I laughed. “Honey, are you tired of zucchini?”
Lost in her idea, she didn’t answer. “By the way, every time you use that phrase ‘Squash Thirty Ways in Thirty Days’ you owe me ten cents. I’ve patented it.”
At which point, I noted that she had neither patented, nor copyrighted it. So began a discussion on legal rights.
Just another night at the Nash family dinner table. So, how shall I fix zucchini tonight? I’ve frittered it, fried it a la my Grandma Nita’s recipe, served it raw with a dairy-free dip, sautéed it in an iron skillet, and pickled it. Tonight who knows? Maybe a vegan risotto with zucchini and Daiya non-dairy cheese.
Nah . . . I tried that the other night, and I wasn’t all that thrilled with it. I think I’ll make some great tomato sauce with zucchini as one of the stars and Zucchini Bread, gluten free of course, below. This one is a twist on regular, gluten free zucchini bread because it doesn’t have oil, and it does have flax and chia seeds. It was delicious. Enjoy.
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Looks good. I’ve never made zucchinni bread. I usually give away extra or freeze it in chunks for recipes. No zucchinni here this year though. The heat got mine. Sigh.
Planted some late zukes in hopes of freezing for recipes…will definitely try this one Dee
Hi Dee, There are a million zucchini and yellow squash recipes out there. This past weekend I tried a recipe I found on Pinterest and it was Zucchini pizza. I cut the zucchini in rounds and then topped it like a pizza
and baked. I used turkey pepperoni and mushrooms, 1 pepperoni per slice. These were small zucchini. If you have any large zucchini, you could cut it lenthwise and make pizza boats. Let me tell you, it was deliicious and we even had a picky eater try it and like it!
I have a little man (age 12) that has a rule in this house that green will not pass between my lips. And he tries very hard to stick to that motto. Zucchini is great as you can shred it and add to almost anything and children never know.
My favorite thing is to use zucchinni instead of bread crumbs, oatmeal or rice in meatloafs. It does not matter what meat I am using ground turkey, beef or chicken, I add a cup of shredded zuchinni to the egg then empty fridge. A little left over onion, green pepper, salsa, etc into the meat and top with bbq sauce, ketchup or salsa. The boys eat it like it is going out of style and are none the wiser.
Same young man’s favorite veggie dish is cut up zucchini, yellow squash (crooked or straight), some carrots, and broccoli put in the pampered chef microwaveable steamer add 1/4 cup water some squeezes of fresh lemon a little pepper and cook in microwave till done. Usually 10 minutes give or take.
Everyone take care in the heat.
I wish you could come and cook for me for about a month. I would learn all sorts of new things. I wouldn’t mind eating zuchinni every day either. 🙂
Lisa, I’d love for you to come visit. I would so cook for you.