20 Ways to Cook Zucchini for Those Who Don’t Like It

Little preparation, varied shapes, colors and sizes, with zucchini, you can easily treat yourself with quick recipes to make!

Zucchini has no taste? Not at all! In season, that is to say from June to September, zucchini has a delicate flavor. Certainly one of the easiest vegetables to cook, we present you some recipes that could seduce even those who do not like zucchini.

Zucchini recipes to whet the appetite

As a starter, for a healthier aperitif, served cold or warm… Zucchini can be used to suit all your desires.

Zucchini recipe for an aperitif

To eat with your fingertips mini courgette flans bring a lot of conviviality. Quickly cook some zucchini slices that you mix with beaten eggs in an omelette, liquid cream and a few cumin seeds. You can make a zucchini flan recipe by replacing the cream with fromage frais, or a mixture silken tofu and almond cream for a vegan version.

THE zucchini rolls are prepared with lightly oiled zucchini strips, previously grilled in the oven or raw. Inside, a melting heart of mozzarella or brousse, dried tomatoes, olives, anchovies…

After the softness, the crispiness and the crunchiness!

THE zucchini chips are lighter and healthier than regular chips. In a bowl, mix olive oil and spices or herbs of your choice. Spread on baking paper using a brush. Place thin slices of zucchini on top. Spray the remaining oil and bake at a low temperature so that the zucchini releases its water.

Zucchini makes its entrance

Make a recipe cold zucchini soup by mixing zucchini, chickpeas, cottage cheese and fresh mint.

The From Zucchini Terrine grated or previously cut into slices and sautéed in a pan, seasoned with herbs such as parsley, basil, five-berry pepper, nutmeg, etc. is served with a salad. For the mixture, mix crème fraîche, eggs and parmesan.

A little more substantial, but still light, zucchini bread can be dipped in a sauce.

In the same vein, the invisible zucchini cake with its very thin slices is very melting. Invisible cakes are made with very little flouryeast, eggs and milk. Add curry or of safran which go very well with zucchini.

Ultra light, the raw zucchini salad cut into strips seasoned with lemon juice, mint and olive oil, served as is or with the addition of olives, pine nuts or pumpkin seeds.

Delicious little zucchini dishes

Recette aubergine courgette – © Kolpakova Svetlana

Zucchini recipe without looking like it

Slip some zucchini into these delicious recipes without making a fuss:

• zucchini cream with curry to coat pasta and change from bolognese;
• zucchini strips on a pizza maison ;
• a recipe quiche courgette by browning a few cubes of zucchini in a pan with onion that you will add to your quiche lorraine usual ;
• a sweet and savory zucchini tartgoat, honey and nuts;
• a zucchini gratin recipe endive style with ham ;
• pancakes with grated zucchini incorporated into the dough.

Zucchini Quiche

Light zucchini recipe

Make recipes low in calories, but very rich in taste :

• THE Zucchini tagliatelle with cherry tomatoes and parmesan replace classic pasta. If you don’t have a device to cut the zucchini into thin strips, you can always use a peeler;
• zucchini simply grilled in the oven and served with a few cubes of feta, lemon and balsamic vinegar for pep;
• balanced, the Grilled zucchini salad, quinoa and soft-boiled eggs is a complete dish;
• the recipe of stuffed zucchini meat can give way to a light stuffing with the flesh of the zucchini cut into small cubes and fried with garlic and onion, mixed with boulgour cooked in water and some raisins. Cover with breadcrumbs and put in the oven.
• Rice stuffed zucchini for a vegetarian option, with onion, arborio rice, vegetable broth and parmesan.

Read also – How to freeze zucchini to enjoy them all year round?

Zucchini desserts

The zucchini chocolate cake always manages to bluff the most reluctant! Beat egg yolks with sugar or stevia. Incorporate into grated zucchini which replaces butter in this moist cake recipe. Add cocoa, cornstarch for a gluten-free cake. Mix with melted dark chocolate. Gently fold in whipped egg whites and bake.

On the same principle, you can also replace butter in your favorite recipes brownies or of muffins.

Clever anti-gasp !

Nothing is lost, everything is transformed. Including zucchini peelings. If there are 1001 ways to cook their flesh, the same goes for their skin which deserves better than a one-way trip to the compost… at worst the trash! Quiche, cake, donut… Discover our selection of quick, original and easy-to-make recipes.

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