Twenty Four Delicious Ways with Zucchini to Celebrate Summer

I am sure that by now, if you don't have a garden of your own, your neighbours are stealing into your yard in the wee hours of the morning and leaving care packages of zucchini on your porch. Or perhaps you are covertly picking the locks of your neighbours cars and leaving them in their baby car seats.

Summer Vegetable Roesti, 

Spaghetti Con Zucchini alla Nerano

Briam,

Roasted Vegetables with Halloumi  

If this sounds all too true you have hit the mother load!!! People seem to have a love/hate relationship with this prolific summer squash. I am a lover of zucchini so am always looking for new ways to highlight it's delicate flavour. This squash truly shines by mid-summer. As a home cook, I'm partial to the sweet, young version, whose delicate, creamy flesh lends itself well to both raw and cooked dishes. I avoid the large, mature zucchini that haunt the stalls at many markets in late summer which have waterlogged, fibrous bodies and bitter seeds. 

You know it had to happen when being overrun with copious amounts of zucchini that a round up of recipes using zucchini would spring from these pages. If you are going to celebrate summer then your neighbours might not be upset if you leave one of these delicious dishes on their porch instead.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Chocolate Chipotle Sauce,

Southern Italian Ratatouille Pasta 

Greek-Style Vegetable Risotto

Fire Seared Antipasto Platter

Kolokithanthi Gemisti, Tiganiti" (Fried Zucchini Blossoms with Feta and Mint), 
Crisp Zucchini Ricotta Tart with Tomato Salad,
 Baked Vegetable Spaghetti, 
Orzo Risotto with Zucchini, Dill and Feta 

Crustless Zucchini Pie, 
Kolokythokeftedes (Zucchini Balls),
 Zucchini Pesto Lasagna,
 Potato-Zucchini Skillet Pancakes with Tomato Salad

Zucchini Blossom Risotto with Prosecco,
 Zucchini Ribbon Salad with Feta and Mint, 
 Patty Melt with Zucchini Coleslaw, 
Zucchini Risotto with Saffron and Shrimp

Potato  and Zucchini Latke Waffles,
 Penne with Zucchini Pistou,
 Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Basil Infused Mascarpone Icing, 
Zucchini Olive Oil Cake

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