Zucchini: How I love thee! Let me count the ways.

Do you remember that part in Forrest Gump when the character, Bubba, lists off all the different ways to cook shrimp? Over three or four scenes, he rattles off, "There's shrimp gumbo, shrimp creole, coconut shrimp, shrimp stew, shrimp salad..." Well, that's what I was reminded of as I picked four new zucchinis from my garden today. So, in today's post, I present to you the various ways I have used the bounty of zucchini from my garden this season.

1. Simple sauteed zucchini with garlic and olive oil

2. Summer Squash Gratin (sans cheese) from 101 Cookbooks

3. Summer Squash soup with oregano salsa from the Vegetable Soups cookbook by Deborah Madison

4. Home-made pizza with basil pesto and zucchini medallions, inspired by this recipe from SmittenKitchen.com

Thanks to Radhi for the blog recommendation. I love it. The Blueberry Boy Bait recipe is amazing!

5. Fried Squash Blossoms (see July 10th post)

6. Squash Blossom and Baby Zucchini Risotto

7. Health-nut zucchini bread from the Enchanted Broccoli Forest cookbook by Mollie Katzen

8. Zucchini Spaghetti, inspired by another recipe from SmittenKitchen.com

9. Zucchini Quiche, which is actually more like a casserole than a classic quiche. This is an old family recipe from my grandpa, who also grew a ton of zucchini.

10. Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

These are the recipes I plan to make some time soon:

• Zucchini pancakes, another one of my grandpa's recipes
• Heidi Swanson's Zucchini Bread with crystallized ginger. Yum!
• Heidi Swanson's Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes
• Disappearing Zucchini Orzo

If anyone has any good zucchini recipes that they'd like to share, I'd be more than happy to have them. Cheers!