Too many courgettes ?

[Primrose]

Mr Primrose has just found using grated courgettes with oats in this way actually makes a very good substitute base for pizza ! We had it at lunchtime and would definitely try it again. One more way of using up the darned things!


https://youtu.be/hfjrmVNBrH8

[Geoff]

I didn't follow it through to end but it looks similar to the courgette fritters my wife makes that we eat coated with chilli jam.

[Primrose]

They sound nice Geoff too!

. Yes, probably a similar generic recipe which can be used for a multitude of different things . Would never have thought of mixing grated courgettes, oats and grated cheese together to make a pizza base but it did work quite well. But if picked yiung and fresh there,E no need to remove the skin.

[Westi]

I've also tried a cauliflower pizza base which is really nice too as quite crispy & great for using those sneaky ones that go over slightly. But I will be trying this as my courgettes are now coming after some rodent was stealing the wee fruit developing behind the flowers.

[Primrose]

The cauliflower alternative sounds intriguing too. Never thiught of using it in this way. A little like cauliflower rice which was a new one on me when itstarted to become advertised more widely a while back.
Where is Straivaig when we,re talking about cooking? As a chef she may have some interesting insights on the topic.

[Stravaig]

Courgette flowers are quite a gourmet item. Chefs stuff them and they can look great on a plate. I've never yet seen any for sale in a supermarket or shop. My guess is because they're too fragile and perishable for packing and transportation. I think we'll have to grow courgettes just to get the flowers. Not really bothered about the vegetable itself.

It's not a vegetable anyway, it's a fruit of the family cucurbithingy. (I forgot the word.)

[Primrose]

If all else fails, chop the darned things up and fork them back into the soil. They,ll quickly rot down and add back a little moisture or nutrition, especially those bigger ones which have gone beyond palatable eating size.

[oldherbaceous]

I’ve always put Courgettes and Cucumbers in the veg family…..

[Stravaig]

Nope, they're fruit. Just like tomatoes and gawd knows what else that we normally use as veg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchini

[oldherbaceous]

I think they like to class green beans as fruit too….but they will all be veg to me….

[Stravaig]

And, with a name like Old Herbaceous, are you some kind of herb? Nah, I'm not going to believe that. You can't fool me.