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Let me show you what I do: Every summer I can barely wait for ZUCCHINI abundance time. Some of you will probably call me nuts...lol. But Zucchini is such a versatile vegetable....or is it? Well, Zucchini is a fruit which masquerades as a vegetable! Now you may ask what is the difference between fruit and vegetable? It is fairly easy to differentiate them: Botanically spoken: it is the part of the plant they come from. The fruit develops from the flower of a plant and contains seeds. Vegetables are growing on other parts of the plant, such as roots, stems, and leaves. In the kitchen, we tend to separate them by taste and uses: “Vegetables” are generally used in savoury dishes as main or side dishes. Whereas fruits have more sweet and/or tart flavour and are used in desserts, jams, snacks or juices. But sometimes even that is interchangeable ;-) Back to our Zucchini Abundance: I am sure that lots of you know and make sweet and savoury dishes with Zucchini, such as Zucchini Bread (sweet) and Zucchini as a savoury side. Does anyone of you use them in any other way (besides chicken food for winter)? For the past