Cooking with Zucchini

Make Bread, Squares, and Alfredo all from Zucchini

© Deborah Harding

Jun 10, 2009

Zucchini is delicious by itself in salads or grilled with a little olive oil. You can chop it up and sauté it along with onions and tomatoes with a little bit of basil for a side dish or create a luscious dessert. There are thousands of zucchini recipes out there mostly because one plant produces thousands of vegetables to eat. Here are few really good zucchini recipes

When you think of Zucchini you think of sweet bread. Here is a plain zucchini bread recipe that is moist and delicious. Experiment by added other ingredients like pineapple, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, chopped apples, etc.

Zucchini Bread

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 1-1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup raisins
• ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl with electric mixer beat eggs until frothy.
3. Add oil, brown sugar, zucchini and vanilla and combine well.
4. In another bowl combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to egg mixture until combined. Remove from mixer.
5. Hand stir in the raisins and nuts.
6. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
7. Bake 1 hour. Remove from oven and place pan on rack. Cool and turn out of pan. Makes 1 loaf.

The following recipe is for zucchini squares a savory dish that can be served instead of rolls or biscuits with dinner. These go well when serving Italian dishes.

Zucchini Squares

Ingredients:

• 1 cup biscuit mix
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 3 medium zucchini thinly sliced.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl combine biscuit mix, Parmesan, herbs, and salt.
3. In a small bowl beat eggs with a fork and add oil and onion.
4. Mix and pour into the dry ingredients mixing with a fork until just combined. Stir in zucchini.
5. Pour into a greased 13 x 9 x 2” baking pan.
6. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. L
7. et cool about 15 minutes and cut into squares. Can be served hot or cold.

The following dish is a main dish. You use zucchini to make an absolutely delicious Alfredo Sauce. Serve your zucchini squares with this dish.

Zucchini Alfredo

Ingredients:

• 1 (12 ounce) package egg noodles
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1-1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 4 cups zucchini, shredded
• ½ cup half and half
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• ½ cup fresh basil, chopped
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• Parmesan Cheese, grated

Directions:

1. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add the egg noodles and cook about 8 minutes. Drain.
2. In a skillet heat oil and stir in garlic.
3. Sauté about 1 minute and add zucchini cooking about 10 minutes.
4. Pour half and half into the skillet and add cream cheese.
5. Stir until the cheese melts. Remove from heat.
6. Add basil, salt and pepper and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
7. Serve over drained noodles.

I’m sure after seeing these recipes you want to run out into the garden and grow and harvest some zucchini by now. Remember that zucchini can be shredded and stored in freezer bags in the freezer and will last about 3 months so you can make these dishes all winter long.

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