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 zucchini recipes featured here are low in carbs, for people who care about that!

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Giant zucchini that seem to spring up overnight can be a challenge to anyone who’s growing zucchini in a vegetable garden! And those extra large zucchinis that don’t get picked soon enough can be hard to use. Of course you can make flourless zucchini muffins or flourless savory zucchini muffins. But there are also plenty of good main dishes and side dishes to make with giant zucchini!

The Recipes for Extra Large Zucchini you see here are ideas that I developed over many, years of being a passionate gardener. And now I don’t have a big garden, but I still have fun using a giant zucchini when 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 website.

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PIN Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs to try them later!

Like many Americans, I grew up thinking there was nothing else with quite the comfort food appeal as bacon cheeseburgers. So when the idea for these Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs popped into my mind, I had to try it, even if this isn’t quite the kind of healthy food I try to focus on!

I had to make it with both Kara and Jake to get a version I wanted to share with you. But the keeper recipe in this post has all the flavors I love in bacon cheeseburgers. And that includes dill pickles and burger sauce in addition to the beef, bacon, and cheese!

I will confess that these are a little tricky to make, with the hardest part being tucking the bits of cheese inside the meatballs before you put them on the grill. And some cheese will ooze out, so you want to cook them on a grilling pan (affiliate link) like the one I used to help cut down on the mess.

But the Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs are so delicious! And it’s prime grilling season, so I thought these meatballs would be the perfect recipe to feature for Friday Favorites this week. If you’re someone who likes these flavors, please give them a try! 

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PIN Tuna Avocado Tomato Salad to try it later!

This Tuna Avocado Tomato Salad is just the kind of main-dish salad that sounds good to me when it’s really hot outside. This is a salad that started as a lunch inspired by the need to use up some cilantro. But I added juicy cherry tomatoes, avocado, tuna packed in olive oil, and a dressing with lime juice to make a salad recipe I’m sure I’ll be making over and over.

And if you’re growing tomatoes and having a cherry tomato explosion at your house, this salad is a delicious way to use them. And it’s also just as tasty with cherry tomatoes from the store! I hope you try this perfect lunch salad soon!

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PIN the Greek Dip to try it later!

Greek Dip with Tomatoes and Feta is a recipe I first got from my former trainer Wendy when I needed an appetizer for a party. Wendy raved about how much everyone loved her favorite dip that was easy to make! So when I went to my car after the workout, I quickly wrote the ingredients for Greek Dip on a piece of paper.

And at the party, the Greek Dip that Wendy shared with me was a HUGE hit! In fact on a big table covered with more food than you can imagine, my dip was completely devoured in a few hours.

I used heirloom tomatoes, but Wendy assured me that even if you make this with cherry tomatoes, it will always be delicious. And right now it’s prime tomato season, so I’m reminding you about this amazing Greek Dip! I bet you’ll make it over and over once you try it!

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PIN Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bake to try it later!

August 8 is national “Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day!” And for everyone who’s giving away zucchini or hoping to get some, I’m reminding you about this Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bake. This has been the most popular zucchini recipe on my blog for years! Every summer I wonder if the recipe will still be popular, and then I notice people are starting to visit it again. Have you tried this recipe that’s the number one recipe out of The Top Ten Low-Carb Zucchini Recipes on my blog?

It was my sister Pam who originally found the inspiring recipe (in 2011!) Pam changed the recipe a bit when she made it, and I changed it a bit more when I tried it. Pam and I were both impressed with how this idea of tossing zucchini with a few fresh and dried herbs and cheese and then baking it produced a cheesy zucchini bake that’s so delicious.

I’ll be honest, I did make it a little cheesier than the original recipe! And we used a very generous amount of sliced basil. The other change I made was to use a larger casserole dish that was 8 inches x 11 inches. I really like how this larger dish lets the zucchini spread out more so every piece of zucchini gets covered with cheese!

This recipe is probably already a favorite for many of you. But for newer readers who haven’t tried it, I hope you make this favorite popular side dish the next tune you get zucchini from the garden or the farmers market!

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PIN the Pork Kabobs to try them later!

These Chile Mustard Pork Kabobs have chunks of pork marinated in a spicy combination of yellow mustard, soy sauce, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic powder, Green Tabasco Sauce, and Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning, and then grilled to perfection!

It may seem like an unusual combination, but it really works on the pork. And this is a flavorful recipe for Pork Kabobs that’s extra low in carbs, for those who care about that!

And you still have a few months of grilling weather left this summer. So you have plenty of time to make some Pork Kabobs, and I promise you’ll be glad you did!

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PIN Parmesan Crusted Zucchini to try it later!

Today I’m reminding you about this delicious Parmesan Crusted Zucchini that’s one of those zucchini recipes I make every year! We haven’t quite reached the time of the summer when people start leaving zucchini on the neighbor’s porch. But zucchini is already pretty abundant in many places. So this easy way to cook zucchini with Parmesan Cheese is perfect to add to your collection of low-carb cheesy zucchini recipes! 

And everyone who likes melty Parmesan Cheese is going to love this perfect easy way to make zucchini! I promise you it doesn’t get easier than this for a cheesy way to cook zucchini that even the kids are going to devour.

You might need to experiment to get the timing perfect for your broiler, since they can vary in temperature. But other than that, this Parmesan Crusted Zucchini recipe really is foolproof and delicious, enjoy!

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Here’s a collection of amazing Grilled Zucchini Recipes you’ll make over and over, and nothing says summer like zucchini on the grill. And all the delicious ideas here for grilling zucchini are low in carbs!

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This collection of Amazing Grilled Zucchini Recipes is especially for everyone who’s growing zucchini! I know how zucchini can take over the garden, so I hope this post will be helpful for vegetable gardeners.

And Farmers Market zucchini is a good option for garden-fresh zucchini if you don’t have a garden. But even if you have to buy zucchini at the grocery store, it will be worth getting some to try these ideas for zucchini cooked on the grill! Happy zucchini season everyone; I hope you try grilling some zucchini this month.

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PIN the Middle Eastern Tomato Salad recipe to make it later!

This Middle Eastern Tomato Salad  is an amazing salad to make with tomatoes when they’re fresh and sun-ripened. And if I was forced to choose my top ten ways to eat garden tomatoes, this salad would absolutely be on that list. It’s very good made with fresh Roma tomatoes since they have less seeds and the flesh is firm. But you can make it with any type of fresh tomatoes that have good flavor.

You can vary the proportions of tomatoes and cucumbers for this type of middle eastern salad based on your own taste or what you have in the garden. But don’t skimp on the mint and parsley, which is what makes this salad so special.

And it’s prime time for fresh tomatoes right now, so for this week’s Friday Favorites pick I’m reminding you about this delicious tomato salad that I’ve loved for years! I hope you’ll make it if you’re a fan of fresh tomatoes!

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PIN the Air Fryer Zucchini recipe to try it later!

This new recipe for Air Fryer Zucchini uses some of the same techniques as my popular recipe for Grilled Zucchini. So if you don’t have an Air Fryer you could serve grilled zucchini with the delicious combination of crumbled Gorgonzola and pine nuts you see in this recipe.

I’m not sure why it took me so long to try cooking zucchini in the air fryer! But after I decided to try it, I tested the recipe with my niece Kara to make sure it would work for you. First, we cut up the zucchini and marinated it on the countertop for a few hours in a mixture of oil and vinegar dressing, Spike Seasoning, Italian Seasoning, and garlic powder.

Then we drained the zucchini and cooked in the pre-heated Air Fryer; see tips below for the timing in the air fryer. And we swooned over this flavorful zucchini sprinkled with crumbled Gorgonzola and pine nuts. But if you don’t have those toppings or they aren’t in the budget, see below for other ideas.

Serve the air-fried zucchini hot and enjoy! And if you’re one of those lucky people who has a surplus of zucchini right now, I bet you’ll love this extra easy but delicious way to serve it, that’s even good enough to serve to dinner guests!

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