What To Do With All That Zucchini

I’m not an expert gardener by any means, but luckily for me, zucchini plants provide enough harvest to make even me look half decent at gardening!  Every year we get a lot of zucchini, and I love finding new ways to use it up.

I’ve been browsing the web looking for some new great-looking recipes using zucchini, and I wanted to share some of my finds with you!  I haven’t tried all of these recipes, but they’re definitely on the “to-try” list.  I hope you enjoy!

   Zucchini and Apple Bread.  

This recipe, from the Food Network, uses 1 cup of finely grated zucchini along with 1 cup of apple.  I have not tried it, but boy, it looks so delicious!  It has great reviews too, which is something I always look for.

Beautiful Zucchini Carbonara - 

From the mastermind cook Jamie Oliver comes this fantastic recipe/idea for carbonara.  It calls for 6 medium zucchini, so it’s gonna make you a nice, big batch of pasta goodness!  It looks like a pretty easy recipe as well, which is always a plus!

    Zucchini Crisp Recipe - 

I found this recipe on Taste of Home’s website.  It cooks up and tastes just like an apple crisp, and I absolutely loved it!  I had to use a gluten-free flour for the topping, so my “crisp” had a different texture than I’ve had with other crisps.  I do think that’s due to the different flour I used, though.  It makes a really big batch, so you can freeze any leftovers in squares and have a nice treat on hand!

   Chocolate Zucchini Bread - 

This recipe from Food.com has a lot of ratings, and a score of 5 stars!  You can make it as a loaf of sweet bread, or make some fun cupcakes as pictured.

Wonderful Parmesan Strips - 

This recipe, like the others, has fantastic reviews, and I look forward to trying them tonight!  It uses 4 small zucchini.  Make sure to use SEASONED bread crumbs, as some reviewers thought without the seasoning they were a bit bland.  They look fantastic, don’t they?