Other recent zucchini treats include:

• Zucchini Cake 
• Muffins
• Pancakes
• Zucchini "pasta"
• Diced, sliced or shredded panfried zucchini with mushrooms or tomatoes on toast
• Grated zucchini added to mashed potato
• Zucchini and mushroom stuffed capsicums and tomatoes
• Diced into brown rice dishes
• Added to bread
• Curries
• Stir fires
• Omelettes
• Fritters
• Meatloaf
• Roasted for salads

My, it's been a while!

It's well and truly zucchini time again.

I grated a giant zucchini into a bulk bolognese brew a few nights ago. This is fabulous because zucchini adds moisture too. It, along with an additional grated carrot was added approximately an hour before serving as I wanted to "up" the vegetable flavour.  

Ingredients included freshly picked tomatoes and celery, grated carrot and homegrown mushrooms rounded out the vegetable ingredients.  Minced beef (not a personal favourite) was the meat of choice for this extended family meal.  As we were cooking with ingredients on hand, this bolognese was not as richly tomatoey as it might have been as there was no tomato paste in the pantry!  Still it was a satisfying meal at the end of a long day.  The evening had a delicious chill so a hot, slow cooked meal was just the ticket.  Served with three types of pasta - again using up what was on hand - spaghetti, penne and spirals :)