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More terrific recipes

Here are more great dishes from the Seville Farm Market Zucchini Smackdown . Zucchini Cobbler By Miranda Huttinger (We halved this recipe.) 8 cups chopped, seeded, peeled zucchini 2/3 cup lemon juice 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg Crust: 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups cold butter, cubed 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Directions: In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, cook and stir zucchini and lemon juice for 15-20 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Add the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; simmer one minute longer. Remove from heat; set aside. For crust, combine flour and sugar in a bowl; cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir 1/2 cup into zucchini mixture. Press half of remaining crust mixture into a greased 15-by-10-by-1 baking pan. Spread zucchini over top; crumble remaining crust mixture over zucchini. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Yield 16-20. Zucchini "Crab...

Zucchini recipes

Great recipes from the Seville Farm Market 2010 Zucchini Smackdown . Zucchini Chive Bread By Karen Lucas 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tbs. white sugar 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 package yeast 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup water 2 tbs. butter 1 cup shredded unpeeled zucchini 6 tbs. fresh chopped chives 3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Combine first four ingredients in large bowl. Mix next three ingredients and heat until very warm (120 to 130 degrees). Gradually add to first four and beat two minutes. Add zucchini, chives and 1/2 cup flour. Mix two more minutes and then stir in enough flour to make a soft dough. Turn out onto floured board and knead eight to 10 minutes. Cover dough and rest 10 minutes. Divide into three parts and roll each 12 inches long. Braid together, pinch ends, place in 9-by-5 loaf pan. Let rise till doubled and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Makes one loaf. Organic Chocolate Brownies By Chad Kleibscheidel 2 eggs, beaten, organic 1/2 cup grape seed oil 1 1/2 cups sugar, organ...

Zucchini Smackdown Winners!

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What a great turnout for the Seville Farm Market's 2010 Zucchini Smackdown ! This year we had 15 zucchini creations vying for Best Savory Dish and Best Sweet Dish in our annual cooking contest held on Aug. 21. In 2009, we had eight entries. So, like zucchinis themselves, the Smackdown just keeps on growing! Speaking of which, the winner of this year's Largest Zucchini Contest was Carole Lintner who hauled in a 10- pounder . Our distinguished panel of judges for the cooking contest included Seville resident Norma Detwiler , Seville Presbyterian Church Pastor John Bassman , and Seville Mayor Carol Carter. They had a difficult job and we're grateful to them for sharing part of their Saturday morning with us. And the winners are ... Best Sweet Dish First Place: Zucchini Torte by Shirley Ware Second Place: Aunt Lucille's Zucchini Bread by Carole Lintner Third Place: Zucchini Bread by Carolyn Keiper Best Savory Dish First Place: Zucchini Chive Whole Wheat Bread by Karen Luc...

It's Zucchini Smackdown time!

If you can't beat it ... eat it. That's what we say when it comes to one of the garden's most prolific vegetables: Zucchini. Do you have a great zucchini recipe? If so, cook it up and bring it to the Seville Farm Market by 10 a.m. on August 21. Our panel of judges will award prizes for the Best Savory Dish and the Best Sweet Dish. Is there a monster zucchini lurking in your garden? If so, bring it to the market! We'll present a prize to the grower of the biggest zucchini. This year's Zucchini Smackdown also will feature a cooking demonstration by Mike Vrobel of DadCooksDinner.com. Here are the rules: 1.) Dishes must be made from homegrown zucchini or zucchini bought at the Seville Farm Market. 2.) Cooks must provide their recipes, which will be posted on this blog. 3.) All entries must be in place for judging by 10 a.m., Saturday, August 21. 4.) A panel of local celebrity judges will determine the winner. 5.) This contest is open to the world! All ages welcome. Ques...