{"id":10338,"date":"2024-08-16T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2024\/08\/16\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics\/136443\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T20:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:00:05","slug":"five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Weeknight Dishes: Ali Slagle&#8217;s school for zucchini skeptics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WEEKNIGHT-DISHES-5-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WEEKNIGHT-DISHES-4-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WEEKNIGHT-DISHES-3-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics-2.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WEEKNIGHT-DISHES-2-1-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics-3.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WEEKNIGHT-DISHES-1-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics-4.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WEEKNIGHT-DISHES-2-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics-5.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics-7.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p>By Ali Slagle, The New York Times<\/p>\n<p>So often when I happen upon zucchini in a dish, it seems uncomfortable to be there, its texture and flavor hesitant. The lanky vegetable sometimes reminds me of a teenager going through a growth spurt, unsure of how to move through its surroundings. Are you mushy or tender? Bland or mild? And anything I can do to help?<\/p>\n<p>While I used to just pick around it (sorry, bud), I\u2019ve wanted to better understand zucchini and how it likes to be treated in our cooking. My whole job developing recipes is to bring ease and joy to the everyday, starting with ingredients that are easy to find or that you may already have on hand. And these days, that\u2019s zucchini, whether I like it or not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2024\/08\/16\/five-weeknight-dishes-ali-slagles-school-for-zucchini-skeptics\/\">Read the rest of this story on TheKnow.DenverPost.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ali Slagle, The New York Times So often when I happen upon zucchini in a dish, it seems uncomfortable to be there, its texture and flavor hesitant. The lanky vegetable sometimes reminds me of a teenager going through a growth spurt, unsure of how to move through its surroundings. Are you mushy or tender? 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