As if you weren't tired of my zucchini posts already, today I have a zucchini recipe round up for you! You know you're obsessed with this awesome vegetable when your friends start tagging you in recipe posts they find on Facebook! Would you believe that we just received another large zucchini from our neighbor's garden...

Well another zucchini means more recipes to find, so that's why I thought it would be a good idea to put together a Zucchini Recipe Round Up...

I'm not sure if there are other recipes out there that can top the three I've tried already, but I'm willing to do a taste test! If you missed out on these great zucchini recipes I featured check them out at the links below...

Ziti with Chicken Sausage and Zucchini

Baked Zucchini Fries and Dipping Sauce 

Banana Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins 

Today I'm going to the sweet side again with zucchini and baking chocolate zucchini bread. This won't be my first time making bread, I've pretty much mastered banana bread, but it will be my first time making chocolate bread....with shredded zucchini! 

{Chocolate Zucchini Bread by Six Sisters' Stuff}

I was looking for a recipe that didn't call for too much and included ingredients I already have on hand. Fingers crossed that this turns out as good as it looks in Six Sisters' Stuff's photo! PS, I'm not using chocolate chips in my recipe since they tend to get too gooey in everything I bake! 

I really loved the baked zucchini fries, still one of my favorite ways to cook zucchini. But, another popular way of making them instead of going the "fry" way that I want to try is to cook them chip style...

{Zucchini Chips Four Ways by The Copper Collective}

These all look so good, I need to get some chipotle powder because that just sounds amazing. 

OK, if your mouth wasn't watering already, take a look at these...

{Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Stuffed Zucchini Cups by Kalyn's Kitchen®}

My parents used to make stuffed peppers all the time, a recipe I have yet to try on my own. But perhaps I can make my own version of their stuffed peppers with zucchini! 

Well, now I have just seen it all; zucchini waffles...say what?! Yep, ZUCCHINI WAFFLES....

{Zucchini Waffles by The Law Student's Wife} 

I wonder if my husband would be interested in trying these....we do have a waffle maker! So far we've made banana and blueberry waffles, but I would love to try something more savory, then I won't feel so bad when we have waffles for dinner! 

Hmm, should I make the chocolate zucchini bread today or this delicious looking spiced zucchini cake...

{Spiced Zucchini Cake by My Baking Addiction} 

Fall is almost here and lately it feels like it already is here (it was 48 degrees at 7 am last Saturday!). Plus, did you hear that Starbucks is bringing out their Pumpkin Spice Latte earlier than planned for people who participate in their Twitter challenge! So, with Fall on the brain I am ready for this Spiced Zucchini Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting, who's with me?! 

Okay, I'm off to bake some zucchini goodness, I hope you enjoyed my zucchini recipe round up and stop back to let me know if you try any of these! 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day! 

Waking Up with Banana Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

From savory to sweet, zucchini isn't afraid to go in either direction! Now that I've cooked it both ways, could I tell you which style I prefer? Well, as long as the final results are tasty and edible, what's not to like...right?! I really enjoyed (more like devoured!) the baked zucchini fries and dipping sauce, but could also wake up to a cup of coffee and these delicious banana zucchini chocolate chip muffins any day! Zucchini muffins for breakfast then zucchini fries for lunch...hmm that might be too much zucchini, even for me! 

I know I promised you this recipe last week, but we're in the middle of downsizing and getting things ready for a garage sale, sometimes life gets in the way of blogging y'all! 

Are you guys ready for a serious confession here?! This was my very first time using a food processor....gasp! My mom bought it for us a few months ago, and while my husband has been using it to make shredded hash browns, I have been contemplating what to use it for. True Story! But, oh how I love using it now since shredding my zucchini, who wants to give me some food to process?! 

I searched on Pinterest for zucchini muffin recipes and saw many that were just chocolate chips and zucchini, but I was hoping to find something that was more interesting. That's when I spotted the name of this one from Peanut Butter and Peppers blog and fell in love! Okay, maybe not love...well, what's not to love about bananas, zucchini, and chocolate chips all rolled together into a muffin?! 

I'm not really sure what was going on with the shape of my muffins (okay, don't go there!), but little weird tops aside, the overall taste was amazing. I was impressed with how moist they turned out, no one likes a dry muffin! 

Our oven temp is a little kooky and likes to spike up in the middle of cooking, which may be the reason for the gooey looking chocolate chips. Next time around I may reduce the number of chips I put in the recipe so I can taste more banana and zucchini and not just melted chocolate. I know what you're thinking, "Did she just say less chocolate taste and more zucchini and banana?" You must think I'm crazy!

Stop by Peanut Butter and Peppers blog for this recipe and many more. She recently posted a baked pickle recipe, and here I thought zucchini was an interesting food to test out with fun recipes! 

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Lunch Date with Baked Zucchini Fries and Dipping Sauce

I'm on a zucchini roll y'all! Last week I shared an on the whim ziti zucchini recipe I cooked up and mentioned a baked zucchini fries recipe from Inspired by Charm that I was hoping to try. Well, I didn't just pin this recipe and say, "Yeah, maybe one day", I actually made baked zucchini fries! PS, I posted them on my Instagram page and tagged Michael from Inspired by Charm...and he left me a comment!

I have to warn you first if you are thinking about making this recipe, the fries and dip are addicting! 

You first start off with your zucchini chopped into sticks. You want them to be thick enough to absorb the Panko mix after dipping them into the egg.

Michael recommends spraying your baking sheet with cooking spray, which I didn't but should have. I thought they would be okay since I was covering the cookie sheet with aluminum foil, wrong! Some of the fries stuck to the foil a bit, so if you cover your sheet with foil like I did make sure to spray the foil...lesson learned here folks!

The dip he included with his recipe is amazing, I couldn't get enough of it! If I didn't eat the entire plate by myself, with a few leftover for my husband to try, I bet I could have gotten my step-daughters to fall in love with zucchini as well. This zucchini recipe is a great way to introduce your kids to vegetables they haven't tried before, plus what kid wouldn't love green fries!? 

Stop by Inspired by Charm for the complete recipe and come back here on Friday for a banana zucchini chocolate chip muffin recipe from Peanut Butter and Peppers blog that I'm going to share with you!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day! 

Ziti with Chicken Sausage and Zucchini

 I was inspired to get creative with new recipes a few days ago when our neighbor gave us two large zucchinis from their garden. I enjoy eating zucchini, but have never actually cooked with it. Growing up, I loved the zucchini bread my mom made, a recipe I'll have to ask her for, and didn't mind eating zucchini when it was in a vegetable medley. I shared a photo of my zucchinis on Facebook and asked my friends if anyone had a favorite recipe to use them in. I couldn't believe the response...I have been missing out on the zucchini recipe craze!

Here are my zukes (as a friend on FB called them!)... 

A popular way of cooking zucchini is to just slice and cover with Parmesan cheese and crust them with Panko bread crumbs, like this baked "fry" recipe on Inspired by Charm. Looks and sounds amazing, right?! I plan on making them this weekend, I'm telling you my family is going to be sick of zucchini for a while after trying all of these recipes! 

I wanted to experiment first before getting all fancy, so I took a look in my cabinet to see what I had on hand. I was thinking pasta, but didn't want spaghetti. Luckily, I had an extra box of ziti that I purchased when I made my mom's baked ziti recipe two months ago! I planned on making the baked ziti again since everyone loved it, but never got around to it.

I also had three half packs of Aidells chicken sausage in the fridge (total of about 7-8 links); Mango, Italian Style with Mozzarella Cheese, and Habanero & Green Chile. We love cooking with these for any meal, even breakfast! The sausage links are fully-cooked, so you don't have to worry about under cooking them.

How delicious does the chicken sausage look? I love that you can see the mozzarella and other ingredients when you slice it. 

I sliced the zucchini in half, then started to cut the halves into quarters but thought they looked too small. I didn't slice up too much of the zucchini since I was only experimenting with this dish.

I'm not a food blogger, well really I blog about anything...but I'm not a "foodie", so I don't think about taking photos of my food until later on. That's why you're looking at an iPhone shot of my dish, still looks tasty right?! 

As you can see I added red tomato sauce to the recipe, we love Classico® brand whether it's red or white sauce. Then I topped the dish off with shredded mozzarella and dinner was served! 

When my neighbor offered us zucchini my husband said he wasn't a fan, but knew that I would enjoy cooking with it. Well, I may have changed his opinion with this recipe, he couldn't keep his fork out of the pot! 

Ingredients: 

• 1 lb of Ziti (or pasta of choice)
• zucchini (sliced)
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 1-2 packages of fully-cooked chicken sausage 
• dash of pepper
• red tomato sauce
• shredded mozzarella (for topping)

Directions:

• Cook pasta as directed in a very large pot.
• Slice up zucchini and chicken sausage to your liking.
• Add olive oil to a large sauce pan, warm to medium heat. 
• Toss in your zucchini and dash them with pepper, then add in the sausage. (you may need to cook the sausage first then remove it to add in the zucchini if you don't have enough room.) Use the same pan to absorb the sausage flavor into the zucchini. 
• In a medium sized sauce pot heat the red tomato sauce on low-medium heat. 
• Drain your ziti and add heated sauce to the ziti pot. Then add in your cooked zucchini and chicken sausage. Mix well and plate. 
• Top off your plate with shredded mozzarella and enjoy! 

Thanks for stopping by today, would love to hear a few of your favorite zucchini recipes. 

Have a great day!