tasty things to do with zucchini?

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  • rachael726
    rachael726 Posts: 202 Member
    OP- I also enjoy zucchini and was really craving pizza one night, but didn't want to splurge all those calories. I googled how to make a pizza crust low calorie and I found zucchini pizza crust. It's super easy to make.

    I took 3 zucchini (doesn't matter the size) for my first trial run with it and grated it down until it looked like shredded cheese. Leave the skin on. Once I had that done, I put it in a bowl and had another bowl beside it. Take small handfuls and wring out the excess water. Use the empty bowl to put the zucchini that you have de-waterized (hehe) into. Once you have all of the zucchini free of as much excess water as humanly possible, take an egg (I used 1-2 large ones) and mix it with the zucchini. This binds it together very well. I even tried using egg beaters instead, but it didn't bind for me as well as it did with the entire real egg.

    After you do that, take your baking pan, spray with cooking spray and then put your zucchini on the pan. Be sure to spread it evenly so it cooks evenly. I made mine thin the first time. The thicker it is, the longer it takes to cook. I cooked mine for about 15-20 min on 400 degrees. I like my pizza really crunchy, but you can judge for how you like it.

    Once that has cooked, pull it out of the oven. You now have a "crust" for your pizza. I added marinara, low fat shredded mozzarella and turkey pepperoni and popped it back into the oven until the cheese was melted and golden.


    My son doesn't like zucchini and gobbled this up. It's become a new regular as part of our dinner rotation. You can add whatever you would like onto it, because you are creating your own pizza.

    I just quickly googled a link for you or anyone else reading this:

    http://www.recipegirl.com/2014/04/24/zucchini-pizza-crust/
  • iceey
    iceey Posts: 354 Member
    I like to grill them on the bbq with oil and salt. Do it with eggplant, peppers, onions, mushrooms, asparagus, and YUM!
  • kristella16
    kristella16 Posts: 4
    Everyone saying spaghetti but if your trying to loss weight I would do spaghetti squash zucchini would do great in as well ad in the morning for breakfast. Anything you need noodles for i highly suggest using spaghetti squash. Very tasty!
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    Slice it, steam it, eat it!
  • MollMoll821
    MollMoll821 Posts: 63 Member
    We eat a lot of zucchini, especially in the summertime when my family's garden produces more of it than we can use!
    I've pinned a lot of zucchini recipes to this board, made quite a few of them too. All super yummy. Hope you find a few you might like! :)
    http://www.pinterest.com/FitBegins/zucchini/
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Last week I made a Lasagna and repleced the pasta with Zuchinni that I sliced lengthwise on my mandolin. Tasted great.

    Last night I made a Fettuccini dish. I replaced the pasta with Zuchinni that I put through a spiral slicer. Tasted great.
  • Tab122377
    Tab122377 Posts: 81 Member
    My father would cut it round slices and put seasoning on it or non and grill it and call it Pinwheels. my little cousins would come over to swim and request pinwheels for a snack and if you' ever had a garden like we did we always had tons.
  • lask722
    lask722 Posts: 6 Member
    http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Shaved-Zucchini-Salad-with-Parmesan-Pine-Nuts-360251

    Shaved zuke salad with parmesan and pine nuts. I rarely make the same recipe twice in the same year, but we made this twice in the same week. So simple, but the ingredients are perfect together. Good luck with your findings!
  • CCSavage88
    CCSavage88 Posts: 191
    One of my fav things to make with zucchini is "po boy crabcakes"...Look up a recipe and bake instead of frying :)

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