Friday Foodie Fix Summer Squash Gluten Free Recipes

By on July 13, 2012

gluten free recipes Welcome back to our weekly event, Friday Foodie Fix.  This is where you link up your gluten free recipes each week that contain the Secret Ingredient!

You will also find each week there will be loads of information on that ingredient so even if you don’t have any recipes to share, you’ll gather some useful information.

Make sure you check back to see what recipes have been added.

This week’s secret ingredient is Summer Squash!

Healthy Facts

There are many varieties of summer squash.  I like the yellow Constricted  Neck variety but there are also Scallop or Patty Pan and Cylindrical to club-shaped Italian marrows.  Because they are the relative of the Zucchini, their nutrition facts are the same.

How to Buy

Ingredients-red pepper, zucchini, squash, cippolini onion, pasta & sauce

Summer squash are harvested when they are small and the skins are still tender.  They also have the best taste when small so stick with small summer squash.  Stay away from soft however, they still need to have substance.

How to Store

Store the squash in your refrigerator until ready to use.  At that point wash and dry them before preparing your dish.  Don’t keep them for too long, as it doesn’t take long for them to deteriorate.

Favorite Tip

Summer squash can be grilled, steamed, boiled, sauteed, fried or used in stir fry recipes.  I love them tossed into a pan with other summer vegetables like tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and onions and lots of basil or rosemary.  If you add a little protein like quinoa pasta you have a complete meal.

Last Week’s Favorite Links

Gluten-Free Homemaker shared Cucumber Lemonade

gluten free easily shared Cucumber Chickpea Bruschetta

The Tasty Alternative shared Pesto Stuffed Cucumbers

Linking up Guidelines

  • Share your own recipe using the Secret Ingredient. This must be your recipe, not copied from someone else.  If you were inspired by another recipe you MUST ALWAYS note that in your recipe.
  • Link the URL of your Specific Individual Recipe Post,  NOT to your home page.
  • Please link back to this post, not a static page so your readers can find the recipes here.
  • When you link, please tell us what you’re sharing.
  • This is a Gluten Free Resource so please make sure you share gluten free recipes.
  • Recipes do not need to be brand new on your blog, just your own and contain the Secret Ingredient.
  • There is no limit to how many times you can post on any given Secret Ingredient,  just Link Back.
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Next Week’s Secret Ingredient for Friday Foodie Fix is … Tomato!

Now it’s your turn to share your gluten free recipes with summer squash below.

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6 Responses to Friday Foodie Fix Summer Squash Gluten Free Recipes

  1. gfhomemaker July 13, 2012 at 11:24 am #

    I'm glad you liked my cucumber lemonade. I've been using my juicer a lot and like putting cucumber in that. Unfortunately, I don't have a summer squash recipe. My family doesn't like it much but they love zucchini so I stick with that. I'm sure I'll have a tomato recipe or two to link next week.

    • Diane Eblin July 18, 2012 at 7:44 pm #

      Linda juicers can be a lot of fun. Coming up with new combos that might not have thought about before but when you give them a try it's great. Keep juicing and keep sharing recipes!

  2. tessadomesticdiva July 14, 2012 at 9:50 am #

    ps, if you could remove the blender sauce….although you can use zucchini, it is more of a tomato recipe, better for next week probably!

  3. Amber July 14, 2012 at 11:58 am #

    Hi There Diane,

    What great picks from last week – and thank you for including my pesto stuffed cucumber. I just adore cucumber. In fact, for breakfast I had some white bean olive hummus with sliced cucumber for dipping (I can and will eat anything in the morning). 🙂

    This week I am sharing a summer squash pasta dish. I made is last summer, everything from the garden – except the brown rice pasta of course.

    Have a great weekend.

    Hugs,
    –Amber

    • Diane Eblin July 18, 2012 at 7:43 pm #

      Amber I thought that pesto cucumber was very creative. I've got the ingredients now to make some. Can't wait to try. Thank you for sharing again this week.

  4. glutenfreehappytummy July 16, 2012 at 11:46 pm #

    thanks so much for hosting! this week, i shared my Zucchini/Summer Squash Fries! They're Gluten Free and Body Ecology Diet friendly!