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If it's true you are what you eat than my family will soon be summer squash. The zucchini and yellow squash have litterally taken over the garden. I had to cut a bunch back from covering my tomatoes and lettuce. While a lot of the branches are only producing flowers (which supposedly are delicious to eat too) we have a good amount of actual fruit (yes it's a fruit not a vegetable).

I have a lot of good green zucchini recipes - just last night I went crazy and made deep fried breaded zucchini and some yummy chocolate zucchini muffins. But I don't really have that many yellow squash recipes. So this morning I tried to look some up online. Then I said "the heck with it" and just made up my own. And let me tell you it's AMAZING.

Summer Squash and Potato Pancakes:

Ingredients:

1 medium squash shredded (don't peel)

1 medium potato shredded (you can peel but I didn't)

1 egg, beaten

1/3 c finely shredded cheese

chopped up green onion - maybe two tablespoons, I just did one stalk

salt, pepper, garlic

After shredding the potato and squash put them either in a clean dish towel or a fine mesh strainer and squeeze out as much water as possible. Mix everything together.

Heat a non-stick pan with some oil - use a good amount so it wont stick and so you'll get a nice brown - and spoon piles of the mixture in. Flatten slightly with your spatula, once they start to brown flip them and brown the other side. Place them on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 400 degree. You can probably skip the baking and just cook them longer in the pan but I had bacon cooking in the oven so it was just easier to keep them warm that way.

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Bon Appetit