Eat Your Veggies...

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Don't you just love zucchini?  It's such a versatile vegetable.  Neither of my boys will eat zucchini on its own, and they've even taken to picking it out of pasta and other dishes, so I've had to get a little sneakier with it.  Luckily, it's pretty easy to do.  Here are a few recipes I made last week to use up several zucchini I picked up at the market.  My boys ate a bunch of the green stuff!

Zucchini, Banana, and Flax Seed Muffins - My big boy helped me make these.  He loves peeling and smashing bananas, and measuring out all the ingredients.  We subbed in a little whole wheat flour to make them even healthier, and I increased the banana as well.  These were so tasty, and we enjoyed them for breakfast.  My little boy could not get enough of them.

Spaghetti and Meatballs - This is my old standby meatball recipe, but I now only use 1/2 lb turkey, along with grated zucchini and/or carrot.  I only used zucchini this time, so they were a bit green, but once they were covered in sauce, nobody was the wiser.  They went down just as fast (and made just as big a mess) as they always do.

Goat Cheese and Roasted Corn Quesadillas - My boys love these quesadillas, so I thought I'd take a chance by dicing up some zucchini and cooking it along with the corn.  It worked, and they were really good too!