These Zucchini Pizza Bites are a super tasty and healthier spin on pizza, conveniently made in the air fryer!
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Why You’ll Love These Zucchini Pizza Bites
- You really can’t go wrong with melted cheese and pepperoni, right? These mini pizzas have plenty!
- A slice of zucchini is hidden under the pepperoni, cheese, and sauce, so you can feel better about eating pizza. 😉
- These mini pizzas can be enjoyed as a snack or meal. They’re also a great keto appetizer for parties and gatherings!
- They’re conveniently made in the air fryer. You can also make these in the oven, but the air fryer delivers a better texture.
Ingredients Needed to Make This Zucchini Pizza Bites Recipe
Ingredient quantities are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Zucchini
- Marinara sauce
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Mini pepperoni slices (optional)
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Salt
- Pepper
- Italian seasoning
- You’ll also need an air fryer, like this one (I have an older model and absolutely love it! It isn’t just an air fryer, but also a pressure cooker, slow cooker, dehydrator, and more)
🍕 INGREDIENTS NOTES:
- You can top these mini pizzas with any of your favorite pizza toppings. Feel free to get creative!
- I highly recommend shredding your mozzarella cheese by hand for maximum melting (pre-shredded cheese contains anti-caking agents that make it harder for cheese to melt fully). Here’s the grater I use.
- If you can’t find mini pepperoni, you can cut regular-sized pepperoni into quarters.
How to Make Zucchini Pizza Bites {Quick Overview}
This is just a quick overview of some of the steps involved in making the air fryer zucchini recipe. For the recipe in detail, including exact measurements used at each step, scroll to the recipe card at the end of the post.
Gather your ingredients, making sure you’ve sliced your zucchini into 1/4″ slices. I leave the peel on for its nutrients, but you can peel your zucchini if you’d prefer.
Place zucchini slices into the air fryer in a single layer (you’ll likely need to work in batches). Cook for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste…
then add marinara sauce.
Add Italian seasoning and mozzarella cheese. If you’re adding pepperoni, you can add it at this step as well.
🍕 I like to add my cheese kind of sloppily over the zucchini slices because I love having the melted cheese draped all over the edges. You’re welcome to make your mini pizzas look a little cleaner!
Cook again until the cheese has melted fully.
Here’s what cheese-only pizzas look like:
As well as cheese and pepperoni:
Remove your mini pizzas and place them on a plate. Repeat the process until you’ve made all of the slices, or until you’ve run out of toppings.
More Zucchini Recipes
- Check out this tasty zucchini casserole for summer picnics, holidays, and just because. It can be served as a side dish or main meal.
- Or, whip up some chicken and zucchini casserole for a delicious, healthy dinner.
- Roasted zucchini and squash is a summer favorite keto side dish you’ll want to make again and again.
Nutrition Facts for This Easy Zucchini Bites Recipe
Per serving (3 total servings):
- 230 calories
- 17g fat
- 13g protein
- 4g net carbs
More Italian Recipes
- Add keto garlic bread, using fathead dough, to any keto Italian meal and you won’t be disappointed. Or, if you are short on time try this quick keto garlic bread! Both of these are excellent keto appetizers for Italian meals.
- You cannot go wrong when you make keto meatballs. This recipe is sensational!
- And don’t forget this easy low carb meatball casserole that uses delicious Italian sausage in the recipe!
- Chicken parmesan casserole and alfredo chicken casserole are also options during casserole season.
- And finally, alfredo soup will keep you warm during the winter months! 🍲
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Zucchini Pizza Bites
Ingredients
- 1 medium zucchini sliced into 1/4” slices
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese or more if desired; shred by hand for best results
- 1/2 cup mini pepperoni slices or more if desired
- Non-stick cooking spray
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Place zucchini slices in a single layer in the air fryer (you will need to work in batches) and lightly spray them with cooking spray. Cook for 5 minutes at 400 F.
- Sprinkle the slices with salt and pepper to taste, then spoon about 1 tsp marinara sauce onto each slice.
- Sprinkle Italian seasoning onto the slices to taste, then generously sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese. Optionally add mini pepperoni slices.
- Cook for 5-6 minutes until cheese has melted. Remove, place the pizza bites on a plate, and repeat the process until you’ve made all of the zucchini.
Notes
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutrition facts are included as a courtesy only. They are accurate to the best of our knowledge based on the ingredients and brands used, but their accuracy is not guaranteed. If applicable, sugar alcohols have already been removed from the total carb count.
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