Zucchini-a-rama: 9 summer zucchini recipes (CSA Share Ninja Rescue 2014)

Just in time for national Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day on August 8, check out these nine delicious recipes for summer zucchini.

Yep, it's another week of the CSA Share Ninja Rescue for 2014, in which you tell me each week what produce from your CSA share (or garden or farmers' market) has you in a recipe rut, and I shower you with a list of delicious, healthy recipes on Tuesdays. This week, we're talking zucchini!

If you have ever grown zucchini, which seems to produce endlessly, you undoubtedly understand the awesomeness of national Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day, fast approaching on August 8. Mark your calendars NOW, peeps!

If you can't wait until August 8, just do what The Ninj did this year to unload my surplus: I put a giant box of zucchini in front of my mailbox with a sign that said "FREE VEGGIES." Gone by the end of the day. Because people love free shit.

If you're looking for more ideas on how to use up enjoy this ubiquitous squash, take a gander at these nine yummy recipes for some delicious inspiration.

Zucchini Recipes

1) Lemon-zucchini cookies

2) Quinoa zucchini bake (from Inspired Edibles)

3) Summer harvest zucchini bread

4) Zucchini gratin (from Kitchen Apparel)

5) Banana zucchini muffins

6) Zucchini and squash spaghetti with roasted cherry tomatoes and pistachio pesto (from Shared Appetite)

7) Zucchini chips

8) Chocolate zucchini muffins (from My Whole Food Life)

9) Whole wheat corn zucchini pancakes (from Little Kitchie)

No zucchini? Or, rather, already put all your zucchini onto the front seat of your neighbor's unlocked car? No worries: There are a ton of other recipe suggestions from the past three years of the CSA Share Ninja Rescue for whatever other produce you do have right now.

Don't forget to lock your doors.