The theme for Monday posts in July is Zucchini.
Zucchini is the Italian phrase for summer time squash and, for unknown causes, within the U.S. inexperienced striped summer time squash are known as zucchini – the entire relaxation are summer time squashes, most often famous with their colour.
Courgette is the French phrase for summer time squash and, in lots of the remainder of the English-speaking global, refers to all summer time squashes.
As squash is a superbly just right phrase, one can handiest think that by means of giving them a French or Italian identify they’re intended to be extra interesting.
As they’re so prolific and ’tis the season, I’m that includes summer time squash recipes, beginning with simple and getting extra ingenious as gardeners develop extra determined for concepts.
That is the closing zucchini recipe for July. There is also extra later. There are at all times extra summer time squash.
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Marinated Zucchini Ribbon Salad
Marinated thinly sliced summer time squash and purple onions make an enchanting summer time aspect salad…. And colourful!
- Prep Time: quarter-hour
- Marinate: 4 hours
- Overall Time: 4 hours quarter-hour
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Class: Salad
- 1 zucchini or summer time squash, about 8″ (20cm) lengthy
- 1 purple onion
- 3 tbs chopped, recent parsley
- French dressing:
- 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard
- 2 tbs white Balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 3 tbs salad olive oil
- The use of a pointy knife, slice the zucchini lengthwise, by means of hand, as skinny as you’ll.
- Minimize the onion in part and thinly slice.
- Make French dressing:
- Position mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, and basil in a small bowl; whisk to mix.
- Slowly upload olive oil, whisking repeatedly, till thick.
- In a dish simply big enough for the zucchini, make a layer of zucchini.
- Most sensible with a couple of separated onion slices and a drizzle of French dressing
- Repeat till all elements (except for parsley) are within the dish.
- Quilt and refrigerate 4 – 8 hours, or depart at the counter for 1 – 2 hours.
- When able to serve, switch to a platter, getting rid of the zucchini a couple of slices at a time and making new layers, including the onions and recent parsley between every layer.
- Most sensible with an additional drizzle of olive oil in the event you like, and a sprinkle of sea salt.
Notes
Candy onions would even be just right on this. Use your favourite (or maximum prolific) summer time squash.
If you happen to use a mandolin for chopping (I didn’t hassle) they will have to be about 1/sixteenth”.
Diet
- Serving Measurement: 1/4 recipe
- Energy: 126
- Sugar: 4.1 g
- Sodium: 106.4 mg
- Fats: 10.7 g
- Saturated Fats: 1.6 g
- Trans Fats: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 6.8 g
- Fiber: 1.2 g
- Protein: 1.2 g
- Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg
Key phrases: zucchini, courgette, summer time squash, salad

Here’s some other Summer time Squash Salad.
That’s it!
