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busymum 
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Posted: 14 May 2007 at 8:01pm |
How do you like them? I'm totally new to courgettes but our meals have got a bit boring so I've bought one and gonna give it a go! 
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meow
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Posted: 14 May 2007 at 8:14pm |
hehe 
In meat dishes, like lasagne
In pasta dishes or rice dishes - ie a creamy chicken and mushroom sauce with courgettes. or butter chicken with carrot, courgette and mushrooms.
They are so versatile, you can use them in most things!
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Posted: 14 May 2007 at 8:37pm |
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or grated in bolanase(opps cant spell!), meatballs, buger patties, or on pizza!
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Posted: 14 May 2007 at 8:38pm |
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My grandma used to do a nice kind of vegetable quiche with them in.
Or just steamed with carrots and a tiny wee bit of butter and salt, mmm.
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Posted: 14 May 2007 at 8:41pm |
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on there own roasted in butter not so healthy but oh sooo good
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Posted: 14 May 2007 at 9:11pm |
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We cut them so they are long and BBQ them. And the above as other people have said. Grating them and putting them in stuff like mince.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 7:38am |
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really nice pan fried (with or without oil) with some onion and garlic
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 8:23am |
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mmmm, i agree kazzle, i luuuuurve zucchini fried in oil (if you're naughty, use butter) with some garlic, so yum!
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 9:17am |
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they are great in stirfries, and yum with tomato and cheese. make a great base for vege lasagne
as long as they aren't over cooked, they can be a bit soggy. yummie vegetable can eat them raw with humus or dip too.
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 9:39am |
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We have some blade steak out for dinner, I was going to casserole it with carrots and courgettes.... do I just chuck them in from the start or only towards the end so they don't get overdone?
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 9:47am |
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Are you using a crock pot? I chuck the courgettes in with everything else at the beginning but if you want them less mushy you could add them later. I find Maya eats them better if they have been over cooked as the flavour is more bland.
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 11:08am |
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I do a mean pizza with spinach and corgettes (sounds weird but totally good) with garlic, cheese and pepperoni.
You can throw in corgettes with your roast vegies too. Good!
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 12:05pm |
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Ohhhh that pizza sounds sooooooo good. Man I'm hungry... must be lunchtime (Eeeeek lunchtime and I've been on OB all morning instead of doing my essay!!!)
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 12:18pm |
 Maya wrote:
I find Maya eats them better if they have been over cooked as the flavour is more bland. |
Ahh 'tis good advice to know! 
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 12:27pm |
Oh yeah, and I haven't done this for ages, but when Han was younger I used to grate up a carrot and a courgette and fry in a little bit of butter and garlic (like many others have suggested) and I could honestly sit there and eat it by the handful. Oh yeah... so would Hanny.
Edited - fRy not fLy
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 2:56pm |
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Another thing I do is dice up them and an onion and pepper and garlic and fry them up with oil and have them with crumbed snitznel(sp?) it is yummy.
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 3:13pm |
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You guys are making me hungry! Now I just wanna make my home made pizza with corgettes. But I am probally not allowed pepperoni. What should I swap it with?
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Posted: 15 May 2007 at 3:28pm |
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I think as long as you heat it up (as you would with a pizza) you should be right... or just have a vege version. Maybe swap sundried tomatoes for pepperoni??
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Posted: 20 May 2007 at 9:02pm |
we do corrgeett with a tomtoe sauce ummmmmmmm yummy all you do is open a can of whole tomatoes in jucie put it in a pan mush the tomatoes and add cutt up corrgetts yummy
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Posted: 25 May 2007 at 3:11pm |
I love them pan-fried with mushrooms, seasoned with garlic and pepper... mmmmmmm.
They make a great first food, too. Steam em up skin & all, blend them, and voila, veges for baby!
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