Zucchini can easily be substituted for eggplant in any Eggplant Parmigiana recipe. I like to use Fine Cooking’s recipe for Classic Eggplant Parmigiana. I followed this recipe exactly, the only change being the zucchini substitution. Oh and also, I didn’t see the need for peeling the zucchini, so I left the skins on. I would [...]

I’ve mentioned grilling as a no-fuss way to cook up zucchini. Here’s a great recipe for incorporating grilled zucchini into a delicious quinoa salad! First of all, I just can’t get over the fact that quinoa goes from this: To this: Wacky! Anyway, here are the ingredients for the salad: Dressing: 1 ripe avocado 1/2 [...]

A good friend of mine sent me this tonight, and I just had to post it. So fitting for my life right now! I’ve got a few hours left to celebrate… August 8th – Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day Now that’s nasty! But hey, what are you going to do with an [...]

Some of the best beers we had on our North Carolina vacation was at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC, about 10 miles east of Asheville. Pisgah’s beers are 100% certified organic, and fantastically delicious to boot! [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

An easy way to use up zucchini is to chop it up into little cubes and stir-fry it up with various other ingredients. Here’s one idea — Spanish rice. Or, in this case, Spanish couscous. Because, well… I ran out of rice. How embarrassing! Anyway, the method is the same either way. Start by chopping [...]

Another great zucchini dip! This time in the form of hummus… Take any hummus recipe you like, remove the chickpeas, and substitute zucchini. Easy-peasy! Here’s the recipe I used: 1 lb zucchini, seeded and chopped ¼ cup tahini 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 clove garlic 3 tbsp lemon juice 2 tsp cumin 1 tsp [...]

Just for the heck of it, I made zucchini waffles this morning. Because… Why not? You’ll need a waffle iron for this, so just follow the instructions that came with it for cooking. Here’s the recipe that came with my waffle maker: 3 eggs 1 cup milk ½ cup melted butter 1 tbsp vanilla extract [...]