Zucchini Recipes: 12 Easy Ideas for Dinner and Sides
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Zucchini is cheap, quick to cook and goes with almost everything. Here are 12 easy ways to use it, from crispy fritters to one-pan dinners.
12 zucchini recipes
- Zucchini fritters with feta: crispy outside, soft inside, 25 minutes.
- Sheet pan chicken and vegetables: zucchini roasts with the chicken.
- Vegetable frittata: add sliced zucchini with the onion.
- Chicken stir-fry: swap the broccoli for zucchini half-moons.
- Ground turkey stir-fry: zucchini cooks in 3 minutes.
- Creamy tomato pasta: stir in grated zucchini with the tomatoes.
- Zucchini noodles: spiralize and toss in a hot pan for 1–2 minutes with garlic and parmesan.
- Grilled zucchini: thick slices, olive oil, 3 minutes per side, finish with lemon and mint.
- Stuffed zucchini boats: hollow out halves and fill like our stuffed peppers.
- Zucchini soup: cook like our pumpkin soup, swapping the pumpkin.
- Zucchini in curry: add cubes to chickpea curry for the last 5 minutes.
- Zucchini egg muffins: grated and squeezed, in egg muffins.
How to pick and store zucchini
- Choose small to medium zucchini with firm, glossy skin; large ones are watery and seedy.
- Keep whole zucchini unwashed in the vegetable drawer for up to a week.
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Questions
How do you keep zucchini from getting watery?
Salt grated zucchini and squeeze out the liquid before using it in fritters or batters, and cook sliced zucchini on high heat without crowding the pan.
How long does zucchini last in the fridge?
Whole zucchini keeps for about 1 week in the vegetable drawer. Cut zucchini keeps 2–3 days in a closed container.
