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Recipe: Awesome Zucchini Sticks, Veggie Gratin

Healthy baked zucchini sticks by food blogger Aggie Goodman.

Healthy baked zucchini sticks by food blogger Aggie Goodman. (Aggie Goodman)


Contributed by food blogger Aggie Goodman.

(CBS) It's been hard for me to leave the grocery store or farmer's market without a nice bunch of zucchini lately. It's just looking so good right now at the peak of its season that it's not easy to pass up. Before I know it, the produce drawer is jam packed full of summer veggies and they are all begging to be cooked up.

There are lots of great ways to prepare zucchini...grilled, sauteed, stir-fried, even baked in sweets! These are all definitely no-fail ways to enjoy the vegetable, but sometimes you just want a little more, without too much additional fuss.

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Healthy Recipe: Smoked BBQ Turkey Burger Sliders

Aggie Goodman's healthy BBQ Sliders. (Aggie Goodman)

Contributed by Food Blogger Aggie Goodman

You know what I love about sliders...other than they are just cute because they are "mini"? They force me to stay within the "legal limits" of portion control.

Sliders may be smaller than your everyday super-sized burger, but that doesn't mean they have to be small in flavor.

Take these Smoky Barbecue Turkey Burger Sliders, for instance. These babies are full of flavor. And the added taste doesn't necessarily mean added fat and calories either. Continue »