Recipes with Zucchini's please ....

:hello: Hello all,

I'm interested to know what everyone's favourite recipe is with Zucchini's in it :think:

So, if anyone cares to share their zucchini recipe ... that would be soooo fantastic :dance:

Thanks & Cheers from Lorelle :cheer: xox

I dont have a favourite zuchini recipe but when our neighbours give them to us I either make fritters or I add to spaghetti (grated) or sheppards pie (grated) or quiche or something.

I'm sure that someone will post a delicious zucchini slice recipe, but I love it simple, a zucchini cut in half longways, lie them in a tray insides facing up, cover with salt, pepper and olive oil and bake. YUM. Seriously, my dh didn't like zucchini, and I gave him this and he loved it.

ETA: Oh yeah, and you can grate it and add it to pretty much anything.

I buy 5 zucchinis a week :lol:

Stuffed Zucchini's

8 medium zucchini's
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 clove garlic
1 egg
1 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper


scoop out the insides of the zucchini's. Chop the insides of the zucchini finely, mix it together in a medium bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Pop mix into the zucchini shells. Lay on a backing tray. If you are diary friendly you can sprinkle some parmesan cheese. Bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes.


Zucchini Bread

3 cups shredded zuccini (around 3 medium)
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups wholemeal self raising flour (you can use white self raising if you like)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1/2 cup chopped nuts (Optional)
2 tbsp ground linseeds (optional)
1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (optional)

Mix all ingredients together well. Bake in 2 greased bread pans at 350 degrees for around an hour.
I often will not put all the oil in, or use rice bran oil because its healthier. I add all the optionals for weeks when my girls have a terrible diet... so I know that this has some goodness in it.

ETA: I add grated zucchini to heaps of food to bulk it up as well. Anything with minced meat can hide zucchini. Actually yesterday I made homemade pizzas and since the girls had refused vegetables all day I just mixed 1/2 zucchini, 1 handful spinach and 1/4 cup mashed sweet potato with tomato paste and garlic for the pizza sauce. The girls had ham pizza with no cheese and didn't realise that they were getting some goodness in at the same time ;)

OMG, yummo zucchinis. I actually have zucchini slice in the oven right now

5 eggs
1 cup) self-raising flour, sifted
375g zucchini, grated (about 3 biggies)
1 large onion, finely chopped
200g rindless bacon, chopped
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
60ml (1/4 cup) vegetable oil


Preheat oven to 170?C. Grease and line a 30 x 20cm lamington pan.
Fry onion and bacon
Mix zucchini, cheese and oil, cooled onion mixture and stir to combine.
add flour sitfed
add eggs
Pour into the prepared pan and bake in oven for 40 minutes or until cooked through.

SOmetimes i throw in a couple of grated carrots and a tin of corn too :)


I also add grated zucchini to my meatballs

My zuchini slice is very similar to Kristy's but I add corn kernels and sometimes grated carrot too, depends what I have laying around.

I usually make it once a fortnight, DS and I both love it for lunch.

Oooh had some tonight!!

Spinach & ricotta tortellini:

2 zuccs
couple of mushrooms
1 red capsicum
500g tomato pasta sauce
3 spring onions
olive oil
pack of spinach & ricotta tortellini (500g one)

- Heat olive oil in frypan, add chopped zuc, mush & cap and cook until tender (about 20 min for me) with lid on. Add pasta sauce.
- Cook tortellini and reserve 1/2 cup of water.
- Add 1/2 cup of reserved water to frypan, along with tortellini and spring onion.
- Place in ovenproof dish and sprinkle with cheese.
- Cook for 20min on 180 or until cheese is browned.
- Serve with garlic bread.

Yummo!

im boring here and add it to spag bol, sheppards pie etc

suppose you could make up a pie with filling of your choice be it just vegies or with meats/mince

I chuck them through my carbonara (yes, you can do a vegan carbonara!) about 2 minutes before the sauce is finished cooking. So I have onion, bacon, mushroom, peas and zucchini in there. It's yums.

I also make ratatouille, put them in curries, and stir-fries.
So versatile (they even wear bikinis! - ? Been a long day...)

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I chuck them through my carbonara (yes, you can do a vegan carbonara!) about 2 minutes before the sauce is finished cooking. So I have onion, bacon, mushroom, peas and zucchini in there. It's yums.

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Just wondering how it can be vegan if it has bacon in it? Or have I missunderstood?

I LOVE zucchini too and have been known to make stuffed zucchini boats. Similar to christy's method but I add bacon and tomatos (and sometimes capsicum) to the scooped out insides, fry it all up, thicken a little and then put it back into the shells, cover with cheese and bake untill the cheese is melted and the shells are a bit softer.

Enjoy :)

Fritters!

grated zucchini
onion
potato ?
carrot ?
corn kernels ?
sundried tomato ?
bread crumbs
egg
cheese grated
herbs

Grate vegies and combine (squeeze them out if using 'wet' vegies).
Add mixed egg, bread crumbs, grated cheese, herbs.
Combine all ingrdients.
Make into patties and fry in pan (or on BBQ hot plate).

* you can go freestyle shapes, or use round egg rings and make them all same size.

yummy!

I make Zucchini slice a bit and use Buckwheat flour instead of S.R. flour. If it's a bit runny I use another egg.
We got onto Buckwheat when DD1 was taken off wheat years ago and now I don't like it made with S.R. Flour. The Buckwheat gives it a nicer flavour.
Someone my DH knows has only used it as a sweet dish didn't know you could use it as a savory.

wishing I had some in the fridge so I could make some of these yummy recipies, I'll so be trying the stuffed one!

Thanks for the recipies!

yum some of these sound delicious.
i made christy's zucchini bread today and it was a HIT! thanks girls!

I made a really nice pasta the other night, and thought of this thread!

Saute garlic, bacon strips (I use vegie bacon) and then add sliced zucchini on really high heat, so it blisters. Add a chopped tomato, then squeeze a big fat fresh lemon over it all. Turn the heat off, layer rocket over the top, then stir it through pasta. Serve with boatloads of pepper.

I made a really nice pasta the other night, and thought of this thread!

Saute garlic, bacon strips (I use vegie bacon) and then add sliced zucchini on really high heat, so it blisters. Add a chopped tomato, then squeeze a big fat fresh lemon over it all. Turn the heat off, layer rocket over the top, then stir it through pasta. Serve with boatloads of pepper.