It would be great for we poorer types if you could do a whole series on healthy, budget friendly, dining. I'm talking about as little cost per meal as possible. They'd also have to be easily prepared, because a side effect of not having a lot of money is not having a lot of time for cooking. I know you could do this!
mikkj1 I really like this idea! I think that location may be a big factor though, things that are healthy and quick to prepare may vary greatly in price across the world! Having to keep that in mind might make this way harder but anyway I’d be curious to see what Emmy could come up with~
@Coffee Milk True, but you can substitute. We were dirt poor, and sometimes someone might give us some canned spaghetti sauce, but we had no pasta, so we'd make rice instead, or dried bread. The best dishes would be ones that could be adaptable.
My great-grandmother’s recipes called for glugs of molasses. My grandfather was making one and my Dad asked how much is a glug? Grandpa said “Did you hear the bottle glug? That’s how much.” lol
Ximena Gonzalez oh! You’re right, thanks! (By the way that was not meant to be negative at all, I know sometimes things can be misinterpreted online) ❤️
I learned a similar recipe in Italy. It starts with butter and olive oil to sauté onions and garlic. Then you add the zucchini for 20 min and the last few min add a handful of basil. Take off heat for 5 min and blend with a hand blender or like I do a reg blender. The texture of cooked zucchini that’s not over cooked is amazing, along with other ingredients. Dress with Parmesan.
AK5786 Yeah I loved it. The Italians where all about using zucchini that’s in season. I swear to god if it’s in season it almost had a fresh corn flavor. So good!
@@MegaIheartme if I don't use a blender can I just keep cooking down on the stove top? Also, if it starts to get dried up from keeping it on the stove, do I just add some pasta water periodically? I want to try this tonight... any advice is appreciated! I'm so excited to feast!
uuuuuh.... what? O_o dude... we don't even know what diseases those lil' buggers carry. i'd rather wash the bowl. well, spray it first to kill the ants and THEN wash it. *THOROUGHLY!*
Pro tip: save a cup of leftover starchy, salty water from the pasta pot, use that when combining the pasta and zucchini. It will bind the sauce to the pasta ever so nicely
CONGRATS WOOT WOOT! unsolicited tip: Pay a tiny bit over your student loan and watch it come down super fast. Live like a poor college student as long as you can then BOOM break out the luxuries only when you can afford it without hurting, and with little borrowing. ❤
Its always suspenseful and she's considering, she rarely gives anything away until she's ready to pronounce her verdict, and I can't yet predict what she's about to decide.
Kevin Moppett I don’t do well with tomato products either because I can’t digest it so many recipes that call for marinara usually get replaced with Alfredo and my husband makes one heck of a homemade Alfredo but I want to try this soon! I love zucchini so I’m hopeful this will be good. Let me know how it goes and what kind of bullion you use, if you can. If you haven’t made cheese ravioli or cheese and spinach ravioli and used Alfredo instead of marinara you should give it a go.
I grew up with something similar! We call it broccoli spaghetti! We make the broccoli all mushy stir it into spaghetti of choice with fresh garlic, black pepper and butter!
@@mars9399 some of us don't live in huge houses where you can simply go away from the kitchen heat - for some of us the rooms are close enough and are small enough that raising the temperature in one room raises the temperature in the entire home
She definitely seemed more "loose", and was playing to her voices more this time than I've ever seen her do before. I say, if this is buzzed Emmy, I can handle it.
My favorite zucchini recipe is “mock” crab cakes. Take 2 zucchini, an run one thru the box grater. Dice the other about 1/2”. Put these in a colander with salt to drain for 20 or 30 mins. Rinse & squeeze out as much juice as you can. Use this to replace the crab in your favorite crab cake recipe. My hippie friends & family love these. They appreciate being able to eat the “same” thing as everybody else.
Haha, I thought I was weird for liking overcooked zucchini, but I guess not! Zucchini in general is rather nostalgic to me as my mother used to make all kinds of things with it. My favourite recipe is probably our Swedish style cheese-cake that instead of containing cheese, contains zucchini. It sounds odd, but it ends up being much more juicy and delicious than the traditional Swedish cheesecake.
I just tried this today! The 4 hours were long but OMG they were so worth it! I can't have dairy so I didn't do any cheese. It is so delicious! Exactly as Emmy described, it feels like there's butter in it but there isn't! I opened it an hour before it was done and it felt like it was gonna dry up in the pot so I added a little more water then when it was done, I mixed it with a wooden spoon and smushed it up more to make it look more mushy like Emmy's. So delicious!
@@SeeMeEat when pasta boils it leaves behind mostly starches and some proteins in the water. Of course most people add salt to pasta water, too. It thickens sauces a bit, helps to add some texture to the sauce.
"Added protein!" 🤣🐜 ants are quite delicious, along with crickets & many other insects that you wouldn't expect to be so appetizing. Also, really is a great source of protein. You can even purchase cricket flour!! Nom nom nom!!
I made this a few weeks ago and still have some sauce in my freezer!! I had to kind of figure it out on my own because I couldn't find any good video tutorials. I added sauteed onions to mine and a little more seasoning, and at first I thought there was no way this would taste good. But I was wrong! It certainly is sexy, filthy and filling! Maybe next time I'll sautee the zucchini as well for even more flavor🤔
My zucchini plants are producing like crazy this year. I made this dish for dinner yesterday and my wife loved it. I added some finely dices onion, garlic, and chili flakes.
speaking of zucchini, we had a lot in the garden this summer, so i had to come up with lots of recipes lmao... i made zucchini filled with ground beef sauce, breaded zucchini slices, zucchini in pancake batter, oven-fried zucchini in olive oil, salt and pepper... and of course i added it in fried rice, fried noodles, sauces etc pp lmao oh and i made a zucchini soup with ginger and cooked potatoes i had leftover from the previous evening
@@bo2720 you guys are just making this more and more less sexy mushy stuff!... With the mushrooms in the garlic and the bacon bits😤😤😤... it sounds delicious!... And some grilled chicken strips!
If ever there was a recipe that screamed to be made in the instant pot! You could cut that 4 hours down to probably 30-40 min at most... As a matter of fact Emmy, you should really get an instant pot and start doing instant pot recipes for us!!!
"Four... hours!" (Or 25min of pressure cooking in the Instant Pot, on high, with 10-15min natural release, then low saute till it's thickened to your liking.💕)
Yumm! I cannot wait to try this. If you are in a time crunch, I bet shredding the zucchini will reduce the required cooking time. It should mush much more quickly. Oooh - what about in an Instant pot? I've got some experimenting to do.
First let just say that I really enjoy this channel. I just made this except I added shallots and garlic in the zucchini. I tossed the cooked wheat pasta in a butter and added extra lemon juice, parsley, basil, salt, pepper and chilli pepper flakes. I topped the dishes with parmesan cheese and cooked broccoli. This meal was tasty and guilt free! I also cook my wheat pasta in turmeric to take away the nutty flavor.
As an American of Sicilian heritage, I grew up on this type of food. This is “peasant food” aka the best, most delicious food ever. My mom and dad used to grow huge green squash in out yard and she would make a pasta sauce out of the vines if the squash. It was off the hook delicious 🤤 love your channel and recipes 💖🥰💖
Looks delish, thanks for this! 🔥🔥🔥 Pro tip: Reserve a little cup of the pasta water for splashing if needed instead of regular water. It’s a little starchier from the pasta which will make your sauce extra creamy when added. Vegan tip: Nutritional yeast can be placed with a small amount of creamy nut ‘cheese’ for that cheesy / umami added taste if you want it to be vegan. It won’t be the exact same but still a good taste if you’re vegan. Also butter can be replaced with a blot of oil + nutritional yeast OR just Earth Balance.
Yeah, I have a totally black thumb! Except for one time when I was 12, my mother bought me a perennial plant that was supposed to live for maybe a few weeks or so? I cared for that plant like it was my child, and he ended up living for 2 and a half years! I think I used up ALL of my plant-keeping powers during that period, so now everything I plant dies.
I don't care if this video was brought back into my CZcams suggestions bc of the recent interview... I am going to try this recipe for real this time. I love the ACTUAL simplicity & quiet elegance yet humble roots & widespread love for this dish. Also, and of course: I love M.M. and Emmy!
What kind of butter are you buying? The cheese I can somewhat understand (albeit, that’s assuming you’re picking an expensive cheese you don’t need) but a tablespoon of butter is relatively cheap. Or even margarine.
Try german (bavarian) bread- or prezelsoup ! Sauté a ton of finily sliced Onion in Butter, ad beefstock (or water and bullion cube), majoran (how is it called in english ? Not quite sure) or chives and - old bread or prezels, sliced in cubes. Let it simmer till the bread is lightly soft and eat up. Filling, hearty and perfekt to get rid of old baked goods
Reminds me of one time when I had a Glass of Wine I poured myself after Work. I sat the Glass on my Dresser in my Bedroom, and left the room for a few minutes. When I came back, two fruit fly gnats were swimming around in my Wine, chasing each other like they were having a relay race in the glass. 🙄🤦♀️, Lol!
So I have a family recipe for Zucchini Bread that works best with The Zucchini That Got Away (i.e. huge!). I also figured a way to freeze parts so I can make zucchini bread in the winter. Let me know if you are interested & I will forward it to you.
Since you're on zucchini, you should try zucchini soup - it's basically the mush, with onions, garlic, and some other seasonings and then pureed. And I personally like it with a dollop of sour cream, plain Fage Greek yogurt, or any sour cream sub (like a soy based sour cream like IMO, or a sour and plain plant yogurt).
❤❤ Wooo was just bored. Now some Emmy! I just finshed eating pasta. Have all these ingredients. I wish I waited for this inspo. Looks sexy and filthy..yummy 😂
I did mine in a rice cooker. Cut up zucchini, splash of water and a few garlic cloves. Stir after 20 mins. Stir again once it pops to warm. Done in about an hour. Caveat: You need a non stick inner pan as there will be some scorching but if you stir more often, you can avoid it. Salt, pepper, sugar and some bouillion powder to taste. Top it with some optional olive oil. So delicious!
Just finished my batch with a few tweaks. I used 8 good sized yellow summer squash, I had a new size head of broccoli with half the stem, a LARGE Vidalia onion, 4 cloves of fresh garlic and fresh oregano, thyme, sage and parsley. Cut all into small dice and cooked with a bit of veg stock, olive oil, black pepper and salt. Just mashed and added 1/3 cup of parm/pec/Asia go blend. I. Am. So. Happy!😂 This is amazing. Thank you, Emmy!!!💜
Slow cooked, sweet, reduced. Not "fast". There are many times in life where faster is absolutely not better. If you'd want a cheap/easy alternative, I'd go with a crock pot over an instant pot as an instant pot would be entirely *too* fast and the flavors wouldn't even be similar. A crock pot for 8-12 hours would create flavors more similar to the original dish, would avoid heating your kitchen thereby reducing cooling costs, and crock pots use only pennies worth of electricity.
Cheryl H, don’t tell him. It is not recognizable as zucchini. When my son snuck a taste, he thought it was eggplant. He likes everything, but he did not realize that it was zucchini. He loved it. It is incredibly sweet, even though no sweetening agent is added. Enjoy!
Just had some pan fried zucchini for dinner! I saw this recipe floating around and I think I might use some of the leftover unfried slices for this as tommorow's meal
I have made this every week since it was posted. I've changed it up to my family tastes. I add garlic to oil before adding the zucchini and I add chicken bouillon powder instead (because that's what I always have). I even puree this up for my 6 month old and she gobbles it up.
Finding this recipe, again, after throwing away two zucchinis earlier today that went bad because they got lost in the back of the fridge. Why couldn’t I see this days ago so I could have used them? Sigh
I’m almost done making a “quickie” version of this - I got home from work really late, so instead of simmering four hours on low with one cup of water, I’ve had it on a medium boil for two hours, adding cups of water as it evaporates out. Even with the adaptations, it tastes pretty darn good :)
I like to grate a zucchini, saute it with garlic until it reduces to a thick, jammy consistency, then mix it with an equal amount shredded cheddar and a little mayonnaise. Then I use that spread to make grilled cheese sandwiches. My husband adores them.
Looks great, will have to try because I have zucchini about to yield. My fav simple pasta, heavily caramelized cauliflower and ham, goat cheese, pasta, fin.
Johnny S just starch starchy water helps expand and bind pab sauces when you add it to rhe sautee pan and stragatella it Drag ir through sauce to coat cooking it a bit to absorb the sauce
We have a Mexican version of this, just replace the pasta with rice and add tomato or tomato sauce. Spiced with comino of course. Bonus: Corn if your mom had a can.
Sammmuela I’m Mexican I know what you’re talking about now lol I didn’t know white people called it vermicelli though. I’m just married to a ghost white Irish boy that basically ONLY eats meat, potatoes and cheese. So I guess some of my native food is slipping my mind after all the damn shepherds pies I’ve been having to make him lmao.
There is no.way in hell I would not add a fuckton of garlic to this
Garlic would bump that from sexy to straight NSFW /fans self/ 😮
I was thinking the same. Garlic team
SAME! For any amateur cooks needing exact measurements fuckton =8 cloves minced. Enjoy!
I’d def add garlic + Chili flakes
Yaaaasssss! I put that shit in erry'thang!! Team garlic!!👍🏾
It would be great for we poorer types if you could do a whole series on healthy, budget friendly, dining. I'm talking about as little cost per meal as possible. They'd also have to be easily prepared, because a side effect of not having a lot of money is not having a lot of time for cooking. I know you could do this!
Also not a lot of money for food processors and such
mikkj1 I really like this idea! I think that location may be a big factor though, things that are healthy and quick to prepare may vary greatly in price across the world! Having to keep that in mind might make this way harder but anyway I’d be curious to see what Emmy could come up with~
Ha e you seem the series on CZcams called “struggle meals”- it has some good suggestions and recipes!
@Coffee Milk
True, but you can substitute. We were dirt poor, and sometimes someone might give us some canned spaghetti sauce, but we had no pasta, so we'd make rice instead, or dried bread. The best dishes would be ones that could be adaptable.
Go look up Tastemade for that 👌
The bob ross of cooking! Such calm and relaxing videos, thank you!
Sky Wolf love that comparison!
That is such a good comparison
YESS that’s on period luv
This is the perfect description for Emmy's channel! She is so illustrative with her words and her voice is so clear, she makes me feel safe lol
I love it ! 😊
Couple glugs of olive oil?
I approve of this unit of measurement.
Useless Turnip lol exactly what I said too.
@N C new to me too. Thanks for the mini education. Lol didn't know a "glug" had a legitimate explanation.
once the revolution comes, the glug, shall be adopted as the official measuring unit
My great-grandmother’s recipes called for glugs of molasses. My grandfather was making one and my Dad asked how much is a glug? Grandpa said “Did you hear the bottle glug? That’s how much.” lol
My face was 😵 at the olive oil, I'd say that's legit about 500cals of oil. At least. I mean I'm still gonna do it buuutttt...
“oH wElL, aDdEd PrOteIn ” And people ask why I love this channel
Right. I laugh at that lots in video.
Hahaha. Right. I love her!! Real life stuff! 😂
I love this comment to pieces but I just can’t help it... *protien
@@robing9837 dumbass it's protein lol
Ximena Gonzalez oh! You’re right, thanks! (By the way that was not meant to be negative at all, I know sometimes things can be misinterpreted online) ❤️
I learned a similar recipe in Italy. It starts with butter and olive oil to sauté onions and garlic. Then you add the zucchini for 20 min and the last few min add a handful of basil. Take off heat for 5 min and blend with a hand blender or like I do a reg blender.
The texture of cooked zucchini that’s not over cooked is amazing, along with other ingredients. Dress with Parmesan.
Gabriela Chavez Sounds great. Making it tonight!
Slinkasoarus enjoy!
Omg, I would do this and then soak up the remaining sauce with a baguette!!!! Sounds so good!
AK5786 Yeah I loved it. The Italians where all about using zucchini that’s in season. I swear to god if it’s in season it almost had a fresh corn flavor. So good!
@@MegaIheartme if I don't use a blender can I just keep cooking down on the stove top? Also, if it starts to get dried up from keeping it on the stove, do I just add some pasta water periodically? I want to try this tonight... any advice is appreciated! I'm so excited to feast!
Finds ant in bowl, oh well extra protein. That's a Julia Child move right there.
🤣🤣😁❣️
Yes! Haha
what time stamp
uuuuuh.... what? O_o dude... we don't even know what diseases those lil' buggers carry. i'd rather wash the bowl. well, spray it first to kill the ants and THEN wash it. *THOROUGHLY!*
@@DonEBrooke32 you can't get diseases from bugs. You can get bit, stung, and some bugs are poisonous. But you won't get sick from eating an ant.
...tastes better with some garlic. Saute the garlic with the butter, add the mushy zucchini sauce and toss a few seconds before adding the pasta.
As I'm watching this I told hubby, I'm going to add garlic and onion. I'm from the south, we HAVE TO! #FLAVORYALL
Good thing you're not a royal. They're not allowed to garlic. (or so I've read)
I agree! We used to sauté the courgettes and garlic in butter then add spaghetti. Some of the courgettes mushes and some stays in chunks.
@@fainitesbarley2245 sounds like a flavour and textural delight:)
SchrödingerEquation
How kind!
I'm someone who always HAS to have lemon in their pasta...I would add garlic, and lemon to this (and possibly chili flakes depending on the mood)
🔥🔥
Syd Lane heck yes
I love lemon pasta two,typically with a cream sauce
The lemon naturally thickens cream so you don't need to make a rue!
(moans) oh my god yes
Syd Lane Garlic belongs in every pasta sauce imo.
Pro tip: save a cup of leftover starchy, salty water from the pasta pot, use that when combining the pasta and zucchini. It will bind the sauce to the pasta ever so nicely
Absolutely 👍♥️
Mmm pasta debris.
As a broke recent college graduate.....I appreciate cheap recipes.
Most of all do.
@Chris R Student loans debt in the US?
CONGRATS WOOT WOOT! unsolicited tip: Pay a tiny bit over your student loan and watch it come down super fast. Live like a poor college student as long as you can then BOOM break out the luxuries only when you can afford it without hurting, and with little borrowing. ❤
Congraduation
@@yeehawweesnaw204 LOL 😂
at about 9:33 the pasta on top of your fork looks a WHOLE lot like a teapot? ANYWAY!!
Lyn ha it really does
I didn't even notice until I read this comment... It really does. xD
that’s such a random observation but i love it hahaha
Omg😂🤣😂🤣 yeeasssssss totally does!
That’s amazing 😭 🍵 you’re very observant
This meal was about to become non-vegetarian with that ant 😂😂
@@Koji-888 SHE'S A BUG EATER, JERRY.
It's not vegetarian because it has parmesan cheese which has calf rennet in it.
Kristi and the beef bullion
@@EJaramillo emmy used vegetable bullion :)
Rebear thanks, I went back and she did say it was vegetable based. Missed that earlier.😊
Did this in a pressure cooker and it turned out amazing, 5 minutes instead of 5 hours
I was thinking “instapot”
Not all super hero’s wear capes. Thanks
Brains !
Good idea!
I like they way u think
Okay. I made it! Ita a freaking game changer for me! I made it w/ sauted onion and garlic. Bought a good parmesan cheese....and damn!!!! Its good. 👍👍
@Tina Yael Severinova M. the proteins dont evaporate. theyre denatured. like cooking an egg, the proteins change shape.
After 4 hours its not a vegetable anymore, its filthy sexy sauce.
I tried this recipe, It's nothing to write home about
I would love to see more $2 recipes. This one looks absolutely delicious
Julie Love You want to watch Tastemade's Struggle Meals. Here's an example: czcams.com/video/inZr-Sms5bo/video.html
Same here especially with college around the corner
"Oh well added protein"
*EMMY I LOVE YOU OMFG*
I love gutmas emmy is the only reason i might try a bug lolz idk if i can but im a little curious 😂😂😂😂
hiimwinzy windinz she keeps it so real 😂
Was eating raw kale one time until I noticed a tiny half eaten green caterpillar >.
Emmy eat bugs all day long. I'll tell you this, she will never starve.
@@vilot2203 *H*
“Here’s the 3 ingredient version”
A few minutes later
“Let’s add butter and cheese”
And an ant!
And parsley
And citrus salt lol
And parsley lol
And olive oil
My favorite moment of every video is when Emmy takes the first bite and goes "hmhum"
Lady Sander 😂
Me too!!!
I can never tell if I love that part or hate it.
"That's stinkin' delicious!"
Its always suspenseful and she's considering, she rarely gives anything away until she's ready to pronounce her verdict, and I can't yet predict what she's about to decide.
Emmy:
I’m just sticking with 4 ingredients. Keeping it simple.
Also Emmy:
I’m adding butter, parsley, and Parmesan.
Right 😂
and an ant
Nothing fancy, just added to taste
And pepper
salt pepper they free?
Great recipe. My wife doesn't eat tomato so I'm always on the lookout for pasta sauce recipes that don't include them. Can't wait to try this!😁
Kevin Moppett I don’t do well with tomato products either because I can’t digest it so many recipes that call for marinara usually get replaced with Alfredo and my husband makes one heck of a homemade Alfredo but I want to try this soon! I love zucchini so I’m hopeful this will be good. Let me know how it goes and what kind of bullion you use, if you can. If you haven’t made cheese ravioli or cheese and spinach ravioli and used Alfredo instead of marinara you should give it a go.
Yo my man. Guys who cook for their wives are always good people.
I was just watching a bolognese recipe on bon apetite and the chef barely used any tomatoe, he used other veggies and meat mostly.
Awww so cute 😊😊💗
The perfect summer dish is one that doesn't involve a stove burner being on for 4 hours
I was thinking the same thing.
So put it in the garage crockpot.
@@andrewrenshaw2741 I use my crockpot in the garage too. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does that
@@bellladonna2071 heck yeah, especially in the summer. It's too hot to keep it in the kitchen.
I cannot stress this enough LOL I don't even take hot showers in the summer
definitely make this into a series!! maybe like modern hard times? lol
Or COLLEGE DINING
@@charmedprince I like that title!
@@Glittermauz thanks. I was actually reserving it for my book but i may never go published so am putting it out there for public domain use
Tyler Tyler hey you should publish your book. It’s your idea 💡
@@emilyb1097 oh thanks for that initial cheer of support! but i kinda gave up on it
I grew up with something similar! We call it broccoli spaghetti! We make the broccoli all mushy stir it into spaghetti of choice with fresh garlic, black pepper and butter!
Now that I’d try. I can’t stand zucchini. I try to like it, but it just doesn’t taste good to me at all; same with eggplant.
Ohhhh, can you give a more detailed recipe of this?!
Is there a recipe? I'd love to try it! Don't like zucchini...
Yeah I'm not a fan of zucchini so that sounds a lot better. Would love a recipe!!
Hmm. I would love to hear your recipe for this dish.
"this is the perfect recipe for summer". No recipe that requires 4 hours of creating heat in the kitchen is perfect for summer.
Instant Pot time. I live in Arizona and summer is brutal! The IP doesn't heat the kitchen at all.
Damn, you are just not afraid to speak the truth at all...
Who sits in the kitchen for 4 hours. You could be doing other stuff. But I have an open kitchen so it’s not even hot
@@mars9399 Well, good for you Miss 1%er. Some people live in small places without luxurious open floor plans.
@@mars9399 some of us don't live in huge houses where you can simply go away from the kitchen heat - for some of us the rooms are close enough and are small enough that raising the temperature in one room raises the temperature in the entire home
That water you add to the pasta should be reserved pasta water, the starch will give everything a great mouth feel. Looks great
Yes!!! Pasta water makes great alfredo sauce.
I feel like Emmy had a few drinks before making this video lol.
I think she just gets the sillies sometimes
She definitely seemed more "loose", and was playing to her voices more this time than I've ever seen her do before.
I say, if this is buzzed Emmy, I can handle it.
While she was waiting for zucchini 4 hrs is a long time.
Oh my goodness. Read my comment. I said almost the same thing!!
She deffo did have some wine
I'm broke as hell right now, this is in my menu for next week. Thank you Duchess of Sussex and Emmy!!!
I agree. This NEEEEEDS garlic. Perhaps a splash of white wine and some chili flakes too
The white wine overpowers it.
Never cook ever in your life. Do others a favour.
@@MrMakingwavesmedia ok.
@@MrMakingwavesmedia only if you promise never to eat.
And some clams, black pepper, and capers.
Oh, wait, I guess it isn't the same recipe anymore.
Love that you didn't edit out the whole intrusive ant thing. Who hasn't experienced this when cooking in summer? Always appreciate your natural style.
The water you added to the pasta in the skillet, if you save some of the cooking water of the pasta for that it will make the pasta become glistening!
Yes, pasta water! Liquid gold in the sauce.
Good to know. Thanks ppl
That's to add some starch for regular sauce. This "sauce" is nothing but starch at this point.
@@sebeckley she added the water before the sauce not after it.
sebeckley Zucchini, unlike winter squashes, have practically no starch/carbs.
My favorite zucchini recipe is “mock” crab cakes. Take 2 zucchini, an run one thru the box grater. Dice the other about 1/2”. Put these in a colander with salt to drain for 20 or 30 mins. Rinse & squeeze out as much juice as you can. Use this to replace the crab in your favorite crab cake recipe. My hippie friends & family love these. They appreciate being able to eat the “same” thing as everybody else.
That sounds good! I like crab but can't usually afford it.
Haha, I thought I was weird for liking overcooked zucchini, but I guess not! Zucchini in general is rather nostalgic to me as my mother used to make all kinds of things with it. My favourite recipe is probably our Swedish style cheese-cake that instead of containing cheese, contains zucchini. It sounds odd, but it ends up being much more juicy and delicious than the traditional Swedish cheesecake.
Oh wow do you have a recipe?
look up a recipe for zucchini chocolate cake, you'll love it ;)
I LOVE Zucchini cake, so I'm not surprised to hear that there are other desserts that include this versatile veggie! 🙌
I second asking for a recipe!
This sounds amazing!
I'm currently eating this, it's soooooo good! Tastes so buttery even tho I put no butter in it! 😫💕
Did you add parmesan or only the zucchini, bouillon, and water?
Megan Markle is dirty and she didn’t create this.
I just tried this today! The 4 hours were long but OMG they were so worth it! I can't have dairy so I didn't do any cheese. It is so delicious! Exactly as Emmy described, it feels like there's butter in it but there isn't! I opened it an hour before it was done and it felt like it was gonna dry up in the pot so I added a little more water then when it was done, I mixed it with a wooden spoon and smushed it up more to make it look more mushy like Emmy's. So delicious!
Hi emmy! Make the pasta first and add the pasta water to the zucchinni sauce, it will make it extra creamy!
yes, that's a wonderful idea.
Pasta water is gold
M Soda it’s actually water. You can’t cook pasta in boiling gold.
@@SeeMeEat when pasta boils it leaves behind mostly starches and some proteins in the water. Of course most people add salt to pasta water, too. It thickens sauces a bit, helps to add some texture to the sauce.
@@SeeMeEat r/wooooosh
I love how Emmy was ready to cook up that ant with the quickness 🤣🤣🤣
Why was I wanting her to rinse that zucchini...? 🤔
"Added protein!" 🤣🐜 ants are quite delicious, along with crickets & many other insects that you wouldn't expect to be so appetizing. Also, really is a great source of protein. You can even purchase cricket flour!! Nom nom nom!!
I made this a few weeks ago and still have some sauce in my freezer!! I had to kind of figure it out on my own because I couldn't find any good video tutorials. I added sauteed onions to mine and a little more seasoning, and at first I thought there was no way this would taste good. But I was wrong! It certainly is sexy, filthy and filling! Maybe next time I'll sautee the zucchini as well for even more flavor🤔
My zucchini plants are producing like crazy this year. I made this dish for dinner yesterday and my wife loved it. I added some finely dices onion, garlic, and chili flakes.
speaking of zucchini, we had a lot in the garden this summer, so i had to come up with lots of recipes lmao... i made zucchini filled with ground beef sauce, breaded zucchini slices, zucchini in pancake batter, oven-fried zucchini in olive oil, salt and pepper... and of course i added it in fried rice, fried noodles, sauces etc pp lmao
oh and i made a zucchini soup with ginger and cooked potatoes i had leftover from the previous evening
Zucchini instead of bananas for Zucchini bread .
That 3 ingredient recipe crept up to 8 by the end.
"I'm just gonna have another bite" 😄 You know it's great when Emmy just keeps eating instead of explaining what it tastes like. Loved this.
That looks absolutely delicious and I’m not sure why but I feel like it would really need mushrooms to be perfect.
why not brown mushrooms like an hour before the sauce is finished and add on top?
imakedookie that would be perfect. They would be way over cooked otherwise. This just looks like it needs mushrooms.
@@pandabear8806 you can't overcook mushrooms, it's physically impossible, unless you meant burn
YuuuuummYY
Umami is why
Instead of having the stove on for hours in the summer, I wonder if this could almost be done in a crockpot?!
That’s what I would do!
I'm trying it in my instant pot now
I tried it today using a crockpot, had it cooking for 2 hours on HIGH...I should have left it cooking for a total of 3 hours.
Thanks for the replies! Definitely going to have to try it!
Didn’t have the right texture for me. Maybe if I sautéed it first.
Feel like it wouldv been good with some mushrooms cooked down in it and garlic
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Exactly!!
And bacon bits. And parmezan
@@bo2720 you guys are just making this more and more less sexy mushy stuff!... With the mushrooms in the garlic and the bacon bits😤😤😤... it sounds delicious!... And some grilled chicken strips!
three ingredients: zucchini, water, bouillon. Plus butter, salt, pepper, garden fresh parsley, freshly grated parmesan reggiano :)
And olive oil
@@contribution741 yes!
@@JetbBlue747 yes!
So 10 ingredients hahahaaa :)
If ever there was a recipe that screamed to be made in the instant pot! You could cut that 4 hours down to probably 30-40 min at most...
As a matter of fact Emmy, you should really get an instant pot and start doing instant pot recipes for us!!!
I put mine under pressure for 1 hour....it was perfect!!!
@@tarapetersen thank you for posting this! Just bought a Foodi and I'm a pressure cooker newbie. Did you have it on hi?
@@kellyastleford1169 Yes.... High for an hour and quick release. 🙂
I was just thinking that myself! Use an Instapot...
I love that happy yellow Dutch oven! The lid and handles are so stylish, quirky, and yet practical!
Any idea what brand? I have a feeling it's vintage..
@@veghead05 not at all. I wish I knew.
I think I’ll try this in my crockpot. I don’t want to have something on the stove top for four hours. I’d forget about it! Lol
"Four... hours!"
(Or 25min of pressure cooking in the Instant Pot, on high, with 10-15min natural release, then low saute till it's thickened to your liking.💕)
Hands down my favourite person on CZcams right now ! I'm addicted to this channel
“Oh well added protein here we go” 😂😂😂 I was thinking the same
Yumm! I cannot wait to try this.
If you are in a time crunch, I bet shredding the zucchini will reduce the required cooking time. It should mush much more quickly.
Oooh - what about in an Instant pot? I've got some experimenting to do.
the cooking time reduces and "mellows" the dish. its not about saving time. literally slow cooked zucchini is the goal here hence 3 ingredients
@@imakedookie I suppose so, but zucchini already tastes pretty much like nothing. That's why I get confused when people don't like the taste 😂.
@@lauren8627 for me it's the texture that's off-putting :')
imakedookie your screen name...hilarious 😂
I would add lots of garlic, and pine nuts. Maybe arugula 🤤
zucchini pesto!!
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Or watercress.
First let just say that I really enjoy this channel. I just made this except I added shallots and garlic in the zucchini. I tossed the cooked wheat pasta in a butter and added extra lemon juice, parsley, basil, salt, pepper and chilli pepper flakes. I topped the dishes with parmesan cheese and cooked broccoli. This meal was tasty and guilt free! I also cook my wheat pasta in turmeric to take away the nutty flavor.
can u recreate something from grandpa kitchen here on youtube?? he’s an indian grandpa who cooks gigantic food for orphans!!
Alana Vashti yasssss great idea, I would love to see that
I would watch that!! Good idea!
I'll bet you could do this with broccoli. I love overcooked broccoli with butter and salt.
I'll deffo try this with broc, zucchini isn't my fave green.
I like LOTS of sauce on pasta. I would need SO much more than that. Kinda like having a little pasta with my sauce. 😄
I'm with you 😁
Jill T haha!!! I'm not alone!!!
Okay so i wana make it with garlic and onion added as well as some mushrooms.
ah: So what time is dinner? I'll bring some good crusty bread, and some wine.
As an American of Sicilian heritage, I grew up on this type of food. This is “peasant food” aka the best, most delicious food ever. My mom and dad used to grow huge green squash in out yard and she would make a pasta sauce out of the vines if the squash. It was off the hook delicious 🤤 love your channel and recipes 💖🥰💖
The ol' Cucina Povera!
How about Swiss chard out of the garden in broth with pasta. I grew up with Sicilian peasant food. All garden food.
@@gmlyla absolutely!! So delicious. If you know, you know 😉💖
Looks delish, thanks for this! 🔥🔥🔥
Pro tip: Reserve a little cup of the pasta water for splashing if needed instead of regular water. It’s a little starchier from the pasta which will make your sauce extra creamy when added.
Vegan tip: Nutritional yeast can be placed with a small amount of creamy nut ‘cheese’ for that cheesy / umami added taste if you want it to be vegan. It won’t be the exact same but still a good taste if you’re vegan. Also butter can be replaced with a blot of oil + nutritional yeast OR just Earth Balance.
I just bought some yellow squash. I'm going to do this recipe with them.
Ooohh nicee
How'd it turn out
It be great even to mix them the yellow squash and the zucchini what a treat
The cheese adds this to more than 2 dollars.
At least in my home country cheese is ridiculously expensive 😨
Real parmesan is crazy expensive everywhere. It's only made in one region of Italy.
It's probably $2 per serving.
Pecorino Romano is way better than parm and it's cheaper!
I don’t think she meant $2 with the cheese lol
The cheese isn't part of the receipe...
I am probably the only human alive who can plant zucchini and not get a single fruit. The vine always catches a blight and dies.
For what it's worth, I've killed mint (you know, the herb notorious for overtaking gardens) 3 times 🤦
Yeah, I have a totally black thumb! Except for one time when I was 12, my mother bought me a perennial plant that was supposed to live for maybe a few weeks or so? I cared for that plant like it was my child, and he ended up living for 2 and a half years! I think I used up ALL of my plant-keeping powers during that period, so now everything I plant dies.
i’ve killed a window sill strawberry before lol
the kit was for kids too :’(
My husband who can grow things quite well has killed dill again and again
its faster with pressure cooker , like 40 mins . i like cooked down cauliflower TOO !
A fresh squeeze of lemon maybe?
sure!
Lemon zest as well
That's exactly what I was thinking when she was plating it!
OMG yum!
The highest form of praise: Emmy didn't comment right away, she just kept eating 😹🍝
That yellow pot is crazy and I love it.
I don't care if this video was brought back into my CZcams suggestions bc of the recent interview... I am going to try this recipe for real this time. I love the ACTUAL simplicity & quiet elegance yet humble roots & widespread love for this dish. Also, and of course: I love M.M. and Emmy!
"Why is there an ant in my bowl of zucchini?" - story of my life 😊
It so delicious she said " eat the ducky moss " TWICE 😂
frederic ouattara Itadakimasu = I receive this food
$2 for the dish....another $8 for the cheese and butter...
Anything tastes great with cheese and butter!!
Sarah Grant but per serving the butter is cheap
@@manboymanboy3946 Depends on what kind of butter...
What kind of butter are you buying? The cheese I can somewhat understand (albeit, that’s assuming you’re picking an expensive cheese you don’t need) but a tablespoon of butter is relatively cheap. Or even margarine.
Sarah Grant IKR. I’m amazed at the fact that I spend $4 on better. Most of the time I just get the Irish better. Might as well.
@@gripitl6878 The Irish butter is the BEST!! Exactly!!
I do this with onion, garlic, mushrooms, and fresh tomatoes. You can throw in asparagus or spinach and make it a garden medley pasta
Kathryn Miranda well that's a different recipe all
together
@@DDios-ih9de yep and everyone has their own twist
@@haveaniceday23 I like it! I'll try it!
Try german (bavarian) bread- or prezelsoup !
Sauté a ton of finily sliced Onion in Butter, ad beefstock (or water and bullion cube), majoran (how is it called in english ? Not quite sure) or chives and - old bread or prezels, sliced in cubes.
Let it simmer till the bread is lightly soft and eat up.
Filling, hearty and perfekt to get rid of old baked goods
When my dad's family had very little in germany during the war they ate bread soup but he didn't seem to think very fondly of it.
2:28 Just like when I find a gnat in my last couple sips of wine:
"Oh well, added protein."
Reminds me of one time when I had a Glass of Wine I poured myself after Work. I sat the Glass on my Dresser in my Bedroom, and left the room for a few minutes. When I came back, two fruit fly gnats were swimming around in my Wine, chasing each other like they were having a relay race in the glass. 🙄🤦♀️, Lol!
YALL NASTY
You know Emmy likes it when she does the Japanese cheers twice in less than five minutes and starts humming. 😂
I made this tonight. It was so good! I could eat the "sauce " on it's own!
So I have a family recipe for Zucchini Bread that works best with The Zucchini That Got Away (i.e. huge!). I also figured a way to freeze parts so I can make zucchini bread in the winter. Let me know if you are interested & I will forward it to you.
Patti Maska Ooh, I am totally interested!
I would love to see your recipe.
I'd love it!
Since you're on zucchini, you should try zucchini soup - it's basically the mush, with onions, garlic, and some other seasonings and then pureed. And I personally like it with a dollop of sour cream, plain Fage Greek yogurt, or any sour cream sub (like a soy based sour cream like IMO, or a sour and plain plant yogurt).
❤❤ Wooo was just bored. Now some Emmy!
I just finshed eating pasta. Have all these ingredients. I wish I waited for this inspo. Looks sexy and filthy..yummy 😂
Me too love 😻 ...maybe next time! 🤷🏽♀️😂
Youre so adorable I love watching your videos you can feel your genuineness threw the screen it warms my heart.❤
>added protein
finally budget hacks that make sense
I did mine in a rice cooker. Cut up zucchini, splash of water and a few garlic cloves. Stir after 20 mins. Stir again once it pops to warm. Done in about an hour. Caveat: You need a non stick inner pan as there will be some scorching but if you stir more often, you can avoid it. Salt, pepper, sugar and some bouillion powder to taste. Top it with some optional olive oil. So delicious!
Just finished my batch with a few tweaks. I used 8 good sized yellow summer squash, I had a new size head of broccoli with half the stem, a LARGE Vidalia onion, 4 cloves of fresh garlic and fresh oregano, thyme, sage and parsley. Cut all into small dice and cooked with a bit of veg stock, olive oil, black pepper and salt. Just mashed and added 1/3 cup of parm/pec/Asia go blend. I. Am. So. Happy!😂 This is amazing. Thank you, Emmy!!!💜
Yes, mushy zucchini is good. But! Wouldn’t it be easier, & take a LOT less time, to grate the zucchini? Then it would mush quickly.
mush isnt the goal. sweet carmelized slow cooked zucchini is the goal with mushy consistency as a side effect
Well, the takeaway is that, you can make a version that gets close, if you have the $2 but not the four hours.
Yes because 4 hours cocking is not cheap...
I'm wondering, instant pot?
Slow cooked, sweet, reduced. Not "fast". There are many times in life where faster is absolutely not better.
If you'd want a cheap/easy alternative, I'd go with a crock pot over an instant pot as an instant pot would be entirely *too* fast and the flavors wouldn't even be similar.
A crock pot for 8-12 hours would create flavors more similar to the original dish, would avoid heating your kitchen thereby reducing cooling costs, and crock pots use only pennies worth of electricity.
Looks good. I would add garlic to mine. I wish my husband liked zucchini. I will make it anyway.....😉
Good girl
Cheryl H, don’t tell him. It is not recognizable as zucchini. When my son snuck a taste, he thought it was eggplant. He likes everything, but he did not realize that it was zucchini. He loved it. It is incredibly sweet, even though no sweetening agent is added. Enjoy!
Just had some pan fried zucchini for dinner! I saw this recipe floating around and I think I might use some of the leftover unfried slices for this as tommorow's meal
I have made this every week since it was posted. I've changed it up to my family tastes. I add garlic to oil before adding the zucchini and I add chicken bouillon powder instead (because that's what I always have). I even puree this up for my 6 month old and she gobbles it up.
Finding this recipe, again, after throwing away two zucchinis earlier today that went bad because they got lost in the back of the fridge. Why couldn’t I see this days ago so I could have used them? Sigh
Could do basil instead.
I prefer Pecorino Romano. It's sharper.
You mean pesto
>perfect summer dish
>cook it for 4-5 hours
I guess it gets pretty cold in the summer where you live. :D
😂 i guess it could be in a slow cooker
I mean it’s on low for 4 hrs. Doesn’t heat up a room that much
Drinking game every time Emmy puts her eyeglasses back up where they belong....drink!
You'd die of alcohol poisoning. 🤣🤣🤣
Forreal lol it was driving me crazy 😂
My glasses are like that too and I hate it lol
I’m almost done making a “quickie” version of this - I got home from work really late, so instead of simmering four hours on low with one cup of water, I’ve had it on a medium boil for two hours, adding cups of water as it evaporates out.
Even with the adaptations, it tastes pretty darn good :)
I like to grate a zucchini, saute it with garlic until it reduces to a thick, jammy consistency, then mix it with an equal amount shredded cheddar and a little mayonnaise. Then I use that spread to make grilled cheese sandwiches. My husband adores them.
Looks great, will have to try because I have zucchini about to yield. My fav simple pasta, heavily caramelized cauliflower and ham, goat cheese, pasta, fin.
Michael G For the inspiration. Sounds fabulous! I think I’d put some prosciutto in for the ham. I buy it, and don’t always use it up quickly enough.
@@itsmeJill Thanks, it is and people gobble it up. It's not the prettiest dish but very, very yummy. I normally use corkscrew style pasta with it.
Michael G I was thinking of using that type of pasta too! Good idea!
Save your pasta water. It is liquid gold.
Becca Blanco for what
@@onedayyoumay95 adding back to your dishes. It really helps in a few ways but is really helpful for adding back to dry pasta.
Johnny S just starch starchy water helps expand and bind pab sauces when you add it to rhe sautee pan and stragatella it
Drag ir through sauce to coat cooking it a bit to absorb the sauce
It's actually a shipload of starch...Not good for Keto or diabetics.
@Gloria Vargo what is potato water good for?
We have a Mexican version of this, just replace the pasta with rice and add tomato or tomato sauce.
Spiced with comino of course.
Bonus: Corn if your mom had a can.
Sammmuela are you talking about fideo?
Oh shit I didn’t see the rice part nvm.
Sammmuela I’m Mexican I know what you’re talking about now lol I didn’t know white people called it vermicelli though. I’m just married to a ghost white Irish boy that basically ONLY eats meat, potatoes and cheese. So I guess some of my native food is slipping my mind after all the damn shepherds pies I’ve been having to make him lmao.
Shayne Carter 😂 😂 😂
you sound like my mom lol
Tastes epic with ROASTED garlic
Edit: oh!! And some fresh basil
"Perfect recipe for summer", apart from the fact that you have to have the stove on for 5 hours. :P
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🐜🐜 extra protein, I CANNOT stop laughing😂🤣😂🤣😂
Can hardly wait for 👕👕to arrive💖💖💖
Is she pregnant??
Yes! We need “extra protein” t-shirts!