• Home
  • Recipes
    • SLOW COOKER RECIPES
    • BAKING
      • PIES & PASTRIES
      • CAKES & COOKIES
      • BREADS, BISCUITS, MUFFINS, DOUGHNUTS
    • CASSEROLES
    • CANNING, FREEZING, AND PRESERVING
    • MAIN DISHES
      • BEEF & LAMB
      • CHICKEN, TURKEY, POULTRY
      • PORK & HAM
      • SEAFOOD
    • VEGETABLES & SIDES
    • SOUPS
  • Home&Garden
    • DIY Crafts Art
    • Gardening
    • Home Decor
    • Family Fun
    • Frugal Living
  • Pets
    • Dogs
    • Our Cats…Chuckles, CJ, and Aiko
  • Holidays
    • New Years
    • Valentines Day
    • St. Patricks Day
    • Easter
    • Mothers Day
    • Fathers Day
    • Fourth of July
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
  • Maine
    • Seacoast
    • Northwoods – Mountains, Lakes & Rivers
    • Countryside – Farms & Fairs
    • Historic Sites
    • Cuisine
  • About
  • Contact
    • Advertising & PR
    • Our Privacy Policy

The Wilderness Wife

Best Easy Recipes and Crafts for the Busy Mom

  • About The Wilderness Wife
  • Advertising & PR
  • CONTACT
  • PRESERVING AND CANNING FIDDLEHEADS
  • The Wilderness Wife Privacy Policy
  • Recipe Disclaimer

You are here: Home / Home&Garden / Gardening / It’s Zucchini Time! 4 Great Zucchini Recipes!

It’s Zucchini Time! 4 Great Zucchini Recipes!

by Sheryl Thompson 21 Comments

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe
Yummly

Need some Easy, Tasty Zucchini Recipes for your Zucchini Overload?

Zucchini squash, squash casserole, baked zucchini,
Our garden is bursting with zucchini. and these recipes are the perfect way to use some.

The zucchini harvest is in its earliest stage when the family is not ready to turn zucchini green at the sight of the world’s most prolific squash. So it’s time to dust off the zucchini recipes and get ready for the green squash glut that is to come.  Today I am revisiting some of my previous zucchini posts and adding a new recipe to the group.

Slow Cooker Zucchini Italiano Casserole Recipe

This zucchini recipe is a family favorite – Slow Cooker Zucchini Italiano Casserole.  It is cheesy and tasty and when I serve this I never have leftovers! That’s a pretty good outcome when you’re talking Zucchini.

squash recipe, zucchini recipe, zucchini casserole
Lots of cheesy goodness and great flavor in this zucchini casserole recipe.

Zucchini Relish Recipe

I love the idea of preserving my garden harvest.  It takes off the pressure of using up all the zucchini during the growing season. After all, just how much zucchini can you serve up in a 2-3 month period without the family threatening mutiny/  “Sister Jo’s Zucchini Relish” is absolutely yummy and a great way to use up all those  baseball bat sized zucchini that you have on hand in September.

Sister Jo's zucchini relish recipe
Absolutely yummy zucchini relish form our Pastor’s wife.

Bread & Butter Zucchini Pickles Recipe

While we are talking canning and preserving zucchini, let me tell you they make great pickles.  This recipe for Bread & Butter Zucchini Pickles is one of Bill’s favorites. Pickling uses the hot water bath canning method, which is the easiest way to can.  Just follow directions and it is pretty much foolproof – Bread & Butter Zucchini Pickles Recipe If you have never canned before, here is a tutorial for water bath canning dilly beans that will show you STEP BY STEP the procedure for canning any pickled product – Dilly Bean Recipe

Zucchini pickles recipe
The last of our zucchini from the garden turned into Bread & Butter Zucchini Pickles

And now for a new zucchini recipe! Zucchini and Tomatoes Au Gratin

Here’s another of my zucchini recipes for you.  It’s the time of the year when everyone wants zucchini recipes so I’ll be adding some more in the next two weeks.  The family loves this one. That being said, you can get the Thompson clan to eat anything if you put tomato and lots of cheese on it.

zucchini recipes, zucchini gratin, zucchini, how to cook zucchini
Anything with tomato and cheese is a hit with my family! Try this one, it’s one of my favorite zucchini recipes
Print

Zucchini & Tomatoes Au Gratin

zucchini recipes, zucchini gratin, zucchini, how to cook zucchini
Print Recipe

★★★★★

5 from 1 reviews

Another great way to use up the abundant supply of zucchini from your garden!

  • Author: The Wilderness Wife
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: 6 1x
  • Category: Casserole
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 lb. zucchini, sliced in 1/4 inch thick slices
  • 3 tbs. chopped onion
  • 2 tbs. olive oil
  • 1tbs. butter
  • 2 c.stewed tomatoes, drained
  • 1/2 tsp.salt
  • 1/8 tsp. ground pepper
  • 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
  • 3/4 c. grated mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
  2. Wash zucchini and slice into 1/4 inch thick pieces.
  3. Melt butter in olive oil in a saute pan.
  4. Add onion and zucchini, and cook slowly for 5 minutes.
  5. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and garlic powder and cook for 5 minutes longer.
  6. Pour into a greased casserole dish.
  7. Sprinkle the two cheeses over the top.
  8. Bake for 20 minutes till cheese is melted, bubbly and golden brown.

Did you make this recipe?

Share a photo and tag us — we can’t wait to see what you’ve made!

Yummly

Filed Under: Gardening, Recipes, VEGETABLES & SIDES Tagged With: pickled zucchini, zucchini, Zucchini and Tomato Au Gratin, Zucchini au gratin, zucchini recipes, zucchini relish

Comments

  1. Lorrie Rung says

    November 30, 2018 at 7:10 AM

    Great ideas

    Reply
    • Sheryl Thompson says

      February 14, 2019 at 1:44 PM

      Try this recipe for a spiral ham – Slow Cooker Bourbon Glaze Spiral Ham

      Reply
  2. Nanci Ezell says

    June 9, 2016 at 12:14 PM

    Would it be OK to use fresh tomatoes in this recipe? I have an abundance of zucchini out of the garden and some fresh tomatoes that I bought at the farmer’s market.

    Reply
    • Sheryl T says

      June 10, 2016 at 10:02 AM

      If you use fresh tomatoes, I would cook the mixture a little longer after adding the raw tomatoes, maybe 10 minutes instead of the 5 minutes. Second adjustment I would make is to drain of some of the excess liquid off before putting it in the casserole so it won’t be too “soupy”. The fresh tomatoes will have a lot of excess liquid in them that will be released when they are cooked. This is what I would do if I were making the change but I am speculating about the outcome. The difference between stewed and fresh tomatoes is that the fresh are raw and the stewed are cooked and can be drained before adding to the other ingredients. Longer cooking time and draining excess liquid would be what I would try.

      Reply
  3. Erlene says

    September 10, 2015 at 7:39 PM

    Love zucchini! Your au gratin looks so tasty and has ingredients that we all love to eat. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.

    Reply
  4. Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says

    September 9, 2015 at 10:52 PM

    Your zucchini recipes look AMAZING!!! I think even my little ones who don’t think they like zucchini would eat these meals! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Share The Wealth Sunday!
    xoxo
    Lisa

    Reply
  5. Stephanie says

    August 18, 2014 at 4:45 PM

    I always need more zucchini recipes this time of year and these look wonderful!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!

    Reply
  6. Cynthia says

    August 13, 2014 at 6:29 PM

    I just can’t get enough of zucchini recipes. These look so fantastic. Thank you for linking at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you again next week.

    Reply
  7. Erlene says

    August 13, 2014 at 5:29 AM

    Yum. The Au Gratin sounds wonderful. I’ve never heard of zucchini relish and that sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday. Pinned.

    Reply
  8. Jess says

    August 12, 2014 at 8:04 PM

    These all sound delicious!

    Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!

    Reply
  9. [email protected] says

    August 12, 2014 at 4:05 PM

    Yum!! Can’t wait to try a new recipe to use up all the Zucchini in my garden!! Thanks for Sharing at Plucky’s Second Thought link party!!

    Reply
  10. Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above says

    August 12, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing with Adorned From Above’s Link Party
    Debi @ Adorned From Above

    Reply
  11. Carie Spence says

    August 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM

    I’ll def be trying these because I am a huge zucchini fan! Thank you for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest board.

    Reply
  12. Barbara says

    August 11, 2014 at 1:20 PM

    Least favorite veggie, BUT, you might it look so good! Perhaps I will try it.

    Reply
    • Sheryl T says

      August 11, 2014 at 2:27 PM

      Actually they are a very bland vegetable, sort of a chameleon, in that they take on the flavors of the things that are added to them. Eggplant is similar and any recipe that works for eggplant will work for zucchini. They don’t have a distinctive flavor like brussel sprouts, cabbage, or broccoli. I think people get sick of them because they are very prolific and when they ripen, everybody has lots of them. They don’t freeze all that well, in my opinion, but I use them for pickles, and relish, and they are great. It uses up the harvest without wasting them!

      Reply
  13. janice schaub says

    August 10, 2014 at 7:34 PM

    I am going to give that a try for sure. Looks yummy, I love zucchini and cheese.
    Janice

    Reply
    • Sheryl T says

      August 11, 2014 at 2:44 PM

      Personally, I can eat anything if you throw cheese on it. Cheese is my big weakness!

      Reply
  14. Dawn Christie says

    August 6, 2014 at 12:09 AM

    All of these recipes look amazing! I’m going to try the au gratin and the casserole!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Sheryl T says

      August 6, 2014 at 7:02 AM

      They are great recipes and if your gardening neighbors and friends are leaving anonymous bags of zucchini on your doorstep in the middle of the night like mine are, these are a great way to use up zucchini. Zucchini are the most prolific veggies in our garden and there are always a few that manage to hide under the leaves until they’re the size of a Louisville Slugger. The pickle and relish recipes are great for using up those monsters!

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Wonderful Wednesdays Blog Hop, Week 89 #bloghop #linky - The Ultimate Linky says:
    September 2, 2014 at 7:01 PM

    […] post by The Wilderness Wife has directions for the recipeĀ Zucchini and Tomatoes Au GratinĀ plus links to the following […]

    Reply
  2. Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party + 10 Featured Zucchini Recipes #pinterest #linky - Creative K Kids says:
    August 18, 2014 at 8:02 AM

    […] post by The Wilderness Wife has directions for the recipe Zucchini and Tomatoes Au Gratin plus links to the following […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆

Sign up for Wilderness Wife Newsletter

Our newsletter contains recipes, craft patterns, and interesting articles about Maine!
* = required field

powered by MailChimp!

Categories

Recent Comments

  • Sheryl Thompson on KitchenAid Honey Oatmeal Bread Recipe
  • Laura Norton on KitchenAid Honey Oatmeal Bread Recipe
  • Sheryl Thompson on KitchenAid Basic White Bread Recipe
  • Karin Schneider on KitchenAid Basic White Bread Recipe