Zucchini coming out your ears?
September 11, 2011 by alysha
This is the time of year when you realize you may have planted one too many zucchini plants and now your garden is overrun with them.
I didn’t have a garden this year, but luckily I have some great neighbors who have been pleading with me to take some off their hands. Reluctantly I help them out. 
But what to DO with all of them? We had a great discussion on our facebook page, and I was blown away and inspired by all the different thing you can make with zucchini!!
Allow me to share one of my families favorite zucchini dishes. It’s called Zucchini and Cheese (’nuff said). It’s probably the EASIEST recipe known to man. Best part? My hubby likes to play chef and makes it all the time! No complaints there..
Step 1: Put about a teaspoon of butter into your frying pan (use more or less depending on the amount of zucchini you cook). Next, grade your zucchini into the pan and cook at a medium temperature.
Stir occasionally. Not sure if this step is necessary, but it always seems like the right thing to do… ha.
Your zucchini will get all soft and mushy. That’s good! Time for the next step.
Step 2: Add the cheese. In our family’s case, that means a lot of cheese, but add however much you prefer. My daughter just see’s the cheese and forgets about the ”green stuff”. I know, tricky tricky. 
For extra flavor, we also like to add, diced jalepenos, sausages, and onion flakes. Mmm. Feel free to experiment with different toppings.
Step 3: Serve and enjoy. It’s great by itself, or as a side dish.
That’s it! I know you may be laughing because of how simple this recipe is, (yes, I am calling it a recipe). I love it because I can feel like super mom for a brief moment because dinner can be done in 12.6 minutes.
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Yummy, this sounds great!!! Question…what kind of cheese do you use/what’s best?
We just use plain old cheddar, but I’m sure other kinds would be good as well.
That recipe looks pretty yummy. I’ll have to try it sometime.
One of my favorite zucchini recipes is fried zucchini. It’s pretty easy. Just peel a zucchini and slice into smaller pieces/rounds. First take a frying pan and fill with a bit of oil. Heat the frying pan on medium high. Next, take out three bowls and fill one with flour, another with Italian breadcrumbs and the last with an egg that has been whipped and mixed with a little bit of milk. Then, take each zucchini piece and toss in the flour, then into the egg mixture and finally into the breadcrumb bowl. Afterwards immediately place in a frying pan and fry until golden brown. Salt lightly and enjoy!
Fried zucchini is my favorite too!
We definitely have zucchini coming out of our ears! We LOVE making Zucchini Apple Spice Muffins (http://www.simplybloomblog.com/2010/08/zucchini-apple-spice-muffins.html) and our recent wild adventure…Zucchini Pizza on the Grill (http://www.simplybloomblog.com/2011/08/zucchini-pizza-on-grill.html), which was AMAZING! Look forward to whipping it up with some cheese!
Yum! I really need to stop reading blogs when I’m super hungry.
Zuccchini cake! so good! And you cant even taste the zucchini!
Is bagged shredded cheese ok? Gotta try this! And low carb too!
Yes, bagged shredded cheese is perfect!
I have 2 giant zucchini’s sitting on my counter and thought will I guess I’ll make some more zucchini bread! But instead I’ll be making tonight’s dinner! Thank you!!!!!!!
Try the grated zucchini with scrambled eggs and cheese. Yum!
I have the same problem….too much zucchini, not enough friends to share it with.
Here’s my all time favourite recipe using frozen grated zucchini, follow the link below.
http://sweetestalchemy.blogspot.com/2011/09/chocolate-zucchini-loaf.html
This sounds good. I wonder how it would be to add the zucchini to mac and cheese.
Sounds yummy! Recently I cut it in thin rounds, put it in a bowl with some olive oil, garlic, Italian seasoning, parmesan cheese, tossed it and then bake it until golden, yum!
Yum! I love zucchini. Thanks for your great ideas.
I tried this last night and loved it! Just a note on the recipe: My zucchini is always exceptionally watery after I fry it like that, so I added about 2 T. seasoned bread crumbs. Or you could just drain it if it gets to watery. Thanks for the great, east, yummy idea! I”ll be experimenting with several variations over the next couple weeks as my zucchini plants continue to produce amply!
Thanks for sharing that Danielle! Yes, I have to drain my water as well. I completely forgot to mention that!
Such a simple yet wonderful sounding recipe. I can’t wait to try it and adding your recipe to my zucchini board on Pinterest. Thanks again, I’ll be trying this over the weekend.
http://pinterest.com/cowgirlstephi/zucchini-101-plus-recipes/
I totally hear you about the zucchini business! Did you know that August 8th is nationally recognized as Leave a Zucchini on your Neighbor’s Porch Day?
Just a thought for next year! 
Here’s what my son and I did… http://happyhomefairy.com/2012/08/08/strangest-holiday-ever/
Hope it makes you smile today!
Totally going to do this RIGHT NOW. Luckily, it only has 2 steps, which is in my range of do-able.