German turkey zucchini casserole

A hearty casserole made with ground turkey, diced zucchini, and cheese is a comforting a delicious dinner. 

Zucchini (mock apple) crisp

This mock apple crisp is made with zucchini and your family and friends may be surprised to find out that they are eating summer squash in their dessert.

Skillet chicken and summer squash quinoa

A one-pan meal that is full of protein and vegetables is perfect for a weeknight meal and for using up some summer time zucchini.

Bread and butter refrigerator zucchini pickles

Sweet and tangy refrigerator pickles made from zucchini are a perfect way to enjoy the summer squash bounty!

Vegetable and mozzarella mini turkey meatloaves

Individual turkey meatloaves with grated carrots, yellow squash, and zucchini and stuffed with mozzarella cheese are sure to be a family favorite. 

Whole wheat blueberry zucchini muffins

Seasonal summer blueberries and zucchini collide in this summery muffin giving you fruit and vegetable in each bite! 

Lemon zucchini bread

A bright a lemony zucchini bread makes for a delicious change-up to the traditional summer zucchini bread. Packed with lemon zest, a little lemon juice, and then drizzled with a lemon glaze, it's full of lemon flavor and the inside is speckled with green zucchini. 

Oven baked zucchini chips

Make your own vegetable chips at home with these oven baked zucchini chips. Thinly sliced zucchini is baked in a low oven until golden and crispy.

45+ Recipes for Zucchini Season

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It's the time of year when zucchinis are everywhere! Whether you grow them in your garden, receive them in your CSA each week, or are gifted them from your friends, relatives, and neighbors, it seems people are always looking for new ways to use up their summer zucchini bounty.

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I've rounded up more than 45 delicious zucchini recipes from my blog and many of my blogger friends for you to try out - everything from breakfasts, snacks, main dishes, sides, pickles, desserts, and more! 

 

There are sure to be at least a few new zucchini recipe ideas for you in this post.

Silky creamy zucchini soup

A silky smooth and creamy zucchini soup is a perfect last hurrah to your summer zucchinis as we transition into fall.

Old-fashioned zucchini pie

A cream pie filling blended with cooked zucchini makes for a unique dessert that will probably surprise your family and friends when they find out the secret ingredient.

Turkey and summer vegetable soup

Ground turkey, diced tomatoes, fresh garden herbs, and summer vegetables make a scrumptious and hearty summertime soup. 

Chocolate chip zucchini banana muffins

Banana bread and zucchini bread collide in these ultra-moist muffins studded with mini chocolate chips.

Baked zucchini bread oatmeal

The flavors of zucchini bread baked into your morning oatmeal! I am on a bit of a baked oatmeal kick lately. It started with the peanut butter one that I posted on a couple of weeks ago and now we are onto zucchini. With fall coming, I see many more versions (pumpkin! sweet potato! apple!) making an appearance in our kitchen and in our bellies in the near future. This time of year, many people are trying to find ways to use up their zucchinis. We love zucchini bread, and I figured that it would make a delicious baked oatmeal as well. Also, as I've mentioned before, we are always looking for meals that our twins can easily feel themselves. This method makes it easier for them to get the oatmeal into their mouths all by themselves (because they aren't fans of being spoon fed anymore). This zucchini version was a hit with all of us! We like to serve ours scooped into a bowl with a little milk, or just cut into a square for the little ones.

Cheesy zucchini & turkey casserole

Zucchini season is upon us. In this dish, zucchini is used to make a cheesy base for the casserole topped with ground turkey, spaghetti sauce, vegetables, and more cheese. 

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You will see similar versions called a Zucchini Pizza Casserole, but to me there is nothing pizza-ish about this casserole. My version uses the same base idea, but the toppings are different. Maybe more like a spaghetti bake? I don't know. So I'm just calling this version a Cheesy Zucchini & Turkey Casserole. Naming dishes can be tricky sometimes. Too wordy? Not an adequate description? I don't know. 

I do know that this dish was a huge hit in our family and was even completely gobbled up by two one year olds, so that's a win for me! Whatever you call it, it's delicious! It's definitely a keeper and a way to use up some of your garden's zucchini. This recipe will serve about four to five people as a main dish. Serve with a loaf of crusty bread and/or a side salad to stretch it a bit more.

We are usually inundated with zucchini at this time of year, but the odd weather has left many in our area with gardens that aren't producing as well as they usually do. So, I actually *gasp* bought zucchini from a farm stand. It almost didn't feel right!

Zucchini garlic Alfredo pizza

Garlic Alfredo sauce, cheese, zucchini, and fresh oregano all come together on this delicious summer time pizza.

Skillet zucchini biscuit pie

Zucchini, zucchini, zucchini..... It's here in full force and ready to be made into all sorts of dishes! 

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I decided to make it in a skillet because I love to use my cast iron skillet whenever possible, really. The biscuit is filled with Parmesan cheese, sliced fresh zucchini, and fresh basil. It's really flavorful and delicious and makes a nice light dinner or lunch with a side salad.

While it's called a pie, it reminds me more of a quiche or cake as there's no crust and it contains a few eggs. This recipe will make enough to serve about 4 people as a main dish. 

Feel free to experiment with this recipe - you can change up the veggies, herbs, and cheese to make all sorts of different flavor combinations. If you have some yellow squash, it would be lovely to replace some of the zucchini with it to vary the colors.

Pepper jack and zucchini cornbread

Oh, zucchini season... Once the zucchinis start to arrive, it's like we try to add them to everything. Grated zucchini in this and grated zucchini in that. But, in all honestly, that is OK by me. I love zucchini and enjoy finding different ways to use it. I was inspired to make this cornbread by this recipe which I modified a bit as seen below. The weather has become more bearable for using the oven, so it was the perfect time to give this cornbread a try. We just happened to have some leftover chili to eat up over the weekend and needed a side to go with it. I really love cornbread -- especially ones with cheese in them and/or a little kick from chiles. This cornbread is very savory and not sweet like many recipes that contain a lot of sugar. This was also the first time I tried sprouted wheat flour, but feel free to use all-purpose and/or some whole wheat flour.

Summer squash macaroni and cheese

A macaroni and cheese for summer?!? Yes, please! If you haven't discovered this already, macaroni and cheese is one of my favorite comfort foods. It's so warm, creamy, and delicious - it is like a hug in a bowl really. 

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I like to make classic mac n' cheese, but also like to change it up by using some butternut squash puree, including veggies like broccoli, or even spiced up with Mexican flavors, etc. This time, I figured that a bunch of shredded summer squash could be an interesting experiment. It turned out to be one of my favorite bowls of macaroni and cheese I've eaten so far! 

The cheese sauce was so creamy and there were tasty flecks of yellow and green summer squash throughout. Since I stirred the squash in raw, it retained it's freshness which provided a nice contrast in flavor and texture to the cheese and noodles.

So, here we have another recipe to use up some of your zucchini and other summer squash. I used one small yellow squash and a small-medium zucchini. You can use any that you have around, though the green is a nice color contrast. I find this type of recipe to be a good transition meal from summer to fall. 

This recipe will make enough to serve about four people as a main dish with a salad, or more people as a side dish.

Chocolate zucchini bread

I know that everyone out there is putting zucchini in just about everything they can think of right now. I am a believer that you can never have too many zucchini recipes. I've been using a lot of it lately (and all summer squash). And while I certainly love regular zucchini bread, when I saw King Arthur Flour's chocolate version, I was set on making some. I have been avoiding the oven at all costs this summer because it's just been so hot. But, we have been enjoying a cool trend and last Saturday morning provided the perfect opportunity to make this treat after picking up some zucchini from the farmers' market. I took it over to a family gathering that afternoon and it was gobbled up pretty quickly!

This recipe will make one loaf (8-1/2" x 4-1/2"). It is definitely more like a dessert (aka cake) than classic zucchini bread. I would recommend enjoying this as a dessert after dinner or as a mid-afternoon/mid-morning snack with a cup of tea. Below is the slightly adapted recipe that I used.