🥒 Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

A long, green summer squash that is soft and full of water inside.

Shaped like a smooth green tube, a bit like a cucumber, with thin skin you can eat.

Very mild and a little sweet, soft when cooked and crisp when raw.

Low in calories and mostly water, with vitamin C to help keep you healthy.

Slice it into stir-fries, grill it, bake it into bread, or eat it raw with dip.

Grows fast on a bushy plant in summer; the more you pick, the more it makes.

Best in the summer, when the plants make lots of it at once.

Squash first came from the Americas, and this green kind was later shaped by farmers in Italy.

A zucchini is really a fruit in science because it grows from the flower and holds seeds.

Try zucchini cut into thin ribbons as a fun, noodle-like base for your dinner.