
Baked courgette fritters with marinara sauce
Ingredients
For the roasted garlic skinny dip
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large garlic bulb, with the top sliced off
- 200g/7oz low-fat cream cheese
- 3 tbsp low-fat Greek yoghurt
- ½ bunch chives, finely chopped
For the marinara sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
- 2 sprigs thyme, leaves finely chopped (about 1 tsp chopped leaves)
- pinch caster sugar (optional)
- flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- large handful fresh basil leaves, roughly torn
For the courgette fritters
- 3 medium free-range eggs
- 50g/1¾oz wholemeal or plain flour
- 125g/4½oz dried natural breadcrumbs
- 2 packed tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese (or a similar vegetarian hard cheese)
- 2 tsp chopped rosemary leaves
- 2 medium courgettes (as straight as possible)
- spray oil
To serve
- 1 small lemon, cut into wedges