Show off your Italian cooking skills or create a savoury snack with these simple recipe ideas for this delicious in-season vegetable "Courgette blossoms can be stuffed and fried or they can be simply ...

If you don’t want to make the vinaigrette then serve this with a really good extra-virgin olive oil on top. It’s also good with ricotta and Parmesan shavings.

Heat a large frying pan. Add the bacon and cook until crispy. Remove and set aside. Add the oil to the pan and warm (or cook in bacon fat). Cook the garlic for 2 or 3 minutes. Add the courgettes, ...

Rachel Roddy’s orecchiette with courgettes, parmesan cream and almonds.Photograph: Rachel Roddy/The Guardian. Having made too much parmesan cream for mortadella sandwiches the other week, the rest was ...

This pasta dish uses fresh simple ingredients to make a quick, delicious, no-fuss meal. Whatever shape pasta you have will suffice. A good Italian parmesan is worth its weight in gold for such a ...

Four special ways to make the most of the friendly little squash So, what to do with all the courgettes? Well, we could take a vegetable peeler to them then toss the long thin shavings into a pan of ...

This simple courgette gratin makes a great side dish as it’s creamy and flavoursome without being too rich. Serve with a salad for a light supper. Each serving provides 273 kcal, 10g protein, 5.5g ...

Now is the time to make the most of Irish courgettes and if you grow them yourself, you’ll have the added benefit of the courgette blossoms that are in bloom right now too. These can be stuffed and ...