My Garden Zucchini is Overflowing – Need New Dinner Recipes!

Sautee zucchini, yellow squash, grape tomatoes, garlic, shallots in butter and olive oil. Season with s&p, basil and chili flakes. Add shrimp, squeeze lemon juice and white wine (I use chardonnay, but a pinot grigio would work too) to taste. Cook for about 10 minutes until shrimp is pink. Serve over pasta of choice.
This is a flexible recipe. You could add asparagus to it. You can pretty much add or subtract whatever you want.
 
Zucchini Parmesan is amazing, and even better the second day. Make it just like eggplant parmesan, substituting zucchini for the eggplant.
 
A friend who babysat my kids years ago made what she called zucchini slop. So easy. Cook a pound of sausage. Hot or mild what ever you like. Chop the zucchini in chunks. Add to the sausage in the pan Add a jar of spegetti sauce and cook about 45 min on medium heat or Till the zucchini is cooked. You can stir occasionally. So easy.
 
ZUCCHINI BOATS
Of course you can double or triple this
Ingredients
2 medium zucchini (about 8 inches)
3/4 pound ground beef
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1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
2 tablespoons ketchup
Salt and pepper to taste
 
Easy Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Ingredients
▢9 medium zucchini* about 6 ounces each
▢6 teaspoons olive oil
▢3 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
▢6 tablespoons parmesan cheese grated
Meat Sauce (or use leftover meat sauce)
▢3 pound ground beef or Italian sausage
▢3 onion diced
▢3 clove garlic minced
▢3 red bell pepper diced
▢4.5 cups pasta sauce or marinara, divided
▢6 teaspoons Italian seasoning
▢0.75 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Sauce
Cook ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large skillet until no pink remains. Drain any fat. Stir in the bell pepper (and any extra zucchini bits if you'd like) and cook an additional 2-3 minutes or until it begins to soften.
Stir in 1 cup pasta sauce, Italian seasoning, and salt & pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes until thickened.
Zucchini
Slice zucchini lengthwise and use a teaspoon to scrape out the center to create a ½-inch thick shell. Brush with olive oil and season the zucchini with salt & pepper to taste.
Place the zucchini in a large baking dish. Fill each zucchini with the beef mixture. Top with the remaining ½ cup pasta sauce and place in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes.
Top with the cheeses and bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until the zucchini is soft and the cheese is bubbly.
 
Zucchini boats...cut in half gut out and chop up a long with some other veggies like peppers mushrooms etc. You can saute it by itself with some seasoning or saute it with hamburger. Add sauce to it . S&P the zucchini halves fill with sauce combo bake for 25 min add cheese and bake 10 min more. ( I like to put zucchini halves in a cast iron cut side down and get a little brown first, but you don't have to)
 
Zucchini Fritters .
Vegetable oil .1/2 cup 2%milk .1 large egg lightly beaten .1 cup of flour. 11/2 tsp.baking powder and 1/2 1oz.pkg of ranch style dip mix and 2cup of Zucchini [shredded]l. In a large iron skillet heat with oil 375 .Mix milk egg and stir dry ingredients mix with egg mixture dropsy teaspoon in hot oil .Drain and serve . Can serve with ranch dressing
 
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