Thrifting Veggies

This is the story of the end of the zucchini plant in our garden. It all started when we were producing more zucchini's than we could eat. I am talking about zucchini side dishes for every meal. Not to mention the zucchini's that we gave to at least 4 different families, and more than once. I had the hubby pull the plant and in doing so he walked in with these huge beauties!

I am a firm believer in not wasting, hence why we gave so many away. So, I resorted to shredding these babies and freezing them. Literally for a couple hours a friend and I were shredding these bad boys. 

I ended up with 7 1/2 bags of zucchini!!!! Two bags were given to my friend for helping. Now, here is the kicker... What in the world do you do with a bunch of shredded zucchini? 

Most people use it for zucchini bread and thaw when they want it. That is something that I'm going to try, but I found my own delicious guilty pleasure!

Ta-da!!! We have my new all time favorite cookies!! Chocolate Oatmeal Zucchini Cookies!!! Seriously, I was in heaven!!!!! I seriously found the holy grail of shredded zucchini. I have now made this recipe 4 times in 3 weeks. Yeah, I would say I'm a bit obsessed. So, next time you have extra zucchini, try it out! Click here for recipe.