Sweet Potato and Zucchini Fritters

These sweet potato zucchini fritters are awesome and these only have 2 main ingredients so are quick and easy to make once you’ve grated the veggies (food processor would be even quicker). Doing a mix of zucchini and sweet potato lowers the starchy carb content while sneaking in more greens. Feel free to use whatever fresh herbs and spices you prefer.

Kid and baby friendly, great for post workout recovery food and leftovers can be frozen.

Ingredients

• 1 small-medium sweet potato

• 2 zucchini

• 2 organic free range eggs

• Finely chopped coriander, parsley or any other fresh herb you like

• Approx 1-2 tsp turmeric or cumin plus sea salt and pepper to season

• Coconut oil for frying

Method

Grate sweet potato and zucchini into a bowl. Add the herbs and spices then the eggs; you don't need to whisk it beforehand, just add them in directly and use your (washed!) hands or a spoon to mix everything together.

Season with some sea salt and pepper then cook heaped tablespoons in a moderately heated pan with coconut oil. Use a wide spatula to edge in underneath them and then flip. Obviously this is easier if they’re a little smaller.

I like mine big so I can put lots of stuff on them…. Smoked salmon, feta, more herbs, avo...the possibilities are endless and they make a great whole-food base for any meal. This amount made about 9 large fritters, most of which I froze for another meal!

Nourishing Notes: You don’t want to avoid using oil otherwise these fritters will be hard to flip and will stick to the pan and break up. If you use coconut oil or even a grass-fed butter then you don’t need to be scared of using a liberal amount; these fats are much better than vegetable oils or margarine which have been hydrogenated (turning them into those dreaded trans fats) and more likely to cause free radical damage in your body. You can also use a good extra virgin olive oil but just be sure not to turn the heat up too high as EVOO doesn’t have as high a burning temperature as coconut, which means it can also become oxidized at high temperatures.