>We have a bumper crop this year. I have about four cups of grated zucchini in the fridge waiting to be turned into cake or bread or some other sort of goodie. I nearly turned away La Petite’s boyfriend Saturday when he walked up the driveway carrying two large zucchini and a couple of banana peppers. So here we go: a few ways, some real and some not, to get rid of the excess. Feel free to suggest more! I have at least three growing in the garden jungle even as we speak.
10. Give them away to neighbors and friends.
9. Give them to relatives.
8. Place a few on the neighbor’s front porch, then ring the doorbell and run away.
7. Grate a little into spaghetti sauce. Stew. Soup.
6. Go to the farmer’s market and sneak yours onto the vendors’ tables when they’re not looking.
5. Grate some for the freezer. You’ll love it in January.
4. Feed some to the rabbits, wild or pet.
3. Convince the neighborhood kids to use a big one as a baseball bat.
2. When someone tries to give you a zucchini, insist they take two tomatoes in trade.
1. Offer a zucchini “free with purchase” at your rummage sale.
>hehe I miss having neighbors with gardens~!
>Haha, too funny!
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>My sister-in-law is having these issues with tomatoes! Last year, we did the “free with purchase” at a garage sale with crooked-neck squash! By the way – my husband can’t get enough of the banana bread – thanks so much for sharing the recipe!
>It kills me – I’m actually BUYING zucchini at the farmer’s market b/c we don’t know anyone who is growing it this year. Luckily my parents planted tomatoes, so we are reaping the benefits of overabundence!
>I take and grate the Zucchini
take several slices of bread soake them in milk drain and smash the milk out
add to the zucchini
add old bay seasoning to taste chop alittle onion into it
add 1 egg
make into a ball or into a baking dish it makes a great mock crab cake or crab bake always a hit in this house……so see I freeze the grated Zucchini and use all winter
>We love making “zucchini packets.” Slice the zucchini, put it in foil with butter, salt, pepper and a tablespoon of water, and put them on the grill. The more cooked they are the better!