August 4th 2007

Courgette And Zucchini Recipes

I love courgettes / zucchinis and this year I was hoping for many courgettes that I would be able to cook in many different ways trying out new and interesting recipes I have found in the blogging world.

I planted twenty courgette plants earlier in the season and all the plants were doing very well when the floods of June washed the vegetable garden away. Most of my vegetables were lost as they sat in deep water for a week which rotted away the roots to the plants.

I was pleased that two of my courgette plants have managed to survive the floods and now have courgettes growing. In a day or two I will be able to start picking these fabulous vegetables and I can’t wait.

I am interested in hearing from anyone who has courgette and zucchini recipes that they would be willing for me to link to and even try out and review.

I have already started to make a list of how many different ways you can cook courgette and have compiled the following list;

1) Boiled courgette.

2) Steamed courgette.

3) Roast courgette.

4) Fried courgette - a serving suggestion by farmingfriends.

5) Stir-fried courgette.

6) Courgette with mince.

7) Courgette with chicken.

8) Cheesey courgette vegetables.

9) Courgette quiche.

10) Courgette soup suggested by me and The Cottage Smallholder.

11) Stuffed courgette.

12) Courgette chutney. A recipe by farmingfriends.

13) Chocolate And Courgette Loaf. A recipe by Pumpkin Soup.

14) Courgette bread.

15) Zucchini casserole. A recipe by Ms Green Thumb Jean.

16) Zucchini patties. A recipe by Shady Side Farm.

17) Lemony courgette salad a recipe by Joanna’s Food.

18) Vegetable soup with courgette flowers - suggested by TopVeg.

19) Ratatouille - suggested by Allotment Lady.

20) Zucchini fritters a recipe by Juile at Noshtalgia.

21) Courgette cake a recipe by Lucy at The Smallest Smallholding.

Ed at The Slow Cook is wild about squash and has found lots of zucchini recipes in the Pittsburgh Gazette.

Please let me know if you have a recipe for one of the courgette dishes above or a different courgette recipe and I will add the link to this article and the Courgette Explosion article. I look forward to hearing from you.

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9 Comments »

  1. Hi Sara

    How about courgette flower soup?
    http://topveg.com/2007/05/31/vegetable-soup-with-courgette-flowers/
    A bit special if you have a lot of courgettes!

    TopVeg

    Comment by TopVeg — August 4, 2007 @ 9:35 am

  2. Hi Topveg,
    Thanks for the recipe - I will add it to my list. Thanks.
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — August 4, 2007 @ 10:57 am

  3. I am so pleased that two of your courgette plants survived, Sara.

    We made courgette soup last year and it was delicious but I can’t remember where we found the recipe. I must look it up.

    Joanna’s Food has a great recipe for courgette salad http://joannasfood.blogspot.com/2007/07/lemony-courgette-salad.html

    Comment by Cottage Smallholder — August 4, 2007 @ 11:17 am

  4. Hi Fiona,
    Thanks for the comment and the recipe ideas. I will search your site to see if you have the recipe there.
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — August 4, 2007 @ 11:34 am

  5. courgettes can be wonderfully satisfyingly generous plants.
    and you will run out recipies!!

    Comment by claire — August 7, 2007 @ 7:07 pm

  6. Hi Claire,
    I love courgettes too. You can never have too many courgette recipes! Do you have any good courgette recipes?
    Thanks for visiting and commenting.
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — August 9, 2007 @ 8:15 am

  7. Hi Sara, Please feel free to link to the zucchini fritter recipe or any recipe for that matter. People really appreciate zucchini recipes at this time of year because we always seem to have an over abundance of them.

    Comment by Julie — August 9, 2007 @ 8:49 pm

  8. Hi Julie,
    That’s great - thanks for replying so quickly. I will be checking out your recipes. Thanks for commenting. I harvested my first zucchini today which is like a miracle as the courgette plant had previously been under flood water. I will be trying your recipe soon.
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — August 9, 2007 @ 8:52 pm

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