Showing posts with label zucchini recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zucchini recipes. Show all posts

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Midwest Gardening 2024: The last of the Zuchinni!

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This post got stuck in the drafts...and I forgot to post it.


Roughly a month ago, late September, we pulled all our tomatoe vines and brought in all the hidden huge SUBMARINE Zuchinnis that were lurking where you couldn't see them.

There is nothing wrong with large Zucchini and they make the best bread and muffins when shredded.



I had this nice clean kitchen, so I just had to mess it up!


We love fresh baked breads and muffins, mostly because I can control the sugar and fat in them and add more spices for flavor instead of fat and sugar.



Our Christmas gift last year was a new chopper---and boy does it do a great job on Zuchinni, I pushed in large pieces of cleaned and seeded zuchinni in the hopper.


And this is what we ended up with. That's like a  quart and a half of shredded 
zuchinni.


Here you can see the process. I had 5 big zuchinnis to shred. The bowl in the middle is the waste which will go into the compost pile.

I bag my zuchinni into 4 cup bags---Most of my recipe's call for 3 cups---but when it thaws there is so much water, that the 4 cups become 3 drained.


Garden waste for the compost pile. We compost everything but meats, oil waste and banana peels. I also avoid strawberries and other berries because you can't control berry plants once they get going.

Now for my favorite Zucchini recipes:

These were super nummy!
I've made these with corn/canola oil instead of butter..and still delicious, also milk, 
 I've used almond milk for those who are dairy free.


These are quite sweet, I use a simple powder sugar glaze instead of frosting.



I've substituted 1/3 of the sugar with unsweetened apple sauce, which brings down the sugar in these and add 1 cup of slow cooking oats to it also. I've used this recipe for muffins also! 

Apologies to anyone I stole these recipe's from. Sorry I just clip and file them and I usually change them anyway. 
Hugs and Happy Zucchini Baking!


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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Midwest Gardening 2021: Finally Crops and Garden Food

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Last weekend, the garden started to go into full swing for producing real crops. The first crop was the July 4th tomatoes. Sooo-oo-ooo sweet and delicious. 

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  I highly recommend these for just popping into your mouth. They are similar to Caprese tomatoes you buy at the store. They get to about 2 1/2" across.


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 Our summer squash, zucchini and pickles are really starting up also. Nothing is better than fresh veggies from the garden. 

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Mix that with fresh picked basil or rosemary, dill in pickles...it is just the BEST!
So what's on the menu today. 

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There isn't enough to can....but you can easily stir up some zucchini in stewed tomatoes. 

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How about a chicken, vandalia onions, zucchini, and roasted tomatoes with fresh herbs. Just toss your meat choice, veggies with some olive oil and your favorite mix of fresh herbs and bake or grill. Use lemon juice to reduce the sodium in your meals.

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Yellow Squash, Zucchini, tomatoes, onions, herbs, peppers done in a wok. Lightly cook...then seal in bags for freezing. Super in the winter when you crave some fresh garden tastes.

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Too many tomatoes all at once---cut tomatoes in half (cherry or small tomatoes), spray with oil, the pan and the tomatoes. Put in the oven at 250 degrees and bake until they have begun to carmelize or begin to look dry. I bag these in 1/2-3/4 cup measure and freeze in sandwich bags. Add to tomato sauces spaghetti sauce, chilis, bake dishes, the flavor is so intense---just kicks everything up in flavor.

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Our pickles haven't gone nuts yet...but soon.

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Slippery Jims made with those cukes that have gone too large. Sweet and spicy, these pickles are  easy the recipe is HERE:

Home favorite is fresh sweet or dill pickles.

Fresh Danish (slightly sweet) Dill Pickles: HERE! 

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Family favorite here is our  Refrigerator Dills, courtesy of Hubby's Mom.

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These will stay crispy for a year in your refrigerator...Plant lots of dill for these scrumptious crunchy pickles.
Refrigerator Dills Recipe---so easy----HERE:


Other veggies we are harvesting right now: sugar snap peas for stir fry, Swiss chard is perfect in salads, stir fry, or blanched, and all sorts of lettuces and green onions. 
All these veggies are healthy and good for you. 

Have you ever tried zucchini hash browns are scrumptious!!! Just shred, toss, add chopped onion and peppers if desired, with olive oil or corn oil and fry on the griddle. Great side dish or throw an egg on them for a delicious breakfast almost carb free breakfast.

Our beans haven't blossomed yet, and our pickles will be going nuts with the next rain.
We are watering on a rotating schedule.

What are you 
HARVESTING IN YOUR GARDEN?  

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