Review: Zucchini Puffs with Tomato Yogurt Sauce
This is a really tasty recipe that we enjoyed from Joshua Ploeg’s book “In Search of the Lost Taste“. We have enjoyed so many nice recipes from this book, as well as it being a fun story to read. This recipe offers a great way to use up those extra large zucchini that [...]
Grilled Zucchini with Sunflower Seed Spread on Crispbread
This made a very nice light lunch last weekend.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 zucchini, thinly sliced
1/4 cup sunflower spread (see recipe)
4-8 slices crispbread
Directions:
Follow the instructions for the Sunflower seed spread
Slice the zucchini very thinly using a cheese slicer or mandolin.
Place on the grill and lightly brown.
Spread each slice of crispbread with sunflower seed spread and lay [...]
Zucchini Roll-ups with Nutty “Ricotta” Filling
This is a lovely tasty appetizer, or can also be finger food at a party. The nutty filling is delicious with the marinated zucchini slices.
Yield: 8 roll-ups
Ingredients:
1 zucchini sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
splash lemon juice
pinch salt
for the vegan ricotta filling:
1/4 cup soy yogurt
2 tablespoons cashew butter (white-raw)
1 teaspoon vegetable bouillon powder
2-3 splashes Tabasco
2 tablespoons almond or [...]
Nut Stuffed Zucchini Rounds
Stuffed zucchini has not been a favorite meal of ours, not until now. This recipe was very tasty and we look forward to having it again. Slicing the large zucchini into rounds is an attractive way to present the zucchini, and the balsamic vinegar added a lovely zing.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 large zucchini (in England called [...]
Review: Corn and Zucchini Quesadillas
Kevin of Closet Cooking is a gifted cook. He combines flavors to make very innovative recipes and takes excellent photographs. Unfortunately he is not vegetarian, although many of his recipes are and are easily adapted to be vegan, as this Corn and Zucchini Quesadillas recipe was.
We really enjoyed this meal tonight, and the only different [...]
Savory Zucchini Bread
Here is another tasty way to use your bounty of fresh zucchini. This time it’s a savory bread, with onions, Italian seasonings and a few gratings of soy cheese on top.
Yield: 1 bread
Ingredients:
1/4 c. vegan margarine, melted
1 c. chopped onion
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
2 egg replacements
1/4 [...]
Review: Zucchini Mushroom Salad
We enjoyed this salad tonight that Harald found at Cooks.com.
The Zucchini Mushroom Salad is delicious, simple, and quick to make. It also taste good even if it only has 4 hours to marinate. It is important though to drain off the liquid after the overnight marinating, otherwise there is too much liquid. It’s very tasty [...]
Zucchini Creole on Polenta
This Southern dish is very reminiscent to ratatouille which makes sense, as Louisiana and parts of the South had been French territories. The creole tastes very nice on the polenta and makes a nice dinner on a warm summer’s eve.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 cup polenta (corn meal)
4 cups water
pinch salt
1 tablespoon oil
2 med. zucchini, sliced
2 stalks [...]
Classic Italian Rice Salad
This recipe makes a lot. We enjoyed it as a main meal salad on a warm summer night. It was delicious! We enjoyed it accompanied with a whole grain baguette and a lovely vegan bio wine.
Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:
1 cup mixed wild and white rice
1 eggplant, cut in small pieces and sauteed
1 zucchini, cut into matchstick [...]
Vegetable Sushi
These sushi rolls were delicious, and surprisingly very filling. They’re a bit tricky to make the first time, but once you get used to it, they’re not hard to make, and well worth the effort. They were delicious.
Yield: 30- 40
Ingredients:
for the rice:
2 cups sushi rice
2 cups water
4 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons [...]
Savory Zucchini Muffins
Here’s another tasty way to use up your bounty of zucchinis. These tasty muffins are lovely. They’re light and fluffy ad with the ‘cheesy’ flavor of nutritional yeast a tang of a bit of mustard they really filled us up for Sunday morning brunch.
Yield: 7 med. large muffins
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1/4 cup chives, snipped [...]
Baked Zucchini Spears
This is a magical recipe that makes all those zucchinis disappear – fast. You can use up those big baseball bat sized ones, or the normal size.
Yield: 16 spears
Ingredients:
3 Tbs. bread crumbs
2 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. thyme
dash alt, and pepper
1 Tbs. nutritional yeast
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. paprika
2 med. zucchini
2 Tbs. oil
Vegetable cooking spray
Directions:
Combine bread [...]
Review: Zucchini Puffs with Tomato Butter and Caper-Herb Dressing
Tonight we enjoyed another recipe from In Search of the Lost Taste by Joshua Ploeg. We were so happy to find this recipe, as our garden produces a lot of delicious zucchini, and this is a delicious way to enjoy them.
The secret is in the sauces, or perhaps that there are so many fresh herbs [...]
Veggie Vindaloo
We enjoyed this spicy meal even though we had warmer weather. It’s very colorful with the spinach and very filling served over withe rice.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 zucchini, cut into bite sized pieces
1/2 head cauliflower, cut into florets
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 bag (250 grams) fresh spinach, washed and stems removed
1 tablespoon oil
for the Vindaloo [...]
Garlic Baguette with Ratatouille
Ratatouille is such a flavorful meal. This recipe makes a great appetizer or finger-food. We enjoyed it today as lunch.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 small zucchini, cut in small cubes
1/2 eggplant, cut in small cubes
1 red or yellow bell pepper, cut in small cubes
1 red onion, chopped
2 tsp. herbs de Provence
1 small can tomato paste
cayenne pepper
salt and [...]
Raw Vegan Surf ‘n’ Turf
We really enjoyed this raw dinner, using seaweed from the surf and zucchini from the turf. It tasted delicious, had great texture and was very filling.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
for the surf ‘n’ turf:
2 zucchini, peeled, grated and finely chopped
1 small-med. onion, chopped finely
3 stalks celery, grated and chopped finely
1 red bell pepper, [...]
Raw Vegieghetti with Marinara Sauce
This was our first “raw” main meal and there will be many more to come. We will continue to have our cooked meals, but we would like to increase the percentage of raw meals a bit more. I’m looking forward to growing a lot more vegetables in our garden, particularly for our raw meals.
This marinara [...]
Zucchini and Pesto Rice Timbale
These tasty towers are great as a salad or they can also be used as an appetizer. They’re colorful and quick and easy to make.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
200 grams white rice, cooked
1 med. zucchini, cut in very thin slices
1/4 cup vegan pesto
tomato and chives as garnish
Directions:
Cook the rice and allow to slightly cool.
Make the pesto (I [...]
Mexican Zucchini Soup
This is a great tasting soup, and a good use for those extra large zucchini that often appear in the garden. Of course, a normal size zucchini also is good.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 & 1/2 teaspoons vegan margarine
2 cups vegetable bouillon
2 cups zucchini, diced in small pieces
1 & 1/2 cups corn kernels
3 [...]
Zucchini Tostadas
This were very tasty and easy to make. The mushroom/onion saute in the middle was very nice.
Yield: 4
Ingredients:
1 zucchini, thinly sliced
1 onion, chopped
250 grams mushrooms, finely chopped
1 can small tomato paste
1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tostados
1 cup soy cheese, grated
1/2 cup plain soy yogurt
1 medium tomato, chopped
chili or taco seasonings
Directions:
Chop the onions and [...]
Ratatouille
Well, guess what movie we just saw. We had so much fun watching Ratatouille, and of course it inspired us to try and make it just as in the movie. We were very pleased with this meal. We often have ratatouille, but not sliced in small slices as these. It did make it much more [...]
Sweet-sour tempeh with zucchini
Sweet sour is always a favorite way of enjoying vegetables as well as temphe and tofu. This is one of our standard meals that we often enjoy.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
300-400 grams tempeh, cut in bite sized pieces
1 zucchini, cut in matchsticks
3 tbs. cornstarch
3 tbs. soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
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Zucchini tartar with paprika-raspberry puree
The simple flavor of the raw grated zucchini is pepped up with the paprika and raspberry puree. This recipe does taste as lovely as it looks.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
1 large or 2 medium zucchini, grated
4 pieces chives, sniped finely
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
for the puree
2 tbs. paprika puree
2 tbs. raspberry puree [...]
Gnocchi with lemon ricotta and zucchini
What a lovely fresh and tasty meal this was. I added the parsley and basil at the very last minute so that they were still fresh. This was a very nice light supper and would also be a good lunch, or even a very special meal when camping.
Serving Size: 2-3
Ingredients:
1 pkg. (500 grams) gnocchi
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