Zucchini or Summer Squash with Thyme and Shallots

Almost everything about this dish is about flavorful simplicity. Meshing zucchini or summer squash with thyme and shallots is summer satisfaction.  Easy ingredients, simple and satisfying flavors.

 

My Summer Squash with Thyme and Shallots

This time of year, with the garden winding down, I feel sad. Just a little. I of course understand that the garden needs to pause. Rest, recompose and start afresh! With a bumper crop of summer squash, this dish has been on repeat.

Simple flavors and easy to put together. This can be made with almost any soft vegetable of your choice. Kohlrabi and other squash varieties come to mind.

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More about Summer Squash

Summer Squash to me tastes like a cross between the bottle gourd and the ridge gourd, I use it interchangeably instead of zucchini. It is low in calories and is rich in Vitamin A and lutein. The surprise element here is that these squashes are the harbinger of summer and usually fade by fall.

But today’s batch seem like fall survivors!

 

In my kitchen, I tend to use summer squash and zucchini interchangeably.

The Summer Squash and Thyme combination

The combination of thyme and summer squash or zucchini is a common one in my kitchen. It features happily with these flatbreads with zucchini and thyme.

Thyme meshed with turmeric offer these potatoes a gentle flavorful punch. So yes, there again this dish works well with potatoes and turnips as well.

This dish can be cooked with either butter or olive oil, both offering their own unique taste to the dish.

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