Zucchini Help

My favorite way to cook it is on the grill. I have a wok type grill bowl that goes right on the grill grates, so I con't have to worry about slices of zucchini or other veggies falling through.

Sliced zucchini
Half a sweet onion, roughly chopped
Sliced mushrooms
Cherry tomatoes
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers
Any combo of these items works, and is optional - I just throw whatever I've got in there with the zucchini!

Toss with a little olive oil & balsamic vinegar, and season with any fresh or dried herbs of your choice (I love Herbs de Provence). Use a slotted spoon to scoop the veggies into the grill bowl so you don't get too much oil in the grill and cause flare ups. Cook with the lid closed, stirring occasionally.

You could probably also do this in the oven in a shallow pan or on a cookie sheet.

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You could try shredding it really-really finely and having it raw as a spaghetti. Drizzle over some lemon juice, chopped red chillis and a bit of salt and pepper. If you don't want it raw, you could just toss it in a pan for 2 minutes to warm it through.

Or you could shred it really thinly and add it into some home made falafell mix for a bit more bite/ healthy bulk to your falafell.

If you want to be really naughty you could always make a cake out of it

Hope that helps!

Oh- and sliced really thinly and placed on a griddle pan it's gorgeous. Just make sure you rub the veg not the pan with oil as the oil will get stuck into the groves otherwise .x.

I've used it in lasagna as the "noodles" It was delicious.

u can make bread casserole cake crab cake all kinds of things with it we eat alot most summers!

Grated and added to the ingredients for onion soup is good, also this vegetable works really well with turmeric so add a little whenever/however you're cooking it. Pick them small and eat them young, like this they are good in a salad, much as you'd use cucumber. Jamie Oliver has a lovely pasta dish with zucchini - kind of a carbonara, it might be on his website...

instead of the olive oil you can spray them with cooking spray and use spritzer balsamic dressing. that cuts down alot of the calories and fat.

Zucchini and squash noodles w/ shredded carrots and shrimp. Seasoned however you like.

Slice, shake onion powder on, put in a 375 oven, cook until desired. We like our a bit transparent looking.

Slice it thick, grill it and then drizzle with basalmic vinegar
Cut it into sticks and serve raw with hummus
Serve it raw in salad
Slice thinly or dice and put on a homemade pizza (I use whole wheat wraps or wheat sandwich things to make a pizza crust)
Scramble it in eggs at breakfast
Add to stir fry
Saute with your favorite seasoning blend


it has a very neutral flavor and can be added to almost anything and it will take on the flavor of what you are cooking.

I steamed it with some bell peppers (cut them both into french fry like pieces), and then topped it with nutritional yeast flakes (you can use grated cheese or garlic salt for a similar flavor, if you want) and it was phenomenal.
I've never been a fan of frying vegetables.. roasting (without oil, or using oil spray) and steaming are the only ways I eat my veggies. So scrumptious!

I cook it on the George Foreman with a little olive oil, or roast it, or put it into or under pasta sauce. I like it with sliced mushrooms in pasta sauce.

Make zucchini boats.....slice in half, scoop out innards....mix innards with hamburger or ground cooked turkey and veggies and bake.....possibilities are endless.... THESE ARE GREAT!!!!!!

Just Google Zucchini recipes and you will get a ton! My favorite is low fat chocolate chip zucchini bread.....mmmmmmmmmm

Just the other day I cut yellow and green zucchini into chunks, along with bell peppers and mushrooms. I threaded them onto kabobs and marinated in some evoo, garlic, italian seasoning, salt, and pepper then grilled. So good! Sometimes I just slice thick and brush with evoo and s&p and grill. I have shredded zucchini and added it to meatloaf and meatballs. I recently made zucchini pancakes(shred and mix with egg, flour, and seasonings and pan fry). I recently ate a salad at a restaurant that had matchstick sized zucchini in it. I am trying to figure out how to get them that size so I can duplicate it. It's good sauteed with other veggies like onions and peppers. You can also roast it. When I used to eat pasta, I would roast up a bunch of veggies and then add it to pasta with some of the pasta water and parmesan cheese. That was yummy. Zucchini is very versatile!