10 Zucchini Recipes for when your garden is going crazy
This year, we put in four garden boxes and our zucchini and squash plants have gone WILD.
I’ve heard that one zucchini plant can feed a neighborhood and since we have two of them, I’m pretty sure we’re going to be eating zucchini non-stop this whole summer.
So naturally, I’m on the lookout for delicious ways to use that up and hoarding all the zucchini recipes I can.
Whether you have a prodigious producer in your garden or you’re grabbing it on super sale at the grocery store, I hope these zucchini recipes help you too!
10 really great Zucchini recipes
Double Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
These cookies are SO good (even my not-that-fond-of-zucchini children gobble them up) right out of the oven, PLUS they’re terrific frozen.
Summer Squash French Bread Pizza
I briefly tried Blue Apron several years ago and this was a winner (and super easy) recipes we discovered and have been making ever since.
Zucchini Hummus
I’d be a little skeptical but Mel’s Kitchen Cafe has literally never led me astray.
Oatmeal Zucchini Cookies
Add chocolate chips to any oatmeal cookie and I am in.
Zucchini Quesadillas
This is a quick lunch or easy dinner option that’s kid friendly too.
Green Calzones
When we belonged to a CSA in Texas, I made these vegetarian calzones ALL the time in the summer so I could get through all the greens and squash we were getting.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
When Mel says it’s the best chocolate zucchini cake of all time? I believe her.
Zucchini Pizza
I was SO skeptical of this recipe the first time my sister Landen made it, but it’s become a family favorite over the past decade. SO good.
Zucchini Pancakes
Breakfast is served! These zucchini pancakes look amazing.
The Best Zucchini Muffins
A little peach jam, plus nuts and dried cranberries make these truly the best zucchini muffins I’ve ever made. The crunchy top is the icing on the cake.
Any other favorite zucchini recipes? I’d love to hear!
I tried your double chocolate cookies a while back and they are awesome !! Nobody guessed there was zucchini inside, and the amount of (different) chocolates make them SO yummy !
I haven’t made these yet, but I keep coming back to this recipe because it looks so good.
https://iambaker.net/zucchini-brownies/
She also has a big zucchini recipe round up on her site – might be worth checking out.
Smitten Kitchen’s Zucchini Bread Pancakes are divine! The brown sugar caramelizes while they cook and makes them so delicious!!
These are two of our favorite zucchini/squash recipes. You can definitely exchange the squash in the fritters for zucchini. It’s definitely important to squeeze as much liquid out as possible before mixing with the other ingredients.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/50454/yellow-squash-patties/
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/double-chocolate-zucchini-bread/
We have been making your zucchini pizza for years! I love making it for guests because no one believes it will be delicious and then they love it! Lol.
We have about a half dozen zucchini plants in our garden this year, so I will definitely be using these! I expect some of our zucchini will be donated to the local food bank, but we’ll use plenty of it for our family as well!
I almost always add zucchini to my pancakes. I shred a small one, add the salt from the recipe to the zucchini, and let the water drain through a sieve. I smash all the water out after 20 min or so (or until all the dry ingredients are mixed) and then add my buttermilk to make up the rest of the liquid. That way I get to keep any vitamins that seeped out with the water! I can’t taste the zucchini at all.
I also LOVE smitten kitchen’s version of zucchini pizza https://smittenkitchen.com/2016/08/summer-squash-pizza/