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You know it’s zucchini madness season when your neighbors come knocking on your door gifting you bags of zucchini.
What’s kind of funny is that although my zucchini and yellow squash plants are just now starting to put on fruit, I have quite an abundance in my kitchen.My friends, neighbors, and farmers market vendors have been giving them away which has been a blessing.
It almost makes me rethink growing them to save on space in my own garden beds. Nah, they’re a beautiful plant to watch grow.
How To Cook With Zucchini
I know there are many people that hesitate to use zucchini.Here’s the thing about this squash,they’re an incredibly mild tasting vegetable that contain mostly water.
This makes them a perfect vegetable to use for cooking and baking.They’re so bland that they don’t impart much flavor at all. Currently, I’m chopping up a zucchini a day and throwing it into each and every meal I prepare. I do this because they are extremelyeconomicalto buy (often times free) and of the great health benefits for my family.
Zucchini contains vitamins and minerals which includevitamin A, vitamin C, folate, manganese, potassium, and calcium. For the price and nutritional bang, they’re worth stocking up on and even preserving.
Mexi Zucchini Fritters
A great way to use zucchini is by making fritters. As I usually do, I like to Mexi things up in my kitchen since I like spice and bold flavors. Since zucchini’s are made up of mostly of water, I start by dicing my zucchini and salting it which helps to release most of its moisture.
I don’t do this for every meal, just for dishes that I don’t want to turn out soggy. I then ring out the zucchini which has been wrapped in cheesecloth to squeeze out as much of the water as I can.
That’s quite a bit of water, huh?! I then give the water to my backyard chickens.
That’s the bulk of the work. Once I’ve strained out the water from the zucchini, I mix it with the remaining ingredients for the fritters and fry away.
It’s really easy and I know you’ll love that extra special kick from fresh diced jalapeno that I’ve included in this recipe.
Mexi Zucchini Fritters + 35 More Nourishing Zucchini Recipes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: Makes 12 Fritters
A great way to use zucchini in late summer is by making zucchini fritters. This recipe for Mexi Zucchini Fritters calls for finely diced fresh jalapeno peppers and cilantro to give it extra kick and flavor.
Ingredients:
- 2 medium sized zucchini’s, shredded
- 1 medium sized yellow squash, shredded
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, pressed or minced
- 2 tbls fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded, de-veined, and finely diced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- dash of pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- virgin coconut oil
Method:
- Trim ends off zucchini and yellow squash, then grate them either on a box grater or using the shredding blade of a food processor.
- In a large bowl, toss the zucchini and yellow squash with 1 teaspoon coarse salt and set aside for 10 minutes. Squeeze the excess moisture out of the squash by wrapping it up in a clean tea towel or piece of cheese cloth and wringing it.
- In the same large bowl, mix together the squeezed squash, green onions, red onion, garlic, cilantro, jalapeno, salt, pepper, egg, flour, and baking powder.
- In a large skillet or cast iron pan, gently heat 3-4 tbls of virgin coconut oil.
- Working in batches add 2 tbls of zucchini fritter batter at a time to the pan and brown on both sides. 3-4 minutes per side. After each batch, add a bit more coconut oil.
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20 More Zucchini Recipes From Your Favorite Simple Living Bloggers
To get you on your way to making the most of your abundance in zucchini, below are 20 More Nourishing Zucchini Recipes. You’ll find a mix of savory, sweet, and even CANDY! I was surprised you could make candy with zucchini! I’m SO trying it this year 😀
- Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies from Live Renewed
- Veggie Penne Saute from The Nourishing Home
- Sausage Zucchini Bake from Kitchen Stewardship
- A Summer Skillet Meal – Red Peppers, Zucchini, and Eggs from My Humble Kitchen
- Grilled Fish Provencal from The Nourishing Home
- Summer Squash Gummy Candy Sweetened with Grape Juice Concentrate from Common Sense Homesteading
- Zucchini Uses: The Tasty, Thirst-Quenching, and Surprising from Traditional Foods
- Dehydrating Zucchini and Summer Squash from GNOWFGLINS
- Zucchini Spaghetti from Momables
- Zucchini and Ground Beef Skillet Casserole from Live Renewed
- Roasted Sausages and Summer Vegetables with Garden Fresh Pesto from My Humble Kitchen
- Healthy Lemony Zucchini Risotto from The Greenbacks Gal
- Summer Squash Pasta from Don’t Waste the Crumbs
- Zucchini Pancakes from Traditional Foods
- A Harvest Bounty Recipe: Spanish Pisto/Ratatouille from My Humble Kitchen
- Zucchini Pizza Bites from Momables
- Cheesy Garlic Zucchini Bread from Common Sense Homesteading
- Huevos a la Mexicana from The Nourishing Home
- A Bean-Free Zucchini Hummus from The Greenbacks Gal
- Carrot and Zucchini Bars Yours Kids Will Love from Momables
If that’s not enough recipes for you, check out my zucchini board on Pinterest! You’ll be sure to find even MORE zucchini recipes with beautiful pictures. So go ahead, stock up on zucchini and nourish your family.
Do you have a favorite zucchini recipe that I should know about? Please share them with me in the comments below.
About Diana Bauman
Diana is a mother of three, proud wife, and humbled daughter of God. She finds the most joy meeting with Jesus in her organic gardens. She is completely blessed to be able to call herself a stay at home mom where she home educates her children, joyfully serves her husband, and cooks nourishing, real food, for her family. She loves connecting with people on facebook, google+, pinterest, and instagram.
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Thank you for sharing my summer squash pasta Diana! I don’t have a garden 🙁 but I’m waiting for my friends to deliver. Plus the farmer’s market has some great varieties this year. Have a blessed day!!
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Diana Bauman saysNo problem, Tiffany! I love your recipes 😀
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- SJ Smith says
Grandma Anne’s Zucchini Relish
Recipe found in Modern Food Preservation by Williams and Paine, Plycon Press, CR 1977
This is a great project for the kids to join in. Use grandma’s old hand grinder and the coarse disk, then let the kids crank away and end up with the perfect textured relish. Ground vegetables should almost fill the bean pot (dutch oven).
3 or 4 oversized Zucchini , (4 or 5 lbs ground)
2 large onions
1 large green bell pepper
1 large red bell pepper
¼ cup Kosher Salt
4 cups sugar
2 cups quality cider vinegar
1 ½ cups water
1 t. black pepper
1 t. turmeric, (may be doubled)
1 t. nutmeg
½ t. allspice, (may be doubled)
⅓ t. ground ginger
2 t. celery seed, (may be halved)
2 t. mustard seed
Slice the zucchini in half lengthwise, discarding tough ends. Scoop out the seeds and discard. You do not peel the zucchini. Cut into chunks suitable for grinding. Do the same with the rest of the vegetables.When done grinding, put the vegetables in a colander to drain.
(If desired, this could be used for a soup stock, otherwise discard)Put the veggies back into the pot and add the Kosher salt. Fold the salt in until it is well blended. Fill pot with cold water until vegetables are covered.
Cover pot and let stand overnight in a cool place or refrigerator.
The next morning, drain the mixture in a colander. Then, rinse well in the colander under a stream of cool water. Drain well.
Combine the sugar and remaining ingredients in the bean pot and bring to boiling.
Add the vegetable mixture to boiling liquid and bring back to boil.
Simmer the relish for 10 minutes.Pack in clean, sterile, hot jars. Make sure that vinegar covers the relish. Proceed as for water bath canning. Processing time is 10 minutes for pints. (add 5 minutes for altitude)
Makes 7 to 8 pints
Recommend waiting several weeks before enjoying, letting the flavors meld.Reply
- Diana Bauman says
S.J., I love zucchini relish! It’s actually on my list of things to can once I start harvesting my own plants. I’ll have to give your recipe a try 😀
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- Alaina says
I just made Hot Cumin Summer Squash Pickles. They are SO good that I may make another batch. I’m sure they could be fermented, but I can only have so many things in my little fridge, so they are a canned item. So yummy. The recipe was from Canning for a New Generation.
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- Diana Bauman says
Alaina, that sounds lovely! I’ll have to check out that book 🙂
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Thank you for sharing my zucchini recipes. Those Mexi-Fritters look AMAZING!! I can’t wait to give them a try this weekend. Lots of blessings to you, sweet friend! 🙂 Kelly
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- Diana Bauman says
No problem, Kelly! Thanks for stopping by 😀
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- Tessa says
What a great post Diane! We are all looking for ways to use up our plethora of zucchinis right now, and there are some great ideas here. Your fritters will be tried with next batch of zucchini in a day or so! Pinned, and will share on my page too!
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- Diana Bauman says
Thanks so much Tessa! Let me know how they turn out 😀
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- Gene says
Hi, Diana. I tried this recipe and it did not come out quite right. The mistake had great flavor however. I would like to try it again. Can you help me? The fritters took forever to brown and then I put them into the oven hoping that would encourage browning. I did divide the batch and used almond flour with 1/2 the batch as I should eat gluten free. I appreciate your thoughts and cannot wait to try the recipe again.
Blessings.
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- Diana Bauman says
Gene, did you salt the zucchini and allow it sit for awhile to release its water, and then wring it out good in cheesecloth? Let’s start there and see if we can narrow this down 😀
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