What are your favourite recipes for using up cucumbers and courgettes?

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I ended up with more plants surviving that expected and now getting a glut of cucumbers and courgettes- what are your go to recipes for either meals or preserving/storing them?

Go follow this lady, she makes lots of things with courgettes!

https://www.instagram.com/louiseskitchengarden1

It's a different effect with courgettes it's sort of denser and more satiny. I definitely recommend it.

We have a glut, and tonight it's courgette and dill fritters with salmon fillets and some extremely tiny spuds from the ones I was growing that DP accidentally dug up too early.

Cucumbers - the viral TikTok cucumber salad recipe (Logan Moffitt)

Courgettes - courgette loaf, grilled courgettes, courgette carbonara, ratatouille

That sounds like a delicious dinner.

These courgette fridge pickles were mentioned on here a few months ago. Really quick and easy and
I've had a jar on the go ever since! Delicious with cold meats, in a sandwich or scoffed at the fridge door straight out of the jar!

https://www.browneyedbaker.com/zucchini-refrigerator-pickles-recipe/

Those look amazing. Lots of great ideas on this thread to try.

Kolokithokeftedes.
(Courgette fritters!)

Battered/tempura courgette flowers. Just dip the flowers in the batter, then shallow fry in a generous amount of oil. Thin batons of courgette in the same batter are also good.

Courgette and ricotta pasta: thinly slice an onion and fry in olive oil until starting to soften. Add thin batons of courgette and fry. I usually do 2-3 courgettes to feed 4. Separately, cook pasta in salted water, reserving some of the cooking water. Combine the drained pasta with the courgette and onion, along with a generous amount of ricotta and some of the reserved pasta water if needed to loosen. Serve with lots of parmesan. Optional additions: toasted pine nuts or lemon zest.

Rachel Roddy also has some great courgette recipes.

I have been slicing up courgette and putting them in a jar of vinegar and having as a side with almost everything and on sandwiches. It's great for digestion, lowers blood glucose too

Cucumbers go nicely in tzatziki. Courgettes can go in a Greek filo pastry pie with mint and feta cheese or in a soup with onions, oregano and Philadelphia cheese.

Add to Pimms and lemonade.

@HeatwaveHoratiothank you for the link , made the squashed courgette dip , was gorgeous!

Oh I like that too! But I love all of her food, she’s brilliant at explaining things and her cookbooks are great.

I did a courgette soup last year which was lovely.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/earthfriendlyrecipes/posts/362525937245933/

I'm not sure my post worked but Google Jason Stead's brie and courgette soup

Thanks everyone. I certainly have some great recipes to get me through summer. I tried the German cucumber salad last night with cod and it was delicious!

Here is another recipe I don't think I've seen up thread. Its a Chinese inspired cucumber salad: www.recipetineats.com/smashed-cucumber-salad/

Cucumber is good in smoothies. Doesn’t really taste of anything but adds a coolness.

I like making stuffed courgettes.
I cut them lengthwise and hollow them out.
Then chop the middle bit along with garlic, home made breadcrumbs, seasoning and herbs. Maybe some Parmesan on top. And I put Ayvar on first then add the stuffing. You have to press it down quite a bit. They take about an hour to cook.

My courgettes are still at blossom stage. 😂 But my neighbours aren’t, so tonight we’re having courgette and sweetcorn chowder with crispy pancetta and baguettes with butter.

Cucumbers, I can make endless pots of cucumbers sliced and marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, bit of vinegar, sugar, garlic, chillies, coriander, could also throw in some peanuts as well. It’s great as an accompaniment to any Asian rice or noodle dishes. I often have with miso noodles and a boiled egg for breakfast or lunch.

Peel courgettes and use in soups etc. Kids eat them if they can't see the green

@mindutopia How long do you keep the cucumber/chilli/soy mix in the fridge for? It reminds me a little bit of Thai prik nam pla or this condiment https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-dipping-sauce-nam-jim-jaew/ 😋

do you have a carrot cake recipe that you like? you can substitute courgette for carrot. it's a little more moist that way.
pasta sauces - grated courgette instead of passats

grated courgette bulk out soups/stews

I grate courgette and cook it with chilli, garlic, lemon juice and rind, add Parmesan and serve with linguine.

DP surprised us with this tonight!

It is absolutely incredible!

Perfectly grilled courgette. Olive oil, lemon and chilli dressing with some basil and feta scattered. Amazing