{"id":3589,"date":"2023-11-10T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personaltrainerfoodblog.com\/?p=3589"},"modified":"2026-01-26T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:37:11","slug":"zucchini-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/zucchini-mac-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Zucchini Mac &#038; Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This take on the familiar childhood classic takes just seconds to prepare. Make it even heartier by adding\u00a0in a\u00a0sliced\u00a0Mesquite Grilled Chicken Breast.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hsDszxEbCEs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/your-plan.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don&#8217;t forget to stay stocked up on all your Personal Trainer Food favorites so you can make delicious meals in minutes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/your-plan.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3591\" src=\"https:\/\/personaltrainerfood.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/zucchini-mac.png?resize=250%2C242\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zucchini-mac.png?w=429&amp;ssl=1 429w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zucchini-mac.png?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><strong>Personal Trainer Food Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/>\n1 bag of Green Zucchini<\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Ingredients:<\/b><br \/>\n1oz Shredded cheddar cheese<br \/>\n\u00bd &#8211; 1 tbsp\u00a0Butter<br \/>\nSalt and Pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<p><b>Instructions:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat Green Zucchini in the microwave. Once heated, remove from bag, chop into smaller pieces if desired, and place in a microwave-safe bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Mix in shredded cheddar cheese and butter and microwave until cheese is melted.<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper to taste, stir together, and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/your-plan.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2776 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/personaltrainerfood.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/skinny-jeans.jpg?resize=800%2C214\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/skinny-jeans.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/skinny-jeans.jpg?resize=300%2C80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/skinny-jeans.jpg?resize=768%2C205&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2018 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/amanda.png?resize=125%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Amanda has two children under 4, works full time, and is engaged to be married. After having her second child, she constantly struggled getting any weight off and her weight crept up to 197 pounds. Before becoming a part of the Personal Trainer Food weight loss team, Amanda was selected and completed the Altered! competition. She lost 36 pounds in just 10 weeks with the REV program and 57 pounds and counting since starting her weight loss journey.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This take on the familiar childhood classic takes just seconds to prepare. Make it even heartier by adding\u00a0in a\u00a0sliced\u00a0Mesquite Grilled Chicken Breast. Don&#8217;t forget to stay stocked up on all your Personal Trainer Food favorites so you can make delicious meals in minutes. Personal Trainer Food Ingredients: 1 bag of Green Zucchini Additional Ingredients: 1oz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[103,104,664],"class_list":{"0":"post-3589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creative-food-ideas","8":"tag-cheese","9":"tag-chicken","10":"tag-zucchini","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zucchini-mac-1.png?fit=429%2C416&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7cwqv-VT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3589"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21469,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589\/revisions\/21469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}