Help for Zucchini?

[Griffin]

My wife is not a fan of zucchini or yellow squash. She'll eat them but it's never a top choice for her. The problem is that with everyone's garden going so nicely this year, we have friends dropping green and yellow squashes off all the time.

We don't want to be rude and refuse all of them.

Does anyone have a MWL "to-die-for" squash recipie that will make my wife a convert -- or at least get some of these veggies off my counter and not make my wife complain?

Thanks!

[Mrs. Doodlepunk]

I grate zucchini finely and add to soups and spaghetti sauce. It's there but not really noticeable.

If I have a real excess of it, I put it in one or two cup zip bags and freeze. We use it in muffins and other baked goods for the boys.

Zucchini is really good sliced and cooked in minestrone soup. It can be frozen in slices and used in the winter.

[MaryW]

I love squash and zucchini! I'm afraid I won't be much help to someone who doesn't like it. But here are some ways I like to cook them.

I love squash the way my mom cooked it when I was growing up. She chopped up a couple of onions in her cast iron frying pan. She used to use oil, but now she just uses bouillon. Stir fry the onions for a bit and then add a couple of pounds of squash (or whatever will fit in your frying pan), The squash should be cut crosswise into rounds. She cooked and stirred it until it was brown and soft which takes a good 20 mins or more depending on how brown you like it. It has a wonderful flavor.

I noticed the fat free vegan posted a roasted squash recipe that sounds good.
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2009/08/ri ... quash.html

For zucchini, I love Daniel Pinkwater's Ratatouille (or any ratatouille)
http://www.pinkwater.com/pzone/diet.html

I also like to make zucchini fritters from a recipe I found in Vegetarian Times years ago, but of course it's not MWL.

and if you want to sneak in some more veggies, don't forget Letha's zucchini oats!
http://mwlfood.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/516/
and cherry pie zucchini oats
http://mwlfood.wordpress.com/2009/01/09 ... hini-oats/

[Faith in DC]

it is good in homemade pasta sauce. Mom's been making lasgna, not MWL though. It's fine on regular program. She's also been throwing in an eggplant. You do need to sautee first in broth.

[Griffin]

Thanks, these are all nice ideas and that FatFreeVegan roasted squash recipie looks great!

[LJ]

I like to slice zucchini and put on the grill, top it off with fajita seasoning. Yummy!

[Carol]

This is a soup made from zucchini and tastes more like cream of potato soup (not very zucchini-ish tasting).

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2008/08/su ... -soup.html

[Griffin]

Carol, that one sounds really good. We were both recently saying that we missed chowder since becoming vegan -- maybe that'll make a nice substitute.

[Carol]

Griffin, let me know how you like it. I LOVE it and make it all the time. After making it according to the recipe, you can change it up next time....add more potatoes or more nutritional yeast, other veggies, etc. For a chowder, you could puree some but not all of it for some "chunks". It's very versatile. You could add steamed greens for color (and health), cilatro on top for flavor or color....anything!