6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 3, 2016
Cook's Corner
Zucchini, anyone?
BY BETTY KAISER
For the Sentinel
zucchinis on both sides. Place in the micro-
wave on a paper plate layered with several
paper towels. Cook 2 minutes. Turn the
zucchini over and cook about another 1-1/2
minutes. If you hear them “screaming” turn
off the microwave!
T
he sun is shining and the zucchini
are growing! Wow. One minute the
weather is cool and overcast and the zuchs
are just blossoms. The next week the sun is
brightly shining, the thermometer hovers in
the low nineties and there are a dozen 12-
inch zuchs in the garden.
What to do?
We’ve tried palming them off on friends
across town; our yard guy (he doesn’t cook)
and visiting utility employees don’t accept
gifts. I suggested putting them in neighbor’s
mailboxes, but my husband nixed that idea.
It looks like Community Sharing is going to
be on overload.
My fi rst year as a Cook’s Corner colum-
nist I solicited zucchini recipes from read-
ers. Hands down, it was the most response
that I have had from any column request that
I have ever made. Recipes came in from all
over the West Coast. People were desperate
to share.
Every year at this time all of us gardeners
have the same problem. This year the Kai-
sers have double trouble. Chuck’s pumpkin
patch is also sprouting zucchini! Evidently
one of the pumpkin seed packers slipped in
some zucchini seeds, and they are growing
like weeds!
So last week Chuck when proudly pre-
sented me with another basket of the beauti-
ful green orbs, I thought I was going to cry.
It was especially depressing because I still
have a couple of packages of frozen shred-
ded zucchini in the freezer! I had to buckle
down, make a plan and get serious about
dealing with this bounty.
I began, of course, with zucchini bread.
It’s everyone’s favorite and it uses up a cou-
ple of our inventory. I moved on to stuffed
zucchini for dinner. Over the years I have
changed my recipe ever so slightly. I now
precook the zucchini in the microwave (see
directions) and use ground turkey instead of
ground beef. The recipe is easily divided to
serve 2-4.
Today’s last recipe is from my neighbor,
Nancy. Everything she makes is wonderful,
and you will love her Zucchini Pancakes as
a side dish at dinner. And yes, I still have
more zucchini. I also have more recipes.
Maybe next month we’ll continue this saga.
Enjoy!
OLD FASHIONED
ZUCCHINI BREAD
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs, beaten
2 cups sugar
2 cups zucchini, grated
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups fl our sifted with…
Stuffed zucchini pairs well with
candied carrots, coleslaw and sour-
dough rolls.
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons cinnamon
Optional to at the end: 1 cup chopped
walnuts
Combine the oil, eggs, sugar, zucchini and
vanilla in a large bowl. Blend well. Stir
in the dry ingredients and mix just until
moistened.
Fold in the walnuts if using them. Pour
batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake
for 1-1/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted
into the center comes out clean. A crack
down the middle of bread is normal. Cool
on a rack. Makes 2 loaves. Eat one loaf and
freeze the other. Good with cream cheese.
BETTY’S STUFFED
ZUCCHINI
1 cup uncooked rice
2 12-inch long zucchini
1 pound ground turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
2 8 ounce cans tomato sauce w/ basil
1/3 cup salsa
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
1 tablespoon Taco Seasoning
Several dashes Tabasco Sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
In a saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to
boil; add rice, salt lightly and cook about
25 minutes or until water is absorbed.
In the meantime, sauté onion in a pan with
the ground turkey. Drain well and set aside.
When rice is cooked, add tomato sauce and
other seasonings. Stir in turkey and onions.
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3 eggs
2 tablespoons oil
3 cups zucchini, grated
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Salt and Pepper
1 cup Bisquick (more if needed)
Beat eggs and oil in large bowl until
well-blended. Add zucchini, onion and sea-
sonings. Blend. Add Bisquick. The mixture
should be the consistency of pancake batter.
If too moist add a little more Bisquick; if too
dry add a little milk.
Note: I also make a sweet version of this
recipe. I substitute cinnamon for the Italian
seasoning and added a few pecans and 1/4
cup sugar. It is good!
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Note: Good served with brown sugared
carrots, coleslaw and hard sour dough rolls.
Pour about 1/2 cup batter for each pan-
cake onto a hot, greased griddle. Spread
to make a circle. Cook until edges appear
dry and bubbles form and just start to pop
on the surface. Turn pancakes with a wide
spatula and lightly brown other side. Turn
only once. Serve immediately. Good with
sour cream. Serves 4 hungry people.
Preheat oven to 350° F.
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Remove the zucchini and slice them
lengthwise on the paper towels. Liquid will
ooze out. Scrape out the seeds and you will
have 4 nice canoes to put your fi lling in.
Distribute evenly. Put a piece of aluminum
foil on a cookie sheet with sides. Spray
with Pam. Put the zucchini on the cookie
sheet; salt the shells and spoon in the fi ll-
ing.
Lay a sheet of foil over the top, place in
oven and cook about 15 min. Remove from
oven and set foil aside. Top with mozzarel-
la cheese and cook until hot and cheese is
melted. Serves 4-8 depending on appetites.
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