Welcome to another Meatless Monday link up! Throughout the month of December, I will be bringing you Holiday Favorites made healthier. Everyone loves the Hanukkah favorite, Potato Latkes. I’ve made them a little healthier by reducing the oil and swapping in sweet potatoes and zucchini.
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The traditional Potato Latke contains lots of white potatoes, white flour and oil. Not so healthy of a choice these days. I’ve subbed in Sweet Potatoes and Zucchini and used whole wheat bread crumbs and whole wheat flour and reduced the oil. I added some Chipotle peppers to spice it up a bit. They were amazing! (much better than the pictures). I ended up eating the leftovers with an omelet the next morning in a hash brown style. They were perfect. Hope you give them a try.
- 1 small onion
- 2 Zucchini
- 2 Sweet Potatoes (peeled)
- 2 Chipotle peppers in Adobe sauce (w 2 tsp of sauce)
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Panko bread crumbs
- 2-3 Tbl of whole wheat flour
- salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
- Olive Oil for cooking
- In a food processor: shred onion, zucchini, chipotle and sweet potatoes
- Transfer to a mixing bowl
- Add eggs, panko and flour as needed
- Add salt, pepper and garlic powder
- Shape into patties and arrange on a plate
- Heat a large skillet to medium high with Olive Oil (enough to cover bottom of pan)
- Pan fry the Latkes until browned and flip to repeat
- Remove from heat and place on paper towels to absorb any excess oil
- Serve warm and enjoy
These turned out incredible! I tried them topped with avocado and Greek yogurt-yum! I also served them with my omelet the next morning for a delicious breakfast.
What Holiday foods are you enjoying these days? Any favorites you’d like to see me make over healthier?
I loved the sweet potato and zucchini combo! Can’t wait to link up my Meatless recipe tomorrow 🙂
They came out really well! Looking forward to seeing your recipe too. Have a good day 🙂
I’ve never made latkes, but these will make a good start!
It is not as intimidating as it sounds! Hope you give it a try they were fabulous
What a great combination of flavors! I bet they were yummy with an omelet and of course topped with avocado 🙂
They were great both ways! Came out much better than the pictures _LOL
I don’t normally eat potato pancakes for the reason that they are not healthy. But this sounds like a great alternative to that.
I don’t normally eat them either but if you watch the oil they can be healthy and delicious
Ooooh good idea my friend! These sound delicious, and completely the opposite of mine in that they are very good for you in every way! Love that you used panko breadcrumbs!
The panko breadcrumbs give everything a little more crunch. They were fabulous 🙂
No joke, I was just thinking about making latkes with sweet potato yesterday, I just wish that zucchini was at a better price. Here in Chicago it is $$$$
really zucchini is expensive there? I don’t think it is here. I believe I paid around $3 for 2 large ones. Funny how that is
This looks fantastic! Love the combo of sweet potatoes and zucchini!
It came out really well-much better than the pictures lol
Those sound so good! I must try them.
They came out so good!
Yum! I bet these would be good with some over easy eggs!
They were great with my omelet. I may need to make another batch this week.
I think they look yummy! Just another way to sneak in some veggies! I like how you topped with avocado! Happy Monday!
I am all about the avocado!
I’m not linking up today but making potato latkes lighter is always a good move!
They are so good and easy to make healthier. I love them!
These sound so good! I love anything sweet potato so I am sure these would be delish!
ooh they are! Hope you give them a try. They were great with the avocado.
Great idea adding the chipoltle peppers. These sound really good. My mother-in-law made a vegan soup which was a tomato base and used white beans pureed to thicken it. If I can get the recipe, I will share it. It was really good!
Chipotle peppers seem to be finding their way into lots of my recipes these days. We will be doing soup and stew themes in January so hopefully you can link it up then. We’d love to have you!
Yum! I’ve done zucchini or sweet potato latkes but never mixed the two together. It sounds delicious.
They were fabulous hope you give them a try!
Yeah for Hanukkah– I can’t believe how soon it is! I am getting lazy this year and bought the frozen Trader joes– they are pretty good and do the trick when you have to make a party for the family… I’m cutting myself slack as I’ll be 32 plus weeks pregnant at that point
Slack is in order in deed for you! I don’t have that excuse to use so I think I am making my own. 🙂 These were great but my kids would never eat them if they had zucchini.
This post is timely and too funny. Just 2 days ago my sister was telling me she still had a butt load of zucchini she wanted to use for somethings besides bread before it all goes bad. She also said she had a bunch of sweet potatos because she loves Yams at Thanksgiving and bought too many.
I am sending her a link to this right now:)
Well thanks! so glad I could help and hope she enjoys them.
Yum!! And I almost have all the ingredients to make this (need those Chipotle peppers and Adobe sauce!). I need to keep a better eye on Meatless Monday for inspiration! 🙂
Hooray for latke season! Have you ever had them with apple sauce on top? The best!
I ADORE latkes and confession —> i bribe my jewish friends to teach me how to make them perfect. There is a trick, yes?
gosh I have no idea whether there is a trick! My grandma would probably say yes and be mortified that I messed up her recipe. They are good though
YUM! I love zucchini. I love sweet potato. I love this.
oh thanks so much. They really turned out great!
That sounds really good. I haven’t had a latke in years! These seem easy to make! I will be adding this to my list of things to make!
Thanks! They were really good and the leftovers were even better
I’ll skip the hot sauce, but the rest of this recipe sounds super scrumptious.
Thanks! You can certainly leave out the Chipotle pepper and still enjoy
Sweet potatoes are my jam, I’m totally pinning this one. Thanks for the meatless monday idea!
Thanks! Glad you like it hope you enjoy
This looks like an interesting twist on an old fave. Thanks!
Thanks! Hope you give it a try
Sounds like a great combo! One of the featured recipes this week on the Weight Watchers website is Santa Fe Sweet Potato & Zucchini Latkes! Their version is different. They use low-fat Mexican style cheese, cilantro, and chili for flavoring.
oh that sounds good too. I love anything cheesy and potatoes.
Sounds delicious! I love love love sweet potato!
So do I! They were so so good
I’ve never had a latke! These sound really good, I’m a huge zucchini fan! Thank you for sharing!
You don’t know what you are missing! Hope you give them a try
These look delicious. My grandma used to make the most amazing potato latkes and kugel for the holidays. I miss those so much!
Who would have know that?! They cooked in a whole other way didn’t they?
They did, and she also made the most amazing knishes…but you probably wouldn’t like those since there is meat in them. I wish I had gotten her recipes before she passed away last year.
I am definitely making these for Hanukkah this year! Yum.
Thanks! They were so good hope you enjoy 🙂
Its look like very testy and also that sounds is really good. Thank you for this kind of smart recipe. Good use of Panko bread crumbs and Zucchini.