Zucchini Wonderland

Here are two good zucchini recipes that I used for JPD's monster zucchini:  Rich Squash Casserole (in the crock pot!) and Summertime Zucchini Soup.  And here is what I learned while making them:  For the soup, they're not kidding about a little garlic going a long way.  And watch the pepper--I put too much in ours.  I served it over noodles--yummy, MPD and I thought. 

The second thing is when working with a ginormous squash such as this one, the teeny tiny, hardly noticeable seeds that zucchini usually have, become giant and hard--closely resembling pumpkin seeds.  So do scrape them out first.  You might also consider skinning a giant zucchini, because the skin is much tougher on a papa bear zucchini too.