courgettes continued

courgette is another name for zucchini. sounds like corvette, which makes me think of the zucchini 500 races they sometimes have for kids at local farmers markets and fairs.

another night of zucchini usage. alright, i'm not going to lie...it's been two nights in a row of experimenting with the sweeter side of squash. on tuesday, we plucked a yellow zucchini about the length of my fingertips to my elbow (though, significantly more girthy). it has since yielded nearly 8 cups of grated zucchini. so what better than to make zucchini bread, right? let me just add that wikipedia backs this up:

"...botanically speaking, the zucchini is an immature fruit, being the swollen ovary of the female zucchini flower." hmm. that was potentially too much information, but it lends credence to my baking endeavors.

made a few minor adjustments to a recipe i found online - namely, my trademark substitution of some whole wheat pastry flour for regular white flour (i know, as if it's not bad of me for already trying to jam squash into a dessert). i thought about adding in some ground flaxseeds, but withheld the urge, and instead added cocoa, chocolate chips, and dried figs to one batch; dried cherries and walnuts to another.

since we still had some of the same squash leftover, i went for it again tonight. made the chocolaty batch in the form of muffins, and topped them with a simple glaze (powdered sugar, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla).

all in all, the sweet experimentation has been positive. with a couple loaves in the freezer, we'll be able to enjoy this later in the season when the zucchini in the garden is long gone. then we might even miss it. maybe.