This Is This Week

This week is all about the insane amounts of zucchini coming out of my garden.

Our zucchini plants have exploded. I think these are dinosaur zucchini plants.

I have gardened many, many times before. I have had successful zucchini crops. But I have never seen zucchini plants like these.

While the plant is amazing, the even more awesome part is how many zucchini we are harvesting. It seems like every other day, A sends me a photo of a pile of zucchini (plus tomatoes and cucumbers – we are getting a lot of those too!).

There are tons of recipes for zucchini. Zucchini parmesan, zucchini fritters, zucchini quiches, zucchini bites, zucchini fries, zucchini “noodles” in a variety of sauces, and of course the inevitable variety of zucchini breads.

I recently stumbled upon a savory zucchini bread recipe that I do plan to try at some point.

But as I shared the other day, Joy made this delicious Greek spiralized zucchini salad and I had to try to replicate it. Of course none of us measure or write down our process or follow published recipes exactly, so replication is a real problem.

I did my best though, and the salad was still delicious (even if hers was definitely better).

Greek Spiralized Zucchini Salad

Ingredients

• Zucchini (2-3 medium), spiralized
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 2 medium-large tomatoes or about 1 cup cherry tomatoes, diced or halved depending on the size
• 1/2 small red onion, diced
• Roughly 1/4-1/2 cup kalamata olives, sliced
• Roughly 1/4-1/2 cup pepperoncini peppers, sliced
• Other add-ins: Greek seasoning, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, cucumbers, etc.
• Lemon
• Olive oil

I combined all the ingredients in a large bowl and drizzled with a slight amount of olive oil and the juice from one large lemon. I then sprinkled oregano, salt, and black pepper over the top.

I would have loved to add a true Greek seasoning blend, but I didn’t have one.

The result was still so tasty that I finished the entire salad in two servings. And didn’t share one bite.

Let us know if you try the salad in the comments below!