Too many courgettes?

Spunky's Courgette Pickle

courgettes (3 & 1/2kg marrow) sliced with a V slicer,
1kg brown sugar,
1kg sultanas,
2 pkts dates,
malt vinegar,
6 huge onions,
6 apples,
10 tomatoes ( all cut with the V slicer)
allspice,
cayenne pepper,
ginger,
salt.

no measurements.they just happen lol
And simmered for about 4 - 5 hours.
OMG! it's thick & gorgeous.Q;-)

Zucchini Quiche

2 zucchini (courgettes),
1 onion,
3 slices bacon,
5 eggs,
1 cup grated cheese,
3/4 cup SR flour,
1/2 cup oil,
Salt & pepper.

Grate zuchinnis & cheese, finely chop bacon and onions.
Beat eggs Mix all together
Mod. oven 30 to 40 mins.

ZUCCHINI NUT CAKE

125g butter,
3/4 cup brown sugar,
2 eggs lightly beaten,
2 cups grated yellow zucchini,
1 cup roasted hazelnuts chopped,
1 cup sr flour,
1/2tsp baking soda,
1 tsp cinnamon.

Beat butter, sugar and eggs.
Fold in zucchini & nuts, then add flour & soda.

Bake in mod oven for 1 hr.

Ice with butter & cream cheese icing.

Inspired by Fisher (well, stolen from him really,lol):

I used Fisher's hash brown recipe and altered it, here 'tis:
5 potatoes, skin on but well scrubbed, patted dry,
3 zucchinis,
2 eggs,
1 onion,
knob of butter,
olive oil.

Method: grate potato, zucchini and onion into a bowl. Wrap in tea towel and squeeze to get rid of all excess moisture. Place back into bowl, add eggs and mix with salt and pepper till combined. Place butter and oil in fry pan, spoon mixture into fry pan in dollops. Cook thoroughly before turning over, so it doesn't fall apart. This was DIVINE! Cooked it tonight at my mother's house, everyone loved it. YUM.
posted by melissarosenz

Zucchini and Yoghurt Pasta

500g zucchini,
250g pasta, ribbons or your favourite shape,
3 cloves garlic, crushed,
1 tlbsp butter,
1 1/2 cups yoghurt,
1/2 cup sour cream,
1/2 -1 tsp salt to taste,
1/2 tsp sugar,
1 tsp paprika,
2-3 tlbsp fresh chopped parsley,
1 tlbsp lemon juice,
fresh ground black pepper.

Put pasta on to cook.
Cut zucchini into slices, not more than 1cm thick.
Saute zucchini with garlic until soft and turning golden.
Remove from heat add yoghurt, sour cream and seasonings.
Stir gently until everything is combined.

Stir into the cooked pasta and serve while hot.
Sprinkle individual servings with Parmesan if desired.

A meal in itself and great served with a mixed green salad.

Courgette and almond fritters with greek yoghurt

9 small courgettes grated,
½ tsp sea salt,
2 cloves garlic finely chopped,
zest of 1 lemon,
50g roasted almonds chopped,
6 Tsps plain flour,
1 egg beaten,
chopped parsely,
250g greek yoghurt.

Put courgettes, salt, garlic, zest and almonds into a mixing bowl.
Set aside for 20 mins for the salt to draw out juices of the courgettes.
Add flour, egg, and parsley and mix everything to form a batter.
Fry spoonfuls, and serve with a spoonful of yoghurt (could add sweet chillie sauce over the yoghurt).

Zucchini and Chicken Salad

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice,
olive oil,
Salt and pepper,
garlic,
1 1/4 pounds zucchini, thinly sliced,
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts,
1 small lettuce (or other greens like rocket, silverbeet etc.) chopped,
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced,
3/4 cup chopped pecans,
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese,
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint.

In a large bowl, whisk together some olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic, salt and pepper to taste.
Add zucchini; toss to coat, and let marinate while cooking chicken.

In a large frypan, heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat.
Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
Cook until golden brown on both sides, about 7 minutes per side.
Remove from skillet, and slice thinly.

Toss chicken with zucchini mixture, spinach, onion, pecans, Parmesan, and mint.

Thanks for the Zucchini recipes Uli, still lots to use here, they keep on coming.

Still lots of recipes here too - but didn't want to overwhelm :)
I am collecting since decades LOL.

I have been grating mine and freezing.375gms is enough for zucchini slice so tested last week and made one from the frozen zucchini and it was no different. I have just picked another 4 tonight with this humid weather and rain they grown like the trifids! we had stirfry tonight, corn and zucchini fritters for brekky sunday morn running out of ideas to use them!

Quoteseniorbones (641 )9:22 pm, Tue 18 Jan #6
IChop into cubes and freeze for winter soup.

Quotegilligee (101 )9:59 pm, Tue 18 Jan #8
Google Nigella Lawson Happiness soup recipe(doesn't have to be yellow courgettes.I've used green)This is a lovely light soup.good for summer or winter. Grated courgettes frozen are a really handy standby. Chutneys . Choc zuchinni cake. My most fav way of cooking cougettes .slice courgettes and tomatoes.sprinkle with dried basil .small splash of olive oil.cover .microwave.top with torn freh basil.

Quoteneil_di (13 )6:44 am, Wed 19 Jan #9
hollow out and stuff with cooked chicken or beef rice risotto then bake until the courgettes cooked.yummo

Quotepurplegoanna (1594 )11:03 am, Wed 19 Jan #10
A very tasty stuffing is this (also good for eggplants etc).

Fry up in butter:
1 capsicum chopped
2 onions chopped
garlic to taste

Add:
2 tomatoes chopped
the scooped out eggplant diced. Fry a few minutes.

Then add:
1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1/2 cup grated cheddar
1 tsp sambal oelek (or something hot like tabasco)
Salt to taste, pepper to taste if wished

Heap the cooked mixture into the veg you are stuffing, and top with:
1 cup breadcrumbs toasted in butter.

Bake 30-40 minutes at 180C. Very very good. Serves 4 as a 4-eggplant stuffing.

Quotedaleaway (0)1:21 pm, Wed 19 Jan #11
Neil_di mentioned freezing grated zucchini. can anyone elaborate on how and what they would be ok for after! do you think grated marrow would work too!

Quoteleve (123 )4:29 pm, Sun 13 Mar #12
slice lengthways into sheets and use instead of pasta in a lasagne type bake.

Quotesclaredy_cat (1069 )4:39 pm, Sun 13 Mar #13
leve wrote:

Neil_di mentioned freezing grated zucchini. can anyone elaborate on how and what they would be ok for after! do you think grated marrow would work too!

frozen marrow does work fine, minus the seeds, obviously.
use in quiches, soups, stirfrys, casseroles, fritters, savoury muffins, choc courgette cake. anything

i freeze mine down in 2cup lots. squeeze juice out before freezing.
flat pack freeze.

Quotegeldof (86 )9:52 pm, Sun 13 Mar #14
I juice the ones that have turned into marrows with 4 pears and 2 apples - makes beautiful juice

Quotemelford (210 )2:07 pm, Tue 13 Mar #16