What to do with zucchini?

by Crystal Paine

Crystal, do you, or does anyone else have any great zuchinni recipes? We have SO many coming from our garden right now!! I have a zuchinni relish and a zucchini bread recipe, but I would love to try anything new!! Thank you!! -M

Long, long ago, my family moved out to the country and we decided we would do what all good country folks do - plant a garden. We'd always had a little garden when we lived in the city, but now that we were "bona fide living-in-the-country people," no measly garden would do - we needed a massive garden.

Not knowing any better, we planted a number of zucchini plants. I can't remember the exact count, I just know it was TOO many! We had zucchini running out of our ears. We gave as many away as we could, shredded and froze bags upon bags of that stuff, ate zucchini with scrambled eggs and tomatoes and cheese for breakfast, zucchini stir-fry for lunch, zucchini fries for snack, and zucchini casserole for dinner. We still could not get rid of it; everytime we turned around, it seemed that ten new monstrous green things were ready for picking.

So, what did we do? We got really creative... ala zucchini muffins, zucchini cookies, zucchini cupcakes. The winner by far (and a recipe we can all still eat!) is Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake. The best part of all is that you can't even taste the zucchini in it!

Did you know that you can use zucchini instead of apples and make a mock apple pie?

Here's a whole list of zucchini recipes. And another. And another. And a final list of 200 recipes.

We didn't go quite this far, but if you get desperate you can always try this recipe.

Crystal Paine is a 24-year-old homeschool graduate from Topeka, Kansas. She is the blessed wife of Jesse and joyful mother of Kathrynne. Visit her site, Biblical Womanhood, for books, articles, encouragement, and inspiration!

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