Each summer I compile a list of yellow squash recipes to address the abundance that a few squash plants can provide. Below is a list of delicious squash recipes created to help you use up your summer squash. Once we start harvesting squash it isn't long before I am working it into every meal and my husband and kids are chanting “squash for breakfast, squash for lunch, squash for dinner, munch, munch, munch”. It isn't quite that bad, but almost. 🙂
Summer Squash is a broad term that includes all squash that reach maturity in the summer (instead of fall squash like pumpkins). When I am in the garden I am inclusive in my definition, but once I step into the kitchen I tend to limit my definition or summer squash to the yellow squash varieties.
Yellow Squash Recipes that allow us to savor fresh picked squash:
Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Fajitas
Sautéed Summer Squash and Zucchini
Herbed Chicken on Vegetable Confetti
Sautéed Squash with Onions Shelia at KnitsCooksCrochets prepares her yellow squash in a similar manner only she sautés her onions in butter instead of olive oil.
Breakfast Recipes with Yellow Squash:
Hash Browns with Summer Squash
Don't feel guilty sneaking squash into breakfast recipes. Desperate times call for desperate measures. You can also work summer squash into lunch with recipes like this Squash Calzone:
Summer recipes where the squash acquires more flavor from the recipe's other ingredients:
Chicken Pesto and Couscous Salad
Grain-Free Lasagna with Summer Squash
Angel Hair Squash with Garden Vegetables
Squash-sagna and here are more recipes that use squash as an alternative to noodles
Yellow Squash Tips:
If someone give you a large yellow squash, enjoy it, but if you are buying it by the pound choose smaller squash since they have fewer seeds.
Grated summer squash can be used to replace carrots in carrot cake or zucchini in zucchini bread!
You can freeze your squash. Cut it up into bite size pieces or shred it then freeze it. Erin at $5 Dinners cuts up summer squash along with zucchini, carrots, onion,and celery then freezes it so she can pull it out and add it when she makes Zucchini Freezer Soup.
Amy at The Finer Things in Life has compiled a wonderful list of zucchini recipes, many of which could be adapted to include summer squash.
You can pickle squash! Kendra at New Life on the Homestead shares her recipe for Squash Pickles.
You can eat summer squash raw. Try adding some to your next salad or one of these salads: Italian Squash Salad, Pasta Salad with Squash, and Southwest Pasta Salad.
You can easily grill squash. Cut yellow squash in half inch thick slices, coat with your favorite marinade, and grill it alongside your steaks. Grilled Squash is great in Grilled Ratatouille.
What is your favorite yellow squash recipe or summer squash recipe?
Elsa says
Our garden isn’t doing well at all, but these recipes looks great. Wish I had some more zucchini to use up! I do have some in the freezer though and that might work for a few recipes.
Mama Eva says
I love to make zucchini bread 🙂
Mindy says
Do you have an easy recipe for zucchini bread?
Kitchen Belleicious says
Awesome tips and dishes! I love them all- now I just have to decide which one to do first!
Tammy L says
Mmmm… chicken squash bake… I’m glad it made your list! 😀 I LOVE yellow squash… but unfortunately have not had a bumper crop (or a crop at all) for a number of years. 🙁 🙂
Jason@JLHealth says
I’m a frittata fan and also of the julienne. I have a vegetable dicer thats called the chop wizard that I found at Bed Bath & Beyond that I LOVE. Perfect 1/2 or 1/4 strips.
Thanks for hosting and posting at the hearth and soul hop.
Michelle says
Squash can grow on you in a hurry! Zucchini is tricky too since they blend in with the leaves. One day you see nothing, the next a monster!
Great round-up of squash recipes and info.
My favorite is grilled or sauteed w/ lemon juice and garlic.
Nikki says
My favorite use of fresh summer squash:
Slice up 1 squash, 1 bell pepper, 1 onion. Saute all in butter until just tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Toss in a handfull of corn meal, stir and saute til soft. Nothing better! Can’t believe the difference the corn meal makes!!!
Alea says
That sounds delicious! I will have to give it a try.
Gayle says
I make pickles with my zucinni. I use Mrs Wrights Bread and Pickle mix. YUMMY!! Can and eat all year long!!
Amanda says
Thank you so much for making this list (and featuring my veggie enchiladas). We debated planing a squash plant this year but now looking at all these recipes I can’t imagine not having one!
amber says
Thank you so much for sharing my squash recipe! I love all the other round up recipes too.
Be Well,
-Amber
Beck says
I use yellow squash in rattatoullie in place of eggplant. It’s wonderful!
Teresa Stankard says
I have 6 Yellow squash plants that made it ^_^ needless to say I have yellow squash coming outta earz! I’ll definitely be using some of these and if i use one on my blog I will give you props! Thanks for the great list.
Jeni says
I am always looking for new recipes to try using my summer squash! Thanks for posting all of these great ideas!
Rebecca | LettersFromSunnybrook.com says
Love all the great ideas! I love all forms of summer squash, but my family doesn’t. I have been incorporating it into other dishes they like and they are adjusting and even beginning to enjoy it. Here’s a healthy muffin recipe I posted this week: http://lettersfromsunnybrook.com/banana-zucchini-muffins/