courgettes?

Hi all, I have grown courgettes this year from seed, when I came back from hollidays they look like marrow's will I still be able to use them? or are they for the compost heap. :confused: Any help would be great.

 

Couple of ideas:

1. Cut it in half lengthways, scoop out the seeds, stuff it with sausagemeat/Sosmix, put it back together again, wrap in foil and bake.

2. Grate it and put it in chocolate cake.

3. Soup, with plenty of nutmeg and black pepper.

 

Thanks for the ideas- the soup sounds a good idea also stuffing them, chocolate cake! sounds interesting but not quite sure what you mean :eek:

 

yeah, they are some good ideas, ive just tried some of them my self, nice one

 

Marrow Curry - yum yum

 

Sounds good! mabe we should have a Gardeners recipe corner only joking :D :D

 

Hi there. Give the chocolate cake a try. It's a great way of getting kids to unknowingly eat more veg and it tastes delicious
I've used carrots, parsnips, courgettes and rhubarb in cakes. You don't need a special recipe. Just take your basic cake recipe, grate the veg finely and mix in. I use 2 or 3 carrots per cake and so with other veg I add the same approximate quantity. If the mix is a bit sloppy add a bit more flour.

happy eating

 

Why joke, I think a Gardeners Recipe Corner would be an excellent idea! Especially for some of us novices who hear of something and think well what on earth do you do with that then?!

For the chocolate cake, try Googling for zucchini chocolate cake. I'll scrounge mum's recipe if we get a recipe corner.

 

Thanks I will give the chocolate cake a try I found a great recipe for marrow and roast garlic soup it was very yummy, so yummy I have made it twice so far !