Ingredient Spotlight: Zucchini 2012

What kind of gardener can’t grow zucchini?

Me.

I guess that’s not technically true.  Our zucchini plant yielded the one, small squash, then promptly shriveled and died.  The plants all around it still look good, so I’m not sure what caused the problem.

Hopefully, you’ve had better success with your garden.  Or maybe you have generous neighbors who are good gardeners.  Either way, here are some fun zucchini recipes to make use of the harvest.

What are your favorite zucchini recipes?  Link as many as you like below, just be sure to include a link back to Eat at Home.  You can use the button below, if you like.

 

 

Gazpacho – Or what to do with zucchini from the neighbors

The fantastic thing about this soup is that it’s really just a bowl full of raw veggies.  But it tastes divine.  So good, you could just eat and eat it.  So good for you that you can do just that with no guilt.

It’s perfect for a hot, summer evening because it’s eaten cold.  I have to admit that freaked my kids out.  They did eat it, but they weren’t sure they liked cold soup.  Jim and I loved it though.

I adapted my recipe from Pioneer Woman, adding red bell pepper, jalepeno and parsley just because they were hanging out in my fridge.  I don’t own a food processor, so I used my pitiful blender that has been partially melted in the dishwasher.  It worked fine, so I guess I still don’t have an excuse to buy a food processor.

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Ingredient Spotlight: Zucchini

It’s that time of year!

I’ve never planted zucchini.  It seems kind of silly, when others are trying to get rid of their excess.  Besides, our garden doesn’t grow very well and it would be seriously embarrassing if we discovered that we can’t even grow zucchini!

Here are some of my favorite recipes using this prolific veggie:  [Read more...]

How to Freeze Zucchini

This is the giant zucchini that was gifted to me the other day.  I turned part of it into Zucchini Carrot Cake.

The rest got shredded up and frozen.

Just pop the shredded zucchini into a Ziploc bag.  Don’t forget to label the bags.  I froze mine in 2 cup quantities.  I got 6 cups out of this one zucchini!

Now I can use the shreds for more cake or bread or even in soups and stews.

Zucchini Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A neighbor gifted me with a giant zucchini the other day.  My first inclination was to make zucchini bread, but then I ran across this recipe in one of my Amish cookbooks.

I’m pretty sure that the 3 cups of veggies in this cake off set the naughtiness of the cream cheese frosting.

The only change I made to the recipe was to bake it in a jelly roll pan instead of a 9×13 size.  I would also like to say that I did shred the carrots and zucchini the way the Amish would.  I don’t have a food processor, but I want one.  I want much.

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Garden Rotini with Grilled Zucchini and Chicken

garden rotini with grilled zucchini and chicken done

Oh, my merciful heavens!  This was so very delicious.

Inspired by the grilled zucchini and a container of gorgonzola cheese, I quickly pulled this together for dinner one night.  Five of us were home to eat and we all loved it.  My oldest daughter worked late and came in after we had gone to bed.  She scrounged in the fridge and found the leftovers.  She said she ate some cold before she realized it was meant to be served hot, but it tasted good both ways.

I also used homemade seasoned salt in this dish.  If you haven’t made any of it yet, please take a couple minutes to stir a batch together.  Your taste buds will thank you.

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Grilled Zucchini

grilled zucchini done

Two things I have been loving lately – our new grill and homemade seasoned salt.  I love the grill because it doesn’t burn everything like the old one did.  And I love the seasoned salt because it makes nearly everything taste better.

Even zucchini.

I like zucchini, but it’s not something that I would normally take a second helping of.  But grilled zucchini tasted so good, I wanted to keep eating it.  And it’s so simple to make.

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Lemon Pepper Tilapia with Veggies on the Grill

tilapia with veggies in foil done

I’ve done tilapia in a foil packet before, but this time I wanted to use the grill and more veggies.  Instead of making individual packets, I made a large one.  The fish and vegetables cooked perfectly in just 15-20 minutes.  Even though the foil was charred around the edges, the food didn’t burn at all.

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Cheese Stuffed Zucchini Boats

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Are you being blessed with lots of zucchini in your garden now?  Try something different than zucchini bread.  My husband and I had these for dinner the other night.  They are cheesy and flavorful.  I do admit that my kids ate grilled chicken instead, but they missed out by not trying the zucchini boats.

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Parmesan Zucchini and Summer Squash in the Microwave

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Summer squash and zucchini are abundant in gardens right now.  They can be turned into a quick side dish for dinner by using the microwave.   It only takes 10 to 15 minutes, start to finish.

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