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Courgette Glut? Welcome to the Help Group. For those of us who have lost control of the fridge drawer

  • inmykitchenwithyou
  • 2 days ago
  • 2 min read



I gather you all here today to discuss something on a rather serious note...

It has come to my attention that there are people out there, such as myself, suffering from a little-known condition known as CGGOC – Courgette Glut Growers Overload Circumstance.

The symptoms are actually very well documented.


Fresh courgette slices, lettuce, and a striped eggplant on a wooden cutting board, with rustic burlap and dark wood background

Sufferers are often left overwhelmed and bewildered as they stare into a fridge drawer full of courgettes wondering what on earth they are going to cook next.


In the early stages, many attempt to pass the condition on to unsuspecting family members, friends and neighbours.


Sadly, after accepting the first five offerings with gratitude, these same family members and neighbours soon find themselves suffering from the very same condition.


You see, courgettes are relentless.


One minute there is nothing. The next, there are three.


Turn your back for long enough to pick up the watering can and suddenly there are six more lurking beneath the leaves, growing at a rate previously only observed in science fiction films.


So today, I am officially forming the CGGOC Support Group.


I've reached the point where opening the fridge drawer feels less like meal planning and more like checking inventory.


One day you're proudly harvesting your first courgette of the season.

The next you're standing in the kitchen wondering whether it's socially acceptable to leave anonymous bags of them on neighbours' doorsteps under cover of darkness. It's never-ending. Just like the bottomless fridge-drawer supply of courgettes currently taking over my kitchen.


So, enough, I say!


And in the spirit of supporting fellow sufferers, I thought I'd share a few of my favourite ways to use them up — and make a small promise that more recipes will become available as we continue the fight against CGGOC.



This week's support group recommendations ...


🥒 Summer Couscous Salad with Roasted Vegetables & Baked Feta

A summery, colourful way to make a serious dent in the courgette supply.


Roasted vegetable couscous with asparagus, zucchini, carrots, and cheese on a patterned plate on a wooden table




🥒 Goat's Cheese & Courgette Tart

Light, crisp buttery pastry topped with salty goat's cheese, a little red chilli, fresh thyme and thinly sliced baked courgettes.


Close-up of zucchini slices layered on a round pizza crust, glistening with oil and chili flakes on a baking tray.




🥒 Ratatouille-Topped Cauliflower Cheese

Because sometimes the answer to a courgette glut is simply more cheese.


Box of fresh eggplants, tomatoes, zucchini, onions, basil and cheese beside three colorful layered vegetable tarts on platters




🌸 Homemade Pasta with Fresh Courgette Flowers

For those days when you've moved beyond ordinary courgette desperation and decided to eat the flowers as well.


Close-up of creamy pasta with zucchini blossoms and basil in a white bowl, warm-toned and freshly plated.



Remember, fellow sufferers...


Together, we can get through this ... Or, at the very least, delay the inevitable moment when we discover another six courgettes hiding under the leaves.


And if you have a favourite way to use up a mountain of them, I need to hear it.

At the current rate of production, I may need all the ideas I can get.



Jo's Kitchen Notes


First rule of the Courgette Help Group...


Don't panic.


You can grill them.Roast them.Stuff them.Turn them into tart.Hide them under cauliflower cheese.Put them in giardiniera.Stuff the flowers.And, eventually, discover that you have created another courgette


Got courgettes?


Nature's Larder has you covered.


Explore Courgettes →



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