Things to do with spare courgettes

[Chestnut]

OH is bemoaning the fact that all but one of our courgette plants died, as we can only have two of the belowIn any given week....
add onion or garlic, creme fraiche and maybe a little bacon or walnut for pasta sauce
courgette lemon cake, or courgette chocolate cake,
courgette soup
Courgette lemon chicke;cous cous for packed lunches
freeze into ratatouille for winter
vegetable lasagne (I batch freeze filling, then add pasta and bechemel over the winter months)

[Bren In Pots]

Courgette Salad

Dressing is olive,oil white wine vinegar, wholegrain mustard and chopped mint.
Grate or spiralize, carrots and courgettes
thinly sliced onion
and a tin of chick peas or beans.

nice as a side salad or in wraps.

[peanut]

There is a strange duplicate of this thread which won't disappear from my feed of newest threads. I wouldn't mind but I hate courgettes!

[Right Shed Fred]

Thin strips of courgette (lengthways) made with a potato peeler or mandolin.
Griddle them so they are lightly cooked and have those lovely sear stripes.
Dunk in lemon juice while still warm.
Layer in a clean jar, cover in olive oil.
Stores in the fridge for a while - not sure how long, always gets gobbled up pretty quick here.

Eat on toasted sourdough, sprinkled with flaky salt.

Just amazing.

[Bren In Pots]

There is a strange duplicate of this thread which won't disappear from my feed of newest threads. I wouldn't mind but I hate courgettes!

It’s been flagged with admin so it should be sorted out soon.

[B Porcupine]

I second chocolate cake (or muffins), lemon crunch cake (David Lebovitz), gnome cakes (River Cottage), (sandwich) bread, orange & rosemary zucchini bread (loaf cake), fritters (Deb Perelman), minestrone soup - lots on the interwebby (Try searching for zucchini, too). I also shred some, measured for specific recipes, and freeze - not as good as fresh, but does in a pinch!

You can PM me if you want a specific recipe I picked another 13 last night... Good luck!

[BeatriceCallan]

You can freeze them and then eat in winter. It's a good idea to make semimanufactures for soups or pure. I like BBQ but the oven ones are even better and healthier. Also, I think you can ask some of your neighbours, they could need it.

[Gordon the gardener]

Grate one medium spud into a bowl, squeeze out the water, repeat with an onion and a courgette or two. Chuck in some gram flour and season with what you like and mix it all up, if it’s still very wet squeeze it out again. Form into fritters and fry in HOT oil. Very addictive.

[Bren In Pots]

I like the sound of those Gordon. Thanks.

[Nicos]

Either the male flowers or batons of courgette dipped in Tempura batter.
Wonderful.

When I started having low carb food I sliced the courgette in place of lasagna strips .

Also - Long thin strips on the bbq with salt and lemon juice. Big dollops of yogurt on top to serve.