Zucchini & Choko Slice

How many knuckles does it take to make a great slice? Three to be exact....well today anyway. With band-aids in place I continued grating until all the veg were done. Who knew a few pieces of skin could make such a delicious slice. Seriously though; there was no skin added, but I've never added choko to a slice before. With only two young zucchini I needed to increase the mixture. Hence another use for a Choko or three.


Zucchini & Choko Slice

8 medium eggs whisked well
add to that 2/3 cup of Olive Oil
then mix in 1 heaped cup of Wholemeal Self Raising Flour
mix well and put aside.

Now in another larger bowl grate the following:
2 zucchini
2 choko
1/2 a carrot
1/2 a sweet potato
1 cup of tasty cheese
then finely chop 1 brown onion & a small bunch of parsley

Mix all this together, then add the egg mixture and stir well.

When you fill your trays, you can fill right to the top, it will rise while baking, but fall when cooling.....
After pouring into two trays,....if your like me you might just have some mixture left over...so if you do...add another egg, a tablespoon or so of flour, and add in another grated choko....then you will not only have two large slices, but enough slice baked for lunch.

Lunch

Grease your trays well, then bake in a moderate oven of 170o C for 20 minutes for the small ones...and an extra 15 to 20 minutes for the larger baking trays. It was a delicious surprise for mum when she returned from Bingo today.
I have enough to serve for dinner tonight, and one for the freezer. Yummmmm!

Have you ever added choko to a slice?

Please forgive the poor quality of the photos today, I guess my camera was having a bad day and maybe I need to refresh my rechargeable batteries. 

Leek & Choko soup

Walking around the garden yesterday, I was trying to decide where to put some peas in....I decided that the Choko vine has to go...I'll cut it at the base, so I still get a vine next season....but most of the vine now is dead anyway.....I made lots of plans for the garden yesterday...I'm thinking of pulling up some of the pavers in the back yard, and putting down more garden beds....I know I am adding more work for myself, but with the prices of food going up everytime I walk enter the supermarket...I don't think it leaves me much choice.

Anyway... while looking around the Choko vine...I found three new Choko's...2 of which, I picked...I found it funny to be picking Choko's as I thought they were all but finished....I still have a few sprouting chokoes, if anyone is interested in a plant....

Look at this incredibly huge Choko.....

Yep, and it's not an old one either
there was so much moisture inside when I cut it open

 All you need for this soup is:

• 1 large leek, cut into thick slices
• 2 choko's, peeled and cubed
• a dab of sour cream
• a few cups of stock 
• salt & pepper

Fry off the leek, add the cubed choko and some stock
along with salt & pepper to taste.

Chicken, Beef & Veg Stock

Maybe even some sour cream....
Although I don't have sour cream,
I do have 'crockpot yoghurt'.

 Oh dear! you can see how dirty my stove top is, that's because I let the stock boil over...oops.

Blitz with a stick mixer to blend.

Enjoy!