Recipes for Extra Large Zucchini
These Recipes for Extra Large Zucchini are for all the gardeners who find a giant zucchini and are wondering how to use it! And the 15 zucchini recipes featured here are all low in carbs, for people who care about that!
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Anyone who’s grown zucchini in a vegetable garden knows about the dilemma of giant zucchini that spring up overnight, and those extra large zucchinis that didn’t get picked soon enough can be a dilemma to use. Of course you can make your giant zucchini into flourless zucchini muffins or flourless savory zucchini muffins, but there are also plenty of good main dishes to make with monster zucchini!
I’ve definitely had my share of zucchini that have hung out in the garden too long, and these Recipes for Extra Large Zucchini are some good ideas for using them that I’ve developed over many years of being a passionate gardener. And I still have fun using a giant zucchini now whenever I get one!
I hope you enjoy trying some of these favorite zucchini recipes! Just click the recipe title under any photo to see the complete recipe on this blog.
What kinds of recipes for extra large zucchini are featured here?
All the recipes in this post are low-carb ideas for using extra large zucchini, but they’re also delicious for people who don’t really care about the carbs!
What if you don’t have oversized zucchini?
Most of the recipes in this collection can be made with smaller zucchini if that’s what you have! If you want more ideas with regular-sized zucchini, check out mu posts for The Top Ten Low-Carb Zucchini Recipes or 50 Amazing Zucchini Recipes!
I came up with the idea for these Grilled Zucchini Pizza Slices when I had giant zucchini that were so big that one slice could look like a small piece of pizza!
Cheesy Zucchini and Basil Strata is another recipe that uses the trick of scraping out the big seeds from an overlarge zucchini, and this is great for breakfast or as a side dish.
These Savory Almond Flour Zucchini Muffins with Feta are a tasty breakfast or dinner muffin thatโs great to make on the weekend!
When the weather cools down enough that you’re ready to make soup you can use those giant zucchini or yellow squash in this Zucchini and Yellow Squash Soup!
Monster zucchini that’s had the seeds scraped out and then gets diced into small pieces is perfect in an egg dish like this Greek Frittata.
Giant zucchini are perfect to cut into thick lengthwise slices, grill the zucchini at very high heat (to remove some of the water) and then use the zucchini slices as the lasagna noodles in this Grilled Zucchini Lasagna.
Or you can cut the giant zucchini into thick pieces crosswise, hollow them out into cups and make these delicious low-carb Meat, Tomato, and Mozzarella Zucchini Cups. I have made these so many times; nearly every fall!
If you have big zucchini that aren’t quite giant enough to make cups, slice then lengthwise, scoop out the flesh to make a boat, and make Taco Zucchini Boats!
You can also use giant zucchini and scrape the seeds off the strips for this tasty that’s loaded with flavor from three types of cheese!
And of course, these Flourless Keto Zucchini Muffins are the perfect low-carb muffin to make with oversize zucchini!
More Ideas for Using Extra Large Zucchini:
- Zucchini Breakfast Casserole with Green Chiles
- Three Cheese Zucchini Frittata
- Zucchini Egg Bake
- Zucchini Crust Pizza Margherita
- Roasted Zucchini and Mushrooms with Feta
27 Comments on “Recipes for Extra Large Zucchini”
What I like to do with large zucchinis ( marrows) is split them longways in two or four, if very big, and about 6-8 ” long. Put a slice of bacon/ham and then a slice of cheese on top. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper to taste. (I like it hot) add pepper and salt and put under the grill or in the oven until cooked. If you put it under the grill and you have a generous amount of cayenne pepper on board it will set the smoke alarms off I am afraid. Bloody beautiful.
That sounds like a fun idea with zucchini. Thanks for sharing.
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(In English, Thank you, great recipes!)
Glad you like it!
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Can zucchini be frozen and if so, how – cooked or raw? Thanks ๐
I haven’t frozen it myself, but I’ve seen people talking about doing it. I recommend checking Google to see what you find about that.
OMG I grabbed a ton of your zucchini recipes. For some reason my zucchinis are ginormous! My garden overfloweth! I can only make so many stuffed zucchini!!
That might be what my mother used to call “a good problem to have!” I hope you enjoy the recipes!
I am looking forward for more.
I hope you get lots of zucchini and try a lot of these recipes!
These recipes look great. I grow zucchini, but this year I didn’t get any…sometimes it’s feast other times famine. Luckily I had a lot of zucchini in the garden last year and canned 44 jars of salsa. Salsa is a great way to use large zucchinis as well. Enjoy!
Interesting idea! I never thought of making salsa with large zucchini.
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Interesting! I have never heard of that before.
I was just given a zucchini that is 16″ long and 4″ wide and had no idea what to do with it! You have some great recipes that I will be trying out. We’re fortunate that “low-carb”, “lactose-free” and “gluten free” are of no concern or worry. It’s awesome that you took the time and effort to do this for those that are on low-carb diets. I will pass your site on to some family and friends who would benefit, though almost anyone can enjoy these recipes. I know my family will. Cheers!
So glad it’s useful for you, and thanks for the nice thoughts about my site!
Love all the zucchini recipes !
So glad it’s useful for you Maria!
Oh, thank you, thank you Kalyn. I love zucchini and in addition to my go-to recipes, I sneak it into a lot of dishes. But this year I have 2 monsters that simply got away from me and I didn’t know what I was going to do with them. Your ideas look wonderful and innovative and I can’t wait to try them. Maybe I can make some of the recipes and freeze the results for this winter.ย
Thanks Jayne, so glad you like the ideas!
Oh, this Popeye eggs seem to be the right thing for me and my son. Since he ate his first vegetables, he loved Zucchini – now seven years later, they’re still one of his favorites. We use to make big batches of oven grilled long slices, so we can wrap pieces of feta in it or serve it with crispy baked potatoes, give them on a rocket salad or snack them pure.
Your ideas sound delicious too, looking forward to try them. Thank you for the inspiration!
Thanks Anna; glad you like the ideas. And I think you are lucky if your son likes vegetables!
Thank you! I had a monster that was hiding. It dwarfed my 12″ chef’s knife! Looking forward to trying the popeye eggs and maybe the “pizza” slices.
It’s always a challenge. I need to go look right now! Hope you enjoy the recipes.
Fantastic zucchini recipes, which I’ll definitely make use of. We grow a lot of zucchini, so thank you very much.
My pleasure, so glad it’s useful for you. And lucky you to have all that zucchini!