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Sauteed Zucchini

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: August 1, 2010

Sauteed Zucchini with Cherry Tomatoes, photo by Donna

Picked up our CSA this weekend, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, lettuce, and SURPRISE! More Zucchini! Actually, I'm starting to like the zucchini challenge. Too hot for what I want to do for it—mix it with cheese and gratin it. I'll wait till cooler fall to go that route. I've had a nostalgic urge to make zucchini bread, which I haven't had since my mom made it when I was a kid and the notion of a sweet cake made with a vegetable was bizarre and fascinating.

But I opted for a fallback here, and still one of the best and easiest ways to make zucchini: saute it. I think its texture is best when you julienne ...

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Zucchini Fritters Recipe

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: July 12, 2010

Photo by Donna, from Live To Cook

You'll never guess what was included in our CSA haul this week. Zucchini! That's right, amazing as it may sound, there they were, three big fatties at the bottom of the bag. Seriously, it's not that I have a problem with zucchini, itself (though I did publicly disparage the zucchini a while back on Iron Chef America, which had a few zucchini lovers up in arms). I like zucchini. Julienned and sauteed in butter it's a simple summer side dish. Add some nuts, herbs and a vinaigrette to zucchini you've salted for ten minutes and it's a revelation (raw zucchini salad). There are indeed all kinds of things you can do to zucchini. I guess my problem is how much of it is grown. Why do people grow ...

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