The McCarthys just delivered another enormous batch of home-grown produce (see A Salad of Bounty and Inspiration), among which were some beautiful yellow and green squash.
Dorothy sent me an Ina Garten recipe for zucchini pancakes, which looked delicious, but a bit too labor-intensive for my carefree summer frame of mind.
Instead, I just used the squash to make a simple and delicious zucchini kugel. A kugel is a classic Jewish souffle made from sweet or savory ingredients. This was so simple to prepare, so colorful and oh, so tasty.
I would suggest making this in an oven-to-table pan (like a Pyre pie plate or ceramic souffe dish). Since squash has a very high water content, this kugel is crisp on top but rather mushy on bottom. Therefore, it is best served directly in the crock in which it was baked.
INGREDIENTS
4 small summer squash, scrubbed and rinsed
1 large onion or shallot
1/3 cup wheat or soy flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup oil
1 large egg
salt and pepper to taste
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
For garnish, peel two wide slices of squash before grating the rest.
Grate zucchini using shredder blade of food processor. Squeeze out all excess liquid from grated zucchini and place in large bowl. Switch food processor blade to the S blade. Cut onion or shallot into chunks and place in food processor with the rest of the ingredients. Process until smooth. Add to shredded zucchini and mix well.
Pour into baking dish. To form squash rose, curl first peel tightly to form rose bud. Wrap second peel around rose bud. and place squash rose in center of baking dish.
Bake for 40 minutes or until golden-brown on top.
Enjoy!
simple to wow 
Thank you, it is squash season in my garden.
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I’d love to hear how this kugel comes out for you.
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