Zucchini my new favorite way

Hello blog friends!

Today, I'm getting away from crafting a bit.

I'm going to tell you about one of my favorite vegetables.

Zucchini.

When I was a kid, my Dad used to plant some every year

and it was kind of a contest with himself to see how big 

he could grow it.

When it was nice a big, and I do mean big, a foot long at least,

he'd pick it and we'd have fried zucchini for dinner.

Dredge it in egg and flour and fry it up in a pan. 

That was the whole meal and I loved it.

Haven't had it that way for years, but it is one of my favorites.

This year while watching 

"The Next Food Network Star"

I saw one of the contestants (Eddie) make 

"zucchini spaghetti"

I tried it and it is now my favorite way to

prepare this wonderful squash.

Here's what I started with.

Now just ignore the sorry state of my pan!

I use just a small amount of butter, about a tablespoon.

Tonight I cut up some onion, nice and thin.

I started them cooking, while I went to the squash.

With a peeler, I started to peel.

And I just kept peeling until ti couldn't peel anymore.

This is what I ended up with. 

A huge pile of shredded zucchini.

I added it to the pan with the partially cooked onion.

Sometimes, I used yellow squash with it, or mushrooms,

whatever you like would work.

I added some salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Sometimes I use real garlic, but tonight I added powder.

While that was cooking up, I got out my trusty old 

cheese grater and grated a bit of Parmesan.

I love it and there was a LOT of squash, 

so I was sure to grate enough.

And yes, that is a slice to munch on at the side there.

Told you I love Parmesan.

Not sure if you can see the difference, but that 

squash does cook down a bit and it doesn't take very long.

5-10 minutes at the most and like I said, this was a lot of

squash.

When the squash is finished cooking I sprinkle on the cheese.

YUM!

It doesn't take long to melt, I just toss it into the 

zucchini mixture before I serve it.

And tonight, I had it with a nice steak and baked potato.

It was excellent.

There were 3 of us tonight and yes, we did eat it all.

It was so darn tasty!

I hope you'll try making some zucchini this way,

it's really easy and a little different than the usual,

at least it is for me.

Thanks for stopping by today,

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