Zucchini Parmesan

Well I am now cutting 2-3 zucchini a day and so need to start finding some recipes.

Tonight I made a simple side dish to have with my chicken ravioli and pasta sauce.

Zucchini Parmesan

Ingredients (for 2 people)
1 zucchini
parmesan grated
rock salt

Method
1 Blanch the whole zucchini. (Two minutes in boiling water). Rinse under cold water.
2 Slice the zucchini into strips making sure it keeps connected at one end.  Then separate and flatten like a fan onto an oven-proof dish.
3 Sprinkle with a little rock salt (optional) and grated parmesan.
4 Put under the grill untill golden.

And serve.  It is delicious!

What's growing in the garden?

This section is going to discuss different vegetables I'm growing in the garden.  I don't have a large vege patch, but I do have one under construction right now, so watch this space.....

So what I thought I'd do, is show the growing process of growing the plant, give tips on growing them (or more to the point, not what to do because I have failed!) and then some recipes for them once grown.

My first vegetable is going to be zucchini.  I bought 4 plants for $3.25 from Bunnings 4 weeks ago and from the picture you can see how much they have grown.  Zucchini love lots of sun and water.  These were put into some soil that is full of clay, but it says they will grow in just about anything. I have learnt today, by doing some research, that there are male and female flowers and the males have long stems, and the females are the ones which grow the zucchini (check them out in the photo).  Pollination needs to occur between the male and female flowers, and preferable between plants, not by the same plant - would hate to have inbred veges! I'm very much the novice gardener, so please, send me any tips you have as well!

Much of the zucchini can be eaten, including the flowers - stuffed and deep fried, and delicious.  So, hopefully in a few weeks we will have some ready to experiment with!