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Veggie Pancakes Recipe

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Whip up this veggie pancakes recipe using leftover potato, squash, and carrots. This recipe is so versatile, you can easily switch out the vegetables and use zucchini, too!

A collage photo showing a veggie pancakes recipe and a plate of potatoes, carrot, and squash.

What is in the veggie pancake recipe?

Veggie pancakes are shredded potato mixed with yummy summer squash and carrots. I like them as a dinner time side dish, but they also make a great addition to the breakfast table – adding a little extra nutrition to the beginning of your day.

These vegetable pancakes remind me of hash browns because they include shredded potato. Yet they are healthier because they are pancakes made with both vegetables and potato. They are sometimes called vegetable fritters and are similar to zucchini fritters.

If you are looking to make these toddler veggie pancakes, then I suggest serving them with ketchup or sour cream. My toddler loves to dip everything in ketchup!

Veggie pancakes on a white plate and drizzled with ketchup.

Healthy veggie pancakes

I love how colorful potato vegetable pancakes are! If you are trying to eat the rainbow every day, this will definitely help you achieve your goal! And no, I’m not referring to sugar cereal. 🤪

I have found that offering more vegetable variety – and offering it at most or all meals – helps my family to eat healthier and consume more vegetables overall. 

Summer squash, carrots, and potatoes on a white plate and ready to be made into veggie fritters.

How to make vegetable pancakes?

To make this recipe for vegetable fritters, start with 3 medium potatoes. I found this colorful potato trio (pictured above) at Trader Joes. It is a mix of red potatoes, purple potatoes, and Yukon gold potatoes. The purple potatoes are even purple on the inside – so fun. Just fry them up in a hot pan until golden brown.

When making this veggie pancake recipe, keep in mind that some vegetables have a higher water content (like squash and zucchini) and you will want to squeeze the excess water out of them when scooping them up and before placing them in your frying pan.

Shredded vegetables in a bowl, ready to be made into veggie fritters.

What to serve with vegetable fritters?

Veggie fritters taste great served with chicken or fish. We recommend pairing them with tilapia fish cakes, instant pot salmon, Foil Packet Mahi Mahi with Pineapple Salsa or Mini Chicken Pot Pies. If serving them as a healthier breakfast side dish, then I recommend paring them with fried eggs, Make Ahead Scrambled Eggs, or Eggs in a Basket. If you want to serve them with beef, try Instant Pot Italian Beef.

Other Vegetable Side Dish Recipes

There are several healthy and tasty vegetable side dish recipes on our site, including Instant Pot Carrots with Brown Sugar Glaze, Parmesan zucchini rounds, zucchini fries, kid-friendly roasted cauliflower, Cauliflower Rice Recipe, zesty potatoes, Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots, and blooming potatoes.

three veggie pancakes cooking in a skillet.
Yield: 6 Servings

Veggie Pancakes Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Whip up this veggie pancakes recipe using leftover potato, squash, and carrots. This recipe is so versatile, you can easily switch out the vegetables and use zucchini, too!

Ingredients

  • 3 medium potatoes
  • 4 medium carrots
  • 2 summer squash
  • 4 large eggs, lightly whisked
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 6 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 170 degrees or on the warm setting. Place an oven-safe dish in the oven.
  2. Using a box grater, grate the potatoes, carrots, and squash - leaving the skins on. Pour into a medium bowl. Add the eggs, flour, salt, and pepper and mix until thoroughly combined.
  3. Heat a sauce pan or griddle over medium high heat and add 2 tablespoons oil.
  4. Using an ice cream scooper, scoop up some of the mixture, squeezing out any excess moisture as you go.
  5. Drop the veggie fritters into the pan and flatten it out with the bottom of a spatula. Continue until your pan is full - but there is still a little room between vegetable pancakes.
  6. Cook until the bottoms begin to turn golden and the potato vegetable pancakes stick together - about 5 minutes.
  7. Flip over the veggie potatoes with a spatula and cook on the other side until golden brown.
  8. When the first batch of vegetable fritters is finished, place them in the oven and continue to cook the rest of the batter. Add more oil as needed.
  9. Serve warm with ketchup or sour cream.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 296Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 124mgSodium 251mgCarbohydrates 29gFiber 5gSugar 5gProtein 8g

Nutrition information is an estimate.

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© Aileen
Cuisine: American
We love making this veggie pancakes recipe with leftover potato and squash. Sometimes, we use zucchini, too!