freezer bag and then bake them as needed.
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Great dinner combo – love these zucchini tots! Very creative use of zucchini.
My mom made Stouffer’s mac & cheese for us all the time when we were kids. Now I am the mom and I make it for my own kids -we love it.
I love how versatile zucchini is. I have never tried them as Sue Keeney tots but they look so good I cannot wait to try it.
Those tots look amazing! I will have to try that out one night. I also love the stouffers Mac N Cheese. It makes for a great easy weeknight meal!
What a delicious pairing. My son is a huge fan of Stouffer’s Mac and Cheese. He has already stated it a must for college life.
Ahh! Those zucchini tots look amazing! I’ve never seen such a glorious thing!
I think I might be literally drooling over those zucchini tots. I even think my husband might actually like them. Not as much as he likes tater tots, but probably pretty darn close!
After a amazing zucchini growing season last year in my garden, I fully expect to have an abundance of it again. I’m glad that I’ve finally found a zucchini recipe that doesn’t require a spiral zoodle or bread!
Those zucchini tots sound amazing. I’ve got this pinned so that when our zucchini come in I can try this recipe. I love Stouffer’s mac and cheese. It’s the best!
Wow, I would never have thought to make zucchini tots but those sound like perfection! I bet I could make these for the kids and gluten free ones for me even! Thanks for the idea!
Oh this would be a great way to get my daughter to eat more vegetables. Add cheese and make them dip able, that would make her interested for sure!
How clever are those!
I love cooking and baking with zucchini but never thought to make zucchini tots.
Those would be a huge hit in our home.
Now this is a delicious combo. I love those mac and cheese meals and the zucchini tots sound delicious too!
So yummy! I know I would love these but would have to think about how to make them gluten free. I love this combination, it is pretty to look at too!
OMG! I’m always looking for new things to do with zucchini. I know my kids would love these especially with Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese!
I enjoy a great zucchini recipe! I think this sounds like a great alternative to greasy fatty french fries.
My Son loves Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese. I am sure he would like these zucchini tots. I will have to get the ingredients I need to make some this weekend.
Yummy! These look really good! I would love recreate them for my family.
these sound amazing and now I’m craving zucchini! Also, I think my two toddlers would love these!
Yum these look so good. I bet my kids would love EVERYTHING in this post. It all looks incredible and makes me so hungry!
This is an awesome family meals. My boys love Mac and cheese so much. I know they would love this .
Oh heavens yum. I think my husband would love these. Saving for later!
This is such a creative way to use Mac n Cheese! Looks delish!
This looks amazing! I love zuchinni. Probably one of my favorite veggies. I’ll have to make these!
Stoffers Mac and Cheese is the best! I love this classic comfort food for a busy weeknight dinner with the family. Love that you’ve incorporated zucchini in this recipe, yum!
I love trying zucchini recipes. Now with summer, these would be great standalones or with burgers. Yummy recipe here and I will save it.
Oh the zucchini tots sounds so nice, and you can’t beat mac and cheese to go with it x
These look really delicious! Yummy! They would be great for an event.
Zucchini tots sounds really good and they are low carb! How yummy and healthy.
This looks like a good dish. The pictures do a great job of displaying it.
Plus, Stouffer’s Macaroni & Cheese is so yummy all by itself.
These zucchini tots look delicious. They would be great for snacking on too. I’ll have to make them.
I love tater tots, but I don’t really eat potatoes too much anymore. The zucchini tots are the perfect solution to my tater tot needs.
Ohhh yum! Those look so tasty! I bet my family would love this recipe!
Those zucchini tots look so yummy! That is one of the few veggies that I really like, so I’m always up for new ways to make it.
I’m always looking for way to sneak veggies into my kids mouths. I bet they would actually eat this. It looks tasty.
Ooh, I can’t believe I’m about to say this but these look delicious!! I’ve never been a fan of zucchini but I can’t get aboard this recipe!
What a creative way to use zucchini. Im sure adults and kids will love these.
I’ve never tried this with zucchini before! It’s a brilliant idea! I love it and I’m sure the kids will too. It’s a great way to encourage the kids to eat more veggies.
I would love to keep this recipe! I don’t mind eating more veggies and I like learning about different ways to prepare them. I’ve never had this before!
Omg you make it look so easy but these bite-size a snack and look delicious
Oh this looks so yummy! My husband and my kids will surely love this zucchini
These look so yummy! Can’t wait to add this to my menu next week. I think even my kids wil eat ’em… and if not, more for me! Ha!
Zucchini bites sound delicious! My daughters love mac and cheese and Stouffer’s is our favorite for a family meal size dinner.
These zucchini tots sound excellent! I love zucchini anything, so I know I would love these. I would just have to experiment with gluten free bread crumbs because of my Celiac.
This looks like such a hearty meal. I love trying out new dishes during the summer months.
Zucchini Tots are always a big hit at our place. It’s been a while I made them. Thanks for reminder. These look really good.
Mmm… This looks so good!!! I would love to try and make this for the hubby, I am sure he would like it!!
Thanks for sharing this delicious dish with us 🙂
how many cups in 1-1/2 zuchini?
Ohh this has to be the best zucchini recipe ever. I love this, and I can’t wait to try it, I bet it will be a big hit!