Summer Squash Patties

I came across a recipe a few weeks about for summer squash patties. Me being the curious one and having so many summer squash, I decided to give them a try. I started with four fresh picked summer squash, washed them and cut the ends off.

The next step is to cut the squash in chunks and chop it up. My new Ninja Kitchen System is awesome and I chopped it up using the auto mode.

After the squash was chopped up, I measured out one cup servings and put in my hamburger patty freezer tray. This is perfect to making meal portions. I had enough for seven meals! After it’s frozen I put them in a plastic bag and it’s easy to pull out how many I need without them being frozen together.

Summer Squash Recipe with Flour

1 cup of chopped summer squash

1 egg

1/4 cup of flour

Chopped onions to taste

After I mixed everything together, it was a bit “soupy” so I added a little extra flour.

Seasoning to taste

Makes four good sized patties

I fried them in butter and avocado oil until browned on one side then flipped them over like a pancake! I was excited to try them so I cut one right from the pan and ate it! It was so good!

I added some shredded cheese to two the patties and it was so good. My dinner was grilled wild caught Sockeye salmon with lemon/butter sauce and the summer squash patties. What a filling and delicious meal.

But after dinner I got to thinking, maybe I’ll tweak the recipe by adding Italian flavored bread crumbs next time! But I didn’t stop there, wait until you see what else my squash patties had in them! The next day I made another batch and it was SO MUCH MORE TASTY!!

Summer Squash Recipe with Bread Crumbs

Since this batch had been frozen, I put the frozen clump of squash in a strainer and let any liquid drain out, then I patted it with a paper towel to remove any excess moisture.

1 cup chopped summer squash

1 egg

1/4 plus a bit more Italian flavored bread crumbs

Chopped onions to taste

Chopped garden fresh tomato

Handful of shredded mozzarella cheese

Seasoning to taste

I prepared this batch the same but substituted the bread crumbs instead of the flour. Then I added the chopped onion and tomatoes plus the shredded cheese before cooking them. The bread crumbs added such a great flavor!

I added a side of Lia’s fresh carrots and fresh green beans for a delicious dinner. I think the Italian flavored breadcrumbs, the tomatoes and cheese in the mix before cooking was the reason they tasted so much better. I made this Sunday afternoon and since my surgery was the follow day I ate a lite meal but it was so delicious and filling! A meal all from garden fresh vegetables couldn’t be any better. Now I’m thinking next time I may add some flaked salmon or tuna and have a complete meal of fish and vegetables all in one pattie!

Freezing Zucchini

With an over abundance of zucchini, I also chopped up five of them and froze in one cup portions like I did with the summer squash. Lia loves to make zucchini bread and now all I have to do is pull a portion out of the freezer, let it thaw and Lia will be baking her delicious lemon zucchini bread!

I love coming up with new recipes and I have five more meal portions to make summer squash patties and it will be with bread crumbs!