Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Recipes
  • too much garden produce >
  • too much garden produce

  • too much garden produce

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 07-22-2015, 07:43 PM
      #11  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
    Posts: 7,695
    Default

    Originally Posted by butterfly48
    You can freeze it in ziplock bags. You can cook it if you want to then put in bags but dont have to but takes up less room in frezer.
    If you are going to freeze it, you have to drain it first if you want to make squash baked goods, other wise when they thaw, they will be a wilted, wet, mess. Guess how I learned this lesson...Lol!
    madamekelly is offline  
    Old 07-24-2015, 09:47 AM
      #12  
    Senior Member
     
    Join Date: Feb 2010
    Location: Reno, Nevada
    Posts: 794
    Default

    I really don't have any suggestions on this, but I do have a delightful little story about zucchini/squash season -- We lived for years in a very remote little village near the Canadian border. We did not have mail delivery, so we had to go to the little Post Office each day. Of course, it became the gathering spot where all the news was exchanged as well.

    Being an area where everybody knew everybody else, no crime, etc., no one ever locked their doors (there are still a few places like that). However, we all knew in mid-late summer that you would/should lock your car at the Post Office so that you didn't come out and have a back seat full of zucchini!
    Jo Belmont is offline  
    Old 08-03-2015, 10:14 AM
      #13  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Aug 2011
    Location: Charleston SC
    Posts: 10,742
    Default

    It freezes well..
    mjhaess is offline  
    Old 08-03-2015, 12:44 PM
      #14  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Jun 2011
    Location: Southern California
    Posts: 19,127
    Default

    When I had a garden, I would always get run over with too much Zucchini. I just gave it to the local food pantry.
    ManiacQuilter2 is offline  
    Old 08-15-2015, 06:14 PM
      #15  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2014
    Location: Dakotas
    Posts: 2,984
    Default

    I had a huge garden in a town of 450. Most people got their mail at the Post Office on Main Street. I asked permission from the Post Master and set a cardboard box of surplus garden produce near the door and wrote "free". It disappeared quickly and my problem was solved.
    tranum is offline  
    Old 08-16-2015, 11:21 AM
      #16  
    Power Poster
     
    Annaquilts's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: SoCal
    Posts: 11,917
    Default

    It makes good relish and zucchini bread. We stir fry yellow crookneck with home grown onion and garlic, add black beans and fried ground beef or some left over chicken and put it in flour tortillas with some hot sauce and cheese. We also eat it as regular stir fry, sesame oil, freshly grated ginger, garlic and onions.
    Annaquilts is offline  
    Old 08-16-2015, 11:25 AM
      #17  
    Power Poster
     
    Annaquilts's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: SoCal
    Posts: 11,917
    Default

    We used this recipe to make muffins.
    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/moms-zu...ad/?mxt=t06dda
    30 minutes at 350 degrees convection. Fill the cups all the way up. We used those paper baking cups. We used yellow crookneck squash and added about 2 cups of craisins.
    Annaquilts is offline  
    Old 08-16-2015, 11:27 AM
      #18  
    Power Poster
     
    Annaquilts's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: SoCal
    Posts: 11,917
    Default

    You might also try to trade on craigslist or the like. I have a friend in Northern California who trades all her extra produce and eggs. We have a very large family so we seldom have excess.
    Annaquilts is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    nhweaver
    Main
    97
    05-21-2013 11:05 AM
    craftybear
    Recipes
    4
    07-13-2011 05:51 PM
    craftybear
    Links and Resources
    3
    07-11-2010 10:49 AM
    luv-e
    Recipes
    4
    06-28-2010 05:38 AM
    sondray
    Links and Resources
    0
    12-07-2009 05:15 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter