Favorite Recipes

Yellow Squash and Zucchini with Onions

Ingredients

• 2 fresh Yellow Squash - thick sliced

• 1 or 2 fresh Zucchini - thick sliced

• 1 large Onion - medium thick sliced

• 2 or 3 cloves Garlic - minced or thin sliced

• 4 Tbsp Olive Oil

•  Salt to taste

• Black Pepper to taste

• Optional - Grated Parmesan Cheese

Directions for cooking in pan on stovetop:

1. In a pan, heat oil.  You can add more olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. On medium heat, add the sliced onions and garlic.  Cook until onions are translucent and somewhat soft.  

2. Add the sliced yellow squash in the pan.  Cook for 5 or 10 minutes.  The yellow squash takes a little longer to cook than zucchini.

3. Then add the sliced zucchini.  Cook for about 5 or 10 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.  The onions should be to browned and caramelized by now.

4. Now add the salt and pepper to taste and serve.  You can serve it with grated parmesan cheese.

Directions for roasting in oven:

1. Heat oven 400 degrees. In the roasting pan,  add the yellow squash, zucchini, onions, and garlic.  Add salt and pepper.  Pour the oil over vegetables and mix well. 

2. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the vegetables are soft. 

3. You can top with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese before roasting or before serving.

Additional Tips:

• For cooked soft onions and you don’t want them to get browned while cooking with the vegetables; I personally prefer them not browned.

• When the onion and garlic are cooked and soft, you can take them out of the pan and set aside. Then cook the vegetables. After they are done, then add the cooked onion back in the pan with the vegetables to reheat.

• Sometimes I’ll cook a batch of sliced onions with garlic and olive oil ahead of time and refrigerate them until I’m ready to use them. I always like to keep a container of cooked onions in the fridge to save time. I’ll use them for omelets, for cooking with sausage and green peppers, for topping on burgers, for adding to sautéed mushrooms, for topping on grilled steak, etc.