ZUCCHINI... Now What!?!

Zucchini, Zucchini, Zucchini ~ So Now What!?!

Thank you everyone for all your recipes and ideas. Here is what I cooked with those huge Zucchinis. (just finished last night!)

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

I started with Chocolate Cake. HeeHee! Ah Yes! We have been craving sweets. This one is compliments of Brooke! It is her favorite Chocolate cake and now mine too. It comes from Sally's Baking Addiction.

I have been trying to cook so as to keep our A1C levels low, but with this recipe I put in all of the carbs! Brooke said she definitely does NOT use all of the sugar when she makes it. Whoops I should have cut it down, too.

Ok. Now to discuss the icing. The real recipe of icing looks delectable! I couldn't do it. I could feel our A1C levels rising already! We just made a quick batch of whipped cream cheese frosting. (It is a little less sugar.)

ICING

1 cup whipped cream

2 Tbsp cream cheese

1 tsp vanilla

¼ cup powdered sugar

whip it all together. Add cream to desired consistency.

This cake is DELICIOUS!!!!! It’s even better the second day out of the fridge ~ We shared some, froze some, and ate way too much!!!

GRILLED VEGETABLE QUESADILLA

Next we moved to a Grilled Vegetable Quesadilla. This was Yummy! Yummy! Knowing it was healthy gives it the second Yummy! It came from a magazine, Diabetic Living. The recipe is not on their website. I'll share my version.

I did this indoor on my cast iron square grill pan.

Grill: red onion, zucchini, poblano and peppers.

Boil: corn and cut off the cob

Warm: low-carb flour tortillas add shredded reduced-fat cheese

Grill: add the vegetables to the quesadilla and grill, carefully turning over.

Serve: with plain fat-free yogurt, cilantro, and salsa of your choice.

EASY SKILLET VEGETABLE LASAGNA

2nd favorite dish after the chocolate zucchini cake... I love lasagna, but we don’t need a big pan for the two of us. So this is also a treat for us. Easy Skillet Vegetable Lasagna - The taste did not disappoint and it's super easy to make!

This was inspired by @Elizabeth Hernandez and @Julie Zimmerman. I took their ideas and found this recipe. The only change I made to this recipe was I used poblanos from our garden instead of red bell pepper.

CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI BROWNIES

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Brownies made in a muffin tin.

I needed to take a treat to our Seminary kickoff and who doesn’t like chocolate! So next it was Chocolate Chip Zucchini Brownies.

This time I did substitute and cut back, for our A1C… I used half white flour and half almond flour. Also, I used half of the sugar. I greased a muffin pan, scooped a couple Tablespoons of batter into muffin wells and baked for 18-20 minutes. It made about 20 brownie bites.

BROILED ZUCCHINI AND POTATOES WITH PARMESAN CRUST

Tonight I made Broiled Zucchini and potatoes with parmesan crust.

It was delicious with all the butter and cheese, but the Zucchini just isn’t good anymore. Either it’s getting old or I got to the big bulb part of the second squash and it was just too big to eat as a saute. (Or BOTH!)

GREEK YOGURT ZUCCHINI BREAD

Growing up our zucchini sometimes also got away from us and we would make zucchini bread. It was delicious and my favorite way to eat it was toasted with butter. I found this Greek Yogurt Zucchini Bread recipe. In trying to be healthy I changed the flour to a combo of Whole wheat and almond flour. It was just too heavy. The toothpick came out clean, but it was just so spongy. BLAH! I think I am just tired of Zucchini! Haha!!

f you read to the end of this blog post you probably are tired of Zucchini as well!

This is from Diabetic Living Magazine

MAYBE I'LL BE READY FOR ZUCCHINI NEXT SUMMER!~ MAYBE NOT!!