# What can I do with this (cooked) zucchini? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764 "2011-07-12T17:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/1 "2011-07-12T17:03:00Z")
Through curious circumstances, I was gifted with a huge container of sauteed summer squash, green and yellow. I suppose we could just warm it up and eat it, but is there something I could put on it, or something I could make with it? (I didn’t know it was already cooked!) It’s so …bland. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/2 "2011-07-12T19:42:18Z")
One word - basil! Both yellow squash and zucchini are wonderful just sauteed with plenty of basil for seasoning. Yum. In fact, I think I’ll have to buy some this week - thanks for the reminder! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/3 "2011-07-12T20:38:24Z")
Of course, that’s perfect, thanks! I have a baggie of pesto in the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/4 "2011-07-12T23:50:34Z")
Parmesan is good on squash. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/5 "2011-07-13T00:24:25Z")
Toss it into pasta sauce and serve over penne. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/6 "2011-07-13T00:52:35Z")
Put spagetti sauce and shredded cheese on top ( Asiago, parm, Mozzarella, etc) Bake long enough for cheese to melt. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/7 "2011-07-13T01:35:08Z")
good squash needs only butter and pepper. bake with cheese on top is good (double baked like you can do with mashed potato). could add onions. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/8 "2011-07-13T01:40:17Z")
Breakfast! It goes great mixed into scrambled eggs with a bit of ham. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/9 "2011-07-13T04:15:25Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > was gifted with a huge container of sauteed summer squash, green and yellow. I suppose we could just warm it up and eat it, but is there something I could put on it, or something I could make with it? (I didn’t know it was already cooked!) It’s so …bland. Didn’t know it was sauteed. You are halfway there, but you need to remove more water by partially carmelizing each slice by further sauteeing until each slice is as thin as paper. In butter, not olive oil. Add salt, pepper, maybe some Parmesan, and you can hog them all to your self by justifying it as “getting rid of leftovers before they went bad.” ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/10 "2011-07-13T04:19:46Z")
Puree with seasonings and turn it into soup. My favorite zucchini soup is [cold zucchini pear](http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/recipe-of-the-day-zucchini-pear-soup/#more-488), which could easily be adapted to use already-cooked summer squash. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/11 "2011-07-13T15:25:45Z")
Thank you all for the suggestions. I mixed some up with pesto last night, and the rest is going to get the parmesan treatment, for tonight. There was a lot, but as summer squash is mostly water, it goes down pretty easy. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-cooked-zucchini/588764/12 "2011-07-16T13:47:44Z")
Rubbish bin comes to mind.