Zucchini Bacon Cheese Bites are made with yummy crescent roll dough stuffed with sauteed zucchini, gooey cheese, and crispy bacon! Super tasty and fun to eat!
I have a couple of zucchini recipes for you this week! I love to cook with zucchini for lots of reasons. The primary reason is that Thing 2 actually LIKES zucchini! Not only that, but locally grown zucchini is readily available and GORGEOUS this time of year, so I go a little crazy with it.
Zucchini is super-easy to cook with, too. It cooks quickly, so it is a busy mom's dream ingredient. Plus, it has a mild flavor so it is easy to combine it with all sorts of different ingredients. (Cheese and bacon are a couple of our favorites!)
This recipe uses crescent roll dough, which is easy to work with and also bakes quickly. However, what I discovered while making this recipe is that not every crescent roll in the tube is created equal. WHAT?!? Yep.
As you know, the crescent roll dough is pre-scored into triangles, and while some of them were more misshapen than others, it also turned out that some of them actually did have more dough than others. I have no idea how that would occur since I would assume that a machine does the scoring.
I wonder if I just happened to get an irregular batch, or if most tubes are like that. Has anyone else ever had that experience with their crescent roll dough?
Now, you might be wondering, how is that idiosyncrasy with the dough germane to this recipe? It isn't, LOL! I didn't do anything differently with the different sizes.
I didn't even try to take dough from the larger ones and add to the smaller ones or anything. But I spent a bit of time reflecting on my crescent roll realization and figured I would bring you all along for the ride! (Sorry about that)
Getting back to the topic at hand, needless to say, you really can't go wrong regardless of the size of the crescent roll dough, especially when you stuff it with zucchini, bacon, and cheese!
We actually used this for a dinner entree and had another vegetable and a salad, but you could serve these for lunch or even use them for appetizers. Delicious!
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Zucchini Bacon Cheese Bites
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Zucchini Bacon Cheese Bites
Ingredients
- 2 medium zucchini (chopped into approximately ½ inch square pieces)
- olive oil spray
- 2 tubes crescent roll dough
- 6 slices cooked bacon
- 1 cup shredded cheese (monterey jack works well)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Spray olive oil into a skillet and heat over medium high.olive oil spray
- Add chopped zucchini and cook until softened, about 6-8 minutes. Set aside.2 medium zucchini
- Separate each crescent roll along score lines so that you have 8 triangles, fold each into a rectangle, and roll them out to larger rectangles about 3 inches by 6 inches. (I used a fondant roller)2 tubes crescent roll dough
- In the middle of each of the 8 rectangles, place about ⅓ of a slice of bacon, about 1 tablespoon of the cooked zucchini, and 2 tablespoons of the shredded cheese.6 slices cooked bacon, 1 cup shredded cheese
- Fold the sides up and pinch to seal.
- Back about 9 minutes until rolls are golden brown.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate. The nutritional values for your final dish may vary based on measuring differences and products used.
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Valerie | From Valerie's Kitchen
Yay, zucchini! Keep 'em coming. I am always looking for new ways to use zucchini. This one looks amazing!
Rachael
These look fantastic. I love zucchini and bacon together, and all wrapped up in cheesy goodness. Yum!
Mary Ellen
These look amazing Kristin. I've had the same problem with Crescent roll dough too especially if I am buying the store brand ones.
Marion@Life Tastes Good
Yummmy yummmmy yummmmmmy yummmmmmmm!! Nuff said!!
I have noticed that with the crescent rolls too, but like you, I just roll with it 🙂
Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads
Great flavors! Love that it's an appetizer or meal!!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life
These look great Kristin! My kids like zucchini too, and bacon makes everything taste better. 🙂 Pinning!