One of my favorite things about this channel is how accessible it's stayed over the years, I feel like a lot of other popular home cooking youtubers have become unnecessarily chef-y and a bit pretentious but your videos are always so relatable and down to earth.
yeah she still seems like a food youtuber and not a food network show, but doesnt skimp on the camera and editing quality. And her backdrop has definitely gotten more aesthetically pleasing over the years!
Absolutely agree. Everyone tends to “go Hollywood” after a while. Moving to LA, getting fancy studios, etc. Don’t get me wrong, good for them, but as you said, Emmy has just stayed relatable after all these years.
I bet a lot of it has to do with the fact that she is a momma to two young kids. But I also think it’s just her personality. And I know I love that about her.
A good thing to do with a large zucchini is to slice it in half, scoop out the seeds, and stuff it with Italian sausage, bread crumbs, cheese, and some other seasonings, and then bake it at 350° until soft and browned on top. 😋
I was a Director of a day care center with 120 kids when I had a huge crop of zucchini from my home garden. Luckily I had a fantastic cook who made tons of zucchini bread with cinnamon spices and a chocolate zucchini cake that the kids loved! She used so much zucchini in them that they actually legally counted as a serving of vegetable! She also made a summer vegetable side, basically using whatever I brought in, with zucchini summer squash tomatoes carrots etc.
I appreciate how emmy puts her sponsors at the beginning or near the beginning of her video because its both follows the FCC guidelines, and also lets you watch the rest of the video uninterrupted
I've heard of using zucchini to replace the shortening in cakes before, especially chocolate cakes. Made a chocolate mint cake that way for my parent's anniversary a few years back. They loved it. No one noticed the zucchini.
I LOVE zucchini. It's my favorite veggie. It's mild in flavor and would be delish to use in a cake instead of carrots. Do you like red velvet cake? I love it. But, it has a lot of red food coloring though. I've been wanting to replace it with beet juice. People say you can't taste the beets at all. Plus, they're good for cleansing our liver. Since you experiment using veggies in desserts, have you tried using beet juice?
@@pattymorriello586 Mayo cakes are yummy. Especially in chocolate cakes. I even make mayo muffins or biscuits. Self rising flour, mayo and a little milk or water to thin it out a little. It makes them light, fluffy and tender. I don't know why some people turn their nose up at the thought of mayo in cakes. Mayo is mainly eggs and oil, the exact ingredients we put in cakes anyway. I've heard of using black beans in brownies. And, if we can't taste them, I think it's a great way to get some nutrition in such a decadent dessert.
I've never heard of zucchini/lime sherbet. Sounds refreshing and delicious. Especially in the hot summer months. It's been close to 100° here sometimes.
Her voice is so calming I love her videos but everytime I watch them at night makes me so sleepy not because she's boring but because her voice is so calming and relaxing it's weird but ill always love her videos super humble 💗
The tip about different kinds of cocoa powder was so interesting! I had no idea that it would affect the leavening 🤯 learn something new every day I guess!
I’ve been making zucchini brownies for years. You can also make them into cupcakes. Zucchini bread is also yummy. I freeze the grated zucchini in two cup pouches.
What I love about zucchini is that it grows so quickly and become so big! One day of rain and you get GIANT zucchini, great for zucchini bread. Excited to try this brownie recipe!
With the brownies, you get 2 servings of vegetables. Zucchini, and cocoa powder is from the cocoa bean, and beans are a vegetable, so... 😁 And grain from the flour for carbs, and egg is the protein, so IMO, each serving (maybe a quarter of the pan? 😁) would be a balanced meal, wouldn't it? 😆
I make this all the time, the zucc is actually friggin undetectable n makes everyone wonder how moist & decadent it so please try it guys :) *yellow squash is a perfect sub n it will yield identical results!
@@youwerediagnosedwithcorona4430 Yes it’s like a classic homemade brownie, but whats great is it’s not like super dense & candy bar-like the store bought types. I find most too sickly sweet. I’ve gifted these to alot of ppl n they all beg for more! No one detects or sees the zucc.
And now that my kids have moved out my husband and I can make brownies with nuts in it again LOL in my opinion it is so much better with a walnut let’s say or a Pecan if you’re going to add a caramel drizzle, oh my I want them now.
*that burp* 😆 These brownies look delish! I love zucchini, so versatile. My grandmother used to make the best zucchini bread. Thanks for sharing Emmy 🌸🍃
That zucchini brings back fond memories of my grandpa and the first time I cooked. He taught me to season flour, how to make an egg bath, and we cut that zucchini into slices and battered it in egg and flower and fried it in oil and repeated until it was all cooked. Still make it on occasion as it is so tasty.
I really hate commenting with warnings, but if your zucchini are this big, especially with the US heat waves, taste a little bit before you do anything with it. If it the taste is bitter, they are poisonous because of their curcubitacine (?) levels. That poison can be lethal. The poison has been mostly bred out of industrially grown zucchini, but it can sometimes occur in homegrown zucchini, e.g. because of cross-breeding or heatwave growth spurts. The brownies look so amazing and I hugely enjoyed the video! I just want you to take care. ❤❤❤
I don't think people need to worry. The worst that could happen with homegrown zucchini would be a bit of a stomachache. (And the brownies would be very bitter.) The few reported cases of poisoning in the US have been from eating wild gourds, or from hybrids of wild gourds and squash.
@@allisonferry-abee8693 In Germany there was a case of an older couple that received home-grown zucchini from a neighbour that were bitter. The couple was of the post-WWII generation that doesn't waste food. They made a casserole and the wife stopped eating but the husband ate up the entire portion. He died pretty horribly, his wife survived. It had been a hot summer in which zucchini had the exact growth spurts. It is very rare, but it happens, especially with people who hate wasting food and thinking a little unusual taste won't kill them. I am mentioning it because it is very easily avoidable.
Thank you for that little aside about the different types of cocoa powder! I've seen both mentioned in recipes before, and I never had any idea about the difference.
One of my favourite ways to use up excess zucchini (especially ones that have gotten huge like these) is in...pretty much any dessert recipe that calls for chopped apples, I guess? I've made "apple" pie, crisp & cobbler with them! If you want it to REALLY be stealth, peel & seed the squash first! I usually toss the sliced/cubed squash with some cinnamon & sugar & a bit of lemon juice (like, with whatever is called for in the recipe you're using), and sometimes I add a splash of apple juice if I happen to have some, and let it marinate for a bit before assembling the dish. The BEST part though, is making it with kids, who are astonished that it tastes just like apple pie, and THEN helping them 'trick' their parents with some, hahaha. The look on a 5 year old's face when he or she finally can't hold the secret in anymore and blurts out "IT'S ZUCCHINI! THERE ISN'T EVEN ANY APPLES IN AT ALL!" is *priceless*! 😂
I've made something like this but with avocado and it was amazing! Some of the best brownies I've ever made and you can only taste the avocado if you're looking for it.
it has vegetables, it has salt, it has "dressing" on top. this is a salad and and anyone who says the opposite is just jealous that i can eat salad and you not
I love to make zucchini pancakes using a recipe from Ina Garten/Barefoot Contessa. It's basically a savory side dish that's similar to potato pancakes, just using zucchini instead. They're delicious!
If we had overgrown courgettes, we treated them like marrows. Usually, we stuffed them but I remember, years ago, I used one to help my apple go further when making apple sauce. Sshh. The family still don't know.
So searching through YT for even more different zucchini recipes, I see you pop up and it says zero seconds! Fudge Brownies made from Zucchini? I am all in. I have a food processor and will be pulling it out. I have so much zucchini, I am tired of the breads, pancakes, casseroles...but I will never tire of brownies!!! Thanks...
Anne Willian has a French zucchini gratin recipe called Tian de courgettes, I make it in one dish cut out 1 egg and top it with herb garlic breadcrumbs made it for years now favourite summer recipe
@@maven7550 Thanks, do you happen to have a link. I found her "site", but even though I am French, I don't interpret as well. Looking it up, it seems to come back to other than zucchini. I have Ina's and Julia Child's...are they similar?
Emmy, I made carrot cake muffins with shredded zucchini. The shreds disappeared in the baked muffins. I also squeezed the water out of the zucchini before I put it in the batter. They were moist and very good. You could not even tell the zucchini was in there, at all.
You describing the difference in cocoa powder using science reminds me of Alton Brown. He explained the differences as well. You're the female Alton Brown. Or a version of Ms. Frizzle. 😉 Yes, it's healthy now. The zucchini cancels out the calories and fat in the brownies. 😉😄
Was not expecting to wake up and learn the difference between natural and dutch processed cocoa powder and when to use each today...Emmy is a constant delight!
Hello Fresh flat out lies about being less wasteful. Their experiment had dorm students buy full size groceries, make a single meal, and trash the rest.
Subtitles at 6:23 as Emmy pours the mixture into the pan: "[Applause]" Oh my word, literally SAME, haha. My taste buds are absolutely applauding the looks of that batter.
Yeah when we would do a garden those suckers would grow and multiple like crazy! We made lots of zucchini bread,muffins and fried tons too. We'd also shred it and then freeze it so we could make bread with it in the winter. Even still we'd usually have to give a bunch away because there was just so much. But it's always nice to get to share with others. Never heard of using it in brownies though!
My zucchini brownie recipe is very different, and it is a family favorite, so I am sharing. Zucchini Brownies 1/2 cup soft butter 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup sour milk 2 1/2 cups flour 4 Tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups finely chopped zucchini (not blended!) 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (semi sweet is what I use.) 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts Cream together butter and sugar, add eggs, vanilla, and sour milk. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and spices. Stir. Fold in zucchini pieces. Pour into a greased and floured 9x13x2 pan. Sprinkle tops with nuts and chocolate chips. Bake in preheated 325° oven for 45 minutes. These are more cakey, but very moist and almost a spice cake.
If you run out of ways to use zucchini, an old fashioned English recipe (probably 'hard times') is marrow and ginger jam where a marrow was/is a variety of summer squash. I have used overgrown zucchini to make it. The zucchini, which has hardly any taste, is flavoured by the ginger and it's delicious. I also made a small batch using rose scented geranium leaves, beautiful!
Those zucchini are fabulous! When my husband and I started growing our eggplant-sized zucchini we found a recipe for zucchini fritters that we make essentially as a substitute to chicken or eggplant parm and pair it with pasta and garlic bread. It's delicious and uses a ton of shredded zucchini. The juice you squeeze out makes the compost happy too! You should try making zucchini fritters. I think you'd enjoy them.
Zucchini makes a really great parmesian. It's not as tender as eggplant but it's also doesn't require all the prep that eggplant does. It's pretty much just good to go.
My family has a garden and we make zucchini fries, zucchini noodles for pretty much all pasta stuff, and cut them in zucchini disks and fry them, lots of things to do with it and all super yummy!
One of our families favorites is zucchini loaf it's super good. Also chocolate beet cake is awesome and are all great ways to use extra veggies from the garden
My husband planted three zucchini plants so we have been making a ton of zucchini baked goods. I also shred and dry it in my dehydrator to add to soups and sauces later in the winter.
My family has been making my aunt's chocolate zucchini cake recipe for as long as I can remember, over 30 years. It has to happen at least once a year. I plant 4 plants and it's just my daughter and I, I process them and freeze shreds and slices. Will definitely try these!
I have 8 zucchini plants, I have way too much in my house so I'm glad you posted this. I've been making it into zucchini bread but there's only so much of that you can eat lol definetly going to try this recipe!
Google Anne Willian's Tian de Courgette recipe, it's a zucchini Gratin but I cut out 1 egg and top it with herbed breadcrumbs I've made for years now favourite summer recipe. Great as leftovers....
Hi Emmy! When I looked at the printed recipe on your web site, the butter is missing from it - good thing I paid attention to your video! I made a few swaps with mine - didn’ t have espresso power, so I used a T. of Kahlua (yes!), and added a 1/2 c. or so of walnuts, plus another couple T. of flour. The flour made the batter a tiny bit thicker, and the brownies were still very moist. Thanks for sharing your recipe, and as always, I really enjoy your videos!
There's a recipe that calls for natural cocoa and for almond or some other type of nutt flower so that the end result is completely sugar free! I prefer to use monkfruit powder when I make that but you can successfully use splenda. I call them healthy brownies because they have no carbs and no sugars but taste absolutely awesome.
I RAN to your comments as soon as I saw a video on Facebook of something called Ghewar! I thought of you immediately, this is so up your alley! Definitely worth looking into! Again it’s Ghewar! Looks to be an India sweet!
I'm curious,are you guys a frosting or no frosting when it comes to brownies? Growing up we never did frosting and I didn't even know people did til I was probably a teenager. I personally prefer no frosting as the brownie is rich and moist all on it's own I don't think it needs anything added to it. But I know it's an essential for some people.
If the brownie is fudge-like then no, if it's cake-like then yes, I add frosting. Some brownies are more like a rich cake, so I wonder if it's a regional thing to call it a brownie.
@@ellep2290 huh never thought about it! Now I'm kinda curious if you went to different regions and asked people what their definition of a brownie was,what they'd say. Also wondering if depending upon their answer, would there be a direct connection to whether they say frosting or no frosting.
I tried this recipe yesterday. As you mentioned at 9:07 it does taste a bit cake like. I personally would consider this recipe to be more like a cake than a brownie. With that being said it is absolutely delicious! I would definitely make it again and it's a great way to use up extra zucchini. It's definately better tasting than a lot of recipes I've tried and definitely better than chocolate box mix. This will be my go to recipe for the summer when I'm swimming in zucchini. Thanks Emmy!
Zucchini makes an amazing lemon drizzle cake too. My lovely neighbour is always baking for us and she made us one, I think she grates the zucchini, though 🤔. The brownies look delicious 😋. If you want to make it even healthier, store them on a high shelf - it's a well known fact that calories are frightened of heights and will jump out of any food left on a high shelf. 😉 😄
Emmy, I absolutely adore how you always include the chemistry of baking in your videos. 💕 Years ago; before I went to culinary school (I’m a pastry chef), I entered a baking contest at a local fair. There were several categories, but the one I most wanted to enter and win was an original recipe bake off. I (and all the other potential contestants) had to submit an original recipe I’d developed on my own. Then I had to take a sample of the baked good to the 4H committee a week before the contest. (All of the agricultural contests were run by the local 4H). If you were accepted, the committee would decide in which category your baked good belonged and notify the accepted recipients. I won the blue ribbon for my category! Yes this is relevant to your video...😂🤣 I developed a chocolate cake recipe that revolved around using molecular gastronomy, which at the time was a brand new concept, yep I’m that old. 😆 Anyway, while developing my recipe I came to the conclusion that I absolutely could not use Dutch processed cocoa powder. It took me FOUR sunken in the middle and half baked cakes to finally realize my mistake. Trial and error since I wasn’t lucky enough to have an “Emmy” at my fingertips back in the day. ✌🏻😆😊
Costco sells zucchini-based muffins in various flavors: carrot, blueberry, chocolate, etc in their freezer section, which I often eat with my breakfast. All of them Are 'Da Bomb'!
with the massive zucchini my mom grows every year, we get a roll of hot pork sausage, brown it up in a pan, chop up 3 or 4 bell peppers of different colors, throw those in to soften a little, and chop up half a giant zucchini to add to the peppers and sausage. drain the liquid, then add a can of tomato sauce and serve over pasta with mozzarella and parmesean cheese
Honestly, I kinda yawned when you first said "Dutch Processed," but as always, you delivered a lot of info I hadn't heard before. This is a confession of guilt. I'm sorry for doubting you 😂
Never tried Zucchini brownies but I have made Fudgy Beet Brownies and they are actually delightful. The beets have a sweet and earthy flavor that pairs very nicely with dark chocolate.
![[Special Clip] ATEEZ(에이티즈) 홍중 'Why Do You Love'](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I6XYXQKN_pY/mqdefault.jpg)
One of my favorite things about this channel is how accessible it's stayed over the years, I feel like a lot of other popular home cooking youtubers have become unnecessarily chef-y and a bit pretentious but your videos are always so relatable and down to earth.
yeah she still seems like a food youtuber and not a food network show, but doesnt skimp on the camera and editing quality. And her backdrop has definitely gotten more aesthetically pleasing over the years!
Absolutely agree. Everyone tends to “go Hollywood” after a while. Moving to LA, getting fancy studios, etc. Don’t get me wrong, good for them, but as you said, Emmy has just stayed relatable after all these years.
ikr i love it
Sounds like the black bean brownie that I made.
I bet a lot of it has to do with the fact that she is a momma to two young kids. But I also think it’s just her personality. And I know I love that about her.
A good thing to do with a large zucchini is to slice it in half, scoop out the seeds, and stuff it with Italian sausage, bread crumbs, cheese, and some other seasonings, and then bake it at 350° until soft and browned on top. 😋
Yummy.
You're making me hungry. I took a nap and haven't eaten dinner yet.
Thats a traditional italian recipe which i dont remember the name of
@@tentifr yep, I learned it from an Italian friend. I don't remember the name of it either, but I have it written down somewhere in my recipe file. 😂
Cut the zucchini in rounds and use the zucchini in place of pasta and use it to make lasagna.
I recommend Field and Roast sausage
I was a Director of a day care center with 120 kids when I had a huge crop of zucchini from my home garden. Luckily I had a fantastic cook who made tons of zucchini bread with cinnamon spices and a chocolate zucchini cake that the kids loved! She used so much zucchini in them that they actually legally counted as a serving of vegetable! She also made a summer vegetable side, basically using whatever I brought in, with zucchini summer squash tomatoes carrots etc.
I appreciate how emmy puts her sponsors at the beginning or near the beginning of her video because its both follows the FCC guidelines, and also lets you watch the rest of the video uninterrupted
I've heard of using zucchini to replace the shortening in cakes before, especially chocolate cakes. Made a chocolate mint cake that way for my parent's anniversary a few years back. They loved it. No one noticed the zucchini.
I heard of beans and mayonnaise in brownies and mayonnaise in cakes
@@pattymorriello586 Yes, I've heard of mayo in cakes before.
I LOVE zucchini. It's my favorite veggie.
It's mild in flavor and would be delish to use in a cake instead of carrots.
Do you like red velvet cake? I love it.
But, it has a lot of red food coloring though.
I've been wanting to replace it with beet juice. People say you can't taste the beets at all.
Plus, they're good for cleansing our liver.
Since you experiment using veggies in desserts, have you tried using beet juice?
@@pattymorriello586
Mayo cakes are yummy. Especially in chocolate cakes.
I even make mayo muffins or biscuits. Self rising flour, mayo and a little milk or water to thin it out a little. It makes them light, fluffy and tender.
I don't know why some people turn their nose up at the thought of mayo in cakes.
Mayo is mainly eggs and oil, the exact ingredients we put in cakes anyway.
I've heard of using black beans in brownies.
And, if we can't taste them, I think it's a great way to get some nutrition in such a decadent dessert.
So instead of butter in any baked good, you can replace with zucchini purée?
I"ve been freezing zucc for winter, made bread, made cookies, made zucchini lime sherbert, will eat zucchini with salmon in an hour, SO MUCH ZUCCINI
Don’t forget to make zucc chili!!
Zucchini lime sherbert?! That's sounds like something I need to know how to make.
@@1VampieNight me to lol
I've never heard of zucchini/lime sherbet. Sounds refreshing and delicious. Especially in the hot summer months.
It's been close to 100° here sometimes.
@@H.P.Blavatsky
Zucchini chili is so good.
I'm not a vegan but I can make a mean vegan chili.
I like to think the zucchini's are actually normal sized and Emmy is just tiny sized.
Absolutely both!
I grow zucchini there are some monster sized ones
I love watching your side camera come into focus. Every time I think to myself, "Will this be the time it doesn't focus?" but it always does.
Her voice is so calming I love her videos but everytime I watch them at night makes me so sleepy not because she's boring but because her voice is so calming and relaxing it's weird but ill always love her videos super humble 💗
Her voice relaxes me too ..
Same, I rewatch videos I've already seen if I'm having a hard time falling asleep! 😂💖
@@twebster179 good to know that im not the only one 🤣
@@anggela yess I can relate to tht
I agree! Her videos are "comfort videos" they really take your mind off of all the stresses in life. Shes so entertaining
The tip about different kinds of cocoa powder was so interesting! I had no idea that it would affect the leavening 🤯 learn something new every day I guess!
Very true, love ur Wooper pic btw :)
I agree, I absolutely loved learning the varying cocoa powders!
I've heard of making a mock apple pie with zucchini as well. Maybe you could try that next!!!!!!
Great idea!
It's pretty good, but using chayote squash is heaps better. So yummy!
I love mock apple pie!!
Choko is a perfect vegetable for mock apple, the texture holds up a lot better than zucchini. Choko vines are incredibly prolific too.
@@annedymock2850 I didn't know chayote is also called choko!
I’ve been making zucchini brownies for years. You can also make them into cupcakes. Zucchini bread is also yummy. I freeze the grated zucchini in two cup pouches.
What I love about zucchini is that it grows so quickly and become so big! One day of rain and you get GIANT zucchini, great for zucchini bread. Excited to try this brownie recipe!
‘You can make brownies!’ - she says while holding up enough zucchini to make 10 batches of brownies 🤣
I mean, I may actually do that though
When you grown zucchini, you always get some big ones.
We made zucchini bread and muffins last weekend. Delicious
My Mom always made a chocolate zucchini cake/loaf. Back in the 80’s. So moist.
With the brownies, you get 2 servings of vegetables. Zucchini, and cocoa powder is from the cocoa bean, and beans are a vegetable, so... 😁 And grain from the flour for carbs, and egg is the protein, so IMO, each serving (maybe a quarter of the pan? 😁) would be a balanced meal, wouldn't it? 😆
Too much sugar tho!
I agree! Brownies for breakfast!
@@H.P.Blavatsky So maybe make it with a sugar free sweetner? Not like you need carmelisation for brownies. 😁
I like your thinking 😂
Yes.
I make this all the time, the zucc is actually friggin undetectable n makes everyone wonder how moist & decadent it so please try it guys :)
*yellow squash is a perfect sub n it will yield identical results!
Ohhh. I would imagine it would be even more so
Does it taste exactly like brownies or different?
@@youwerediagnosedwithcorona4430 you cant taste it. The brownie just tastes like a brownie.
@@youwerediagnosedwithcorona4430 Yes it’s like a classic homemade brownie, but whats great is it’s not like super dense & candy bar-like the store bought types. I find most too sickly sweet. I’ve gifted these to alot of ppl n they all beg for more! No one detects or sees the zucc.
Is it somehow healthier???
And now that my kids have moved out my husband and I can make brownies with nuts in it again LOL in my opinion it is so much better with a walnut let’s say or a Pecan if you’re going to add a caramel drizzle, oh my I want them now.
Absolutely, brownies need a nut!
*that burp* 😆 These brownies look delish! I love zucchini, so versatile. My grandmother used to make the best zucchini bread. Thanks for sharing Emmy 🌸🍃
Yeees I make this and my fussy kid loves it!
I was literally thinking of making zuchini brownies all week and i see emmy posted this? Its a sign. Time for me to get baking
It’s funny how you made this channel 6 days before I was born and I have watched all your videos since! ❤️❤️
Hello, young'un! May you have many more happy years ahead ❤
They do go quickly in hindsight
me and my grandma always make chocolate zucchini cake with zucchini’s from her garden in the summer.
That zucchini brings back fond memories of my grandpa and the first time I cooked. He taught me to season flour, how to make an egg bath, and we cut that zucchini into slices and battered it in egg and flower and fried it in oil and repeated until it was all cooked. Still make it on occasion as it is so tasty.
It's delicious.
I make them into zucchini fries, sometimes using Panko bread crumbs then baking them crispy.
Have you tried zucchini pickles?
My dad did this with yellow squash. Absolutely DELICIOUS!
My dog passed away last night, I really needed this right now
I hope you're doing okay 🐾💔
I really hate commenting with warnings, but if your zucchini are this big, especially with the US heat waves, taste a little bit before you do anything with it. If it the taste is bitter, they are poisonous because of their curcubitacine (?) levels. That poison can be lethal.
The poison has been mostly bred out of industrially grown zucchini, but it can sometimes occur in homegrown zucchini, e.g. because of cross-breeding or heatwave growth spurts.
The brownies look so amazing and I hugely enjoyed the video! I just want you to take care. ❤❤❤
I don't think people need to worry. The worst that could happen with homegrown zucchini would be a bit of a stomachache. (And the brownies would be very bitter.) The few reported cases of poisoning in the US have been from eating wild gourds, or from hybrids of wild gourds and squash.
@@allisonferry-abee8693 In Germany there was a case of an older couple that received home-grown zucchini from a neighbour that were bitter. The couple was of the post-WWII generation that doesn't waste food. They made a casserole and the wife stopped eating but the husband ate up the entire portion. He died pretty horribly, his wife survived. It had been a hot summer in which zucchini had the exact growth spurts.
It is very rare, but it happens, especially with people who hate wasting food and thinking a little unusual taste won't kill them.
I am mentioning it because it is very easily avoidable.
I use CC when I watch YT. Tonight's video was sponsored by:
"HELLA FRESH!"😲
She has such a pleasant voice...it's like a lullaby for me
*Go to sleep*
*or else*
I was just thinking this vid was giving me as reason vibes
Thank you for that little aside about the different types of cocoa powder! I've seen both mentioned in recipes before, and I never had any idea about the difference.
One of my favourite ways to use up excess zucchini (especially ones that have gotten huge like these) is in...pretty much any dessert recipe that calls for chopped apples, I guess? I've made "apple" pie, crisp & cobbler with them! If you want it to REALLY be stealth, peel & seed the squash first! I usually toss the sliced/cubed squash with some cinnamon & sugar & a bit of lemon juice (like, with whatever is called for in the recipe you're using), and sometimes I add a splash of apple juice if I happen to have some, and let it marinate for a bit before assembling the dish. The BEST part though, is making it with kids, who are astonished that it tastes just like apple pie, and THEN helping them 'trick' their parents with some, hahaha. The look on a 5 year old's face when he or she finally can't hold the secret in anymore and blurts out "IT'S ZUCCHINI! THERE ISN'T EVEN ANY APPLES IN AT ALL!" is *priceless*! 😂
You gotta try the fake apple pie that's actually made with zucchini!!
YES!! My neighbor made us one and it was amazing I couldn’t believe it!! 👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽
Caramel Cube, what's the recipe? I'd love to try it!
I've made something like this but with avocado and it was amazing! Some of the best brownies I've ever made and you can only taste the avocado if you're looking for it.
Have you ever heard of or tried homemade avocado ice cream?
The avocados take the place of the eggs if the ice cream isn't Philadelphia style.
@@anakelly76512 I've never heard of that but it sounds awesome!!!
zucchinis are the queen of versatility
I was just looking up recipes to use up my zucchini/yellow squash and then here comes Emmy. Funny, helpful, adorable AND psychic?
It's zucchini season!
@@emmymade Yeah, but zero seconds? I call that psychic. LOL
it has vegetables, it has salt, it has "dressing" on top.
this is a salad and and anyone who says the opposite is just jealous that i can eat salad and you not
LOL, it's all about the technicalities
Love it.
😂🤣 yes!
Its crazy how she turns the most random things into desserts!! I love her😂❤
I love how I feel like I'm always learning something new here. I find myself saying, "huh", quite often when I watch this channel. ☺️
I love to make zucchini pancakes using a recipe from Ina Garten/Barefoot Contessa. It's basically a savory side dish that's similar to potato pancakes, just using zucchini instead. They're delicious!
If we had overgrown courgettes, we treated them like marrows. Usually, we stuffed them but I remember, years ago, I used one to help my apple go further when making apple sauce. Sshh. The family still don't know.
So searching through YT for even more different zucchini recipes, I see you pop up and it says zero seconds! Fudge Brownies made from Zucchini? I am all in. I have a food processor and will be pulling it out. I have so much zucchini, I am tired of the breads, pancakes, casseroles...but I will never tire of brownies!!! Thanks...
Anne Willian has a French zucchini gratin recipe called Tian de courgettes, I make it in one dish cut out 1 egg and top it with herb garlic breadcrumbs made it for years now favourite summer recipe
@@maven7550 Thanks, do you happen to have a link. I found her "site", but even though I am French, I don't interpret as well. Looking it up, it seems to come back to other than zucchini. I have Ina's and Julia Child's...are they similar?
Yikes, you could fend off a mugger with those zukes! Good harvest!
Emmy, I made carrot cake muffins with shredded zucchini. The shreds disappeared in the baked muffins. I also squeezed the water out of the zucchini before I put it in the batter. They were moist and very good. You could not even tell the zucchini was in there, at all.
You describing the difference in cocoa powder using science reminds me of Alton Brown. He explained the differences as well.
You're the female Alton Brown.
Or a version of Ms. Frizzle. 😉
Yes, it's healthy now. The zucchini cancels out the calories and fat in the brownies. 😉😄
She def gives Ms. Frizzle vibes
@@nononodontphunkwithmyheart
Yep.
Emmy "takes chances, makes mistakes and gets messy". 😄
Was not expecting to wake up and learn the difference between natural and dutch processed cocoa powder and when to use each today...Emmy is a constant delight!
Hello Fresh flat out lies about being less wasteful. Their experiment had dorm students buy full size groceries, make a single meal, and trash the rest.
I’ve often wondered about how they figured it was less wasteful. How do you know this is what they did? I’d love to learn the details.
Lol fine Emmy I’ll eat my vegetables! Jeez!!!
I have a zucchini in my fridge… I hope that my brownies will turn out delicious 👩🏻🍳
Subtitles at 6:23 as Emmy pours the mixture into the pan: "[Applause]"
Oh my word, literally SAME, haha. My taste buds are absolutely applauding the looks of that batter.
Definitely have done this and loved it- I made zucchini pineapple before- that was pretty fun!!!!
I just have to ask - what in the world is zucchini pineapple, is it like you're making zucchini taste like a pineapple?? :O
@@michanforever yes that is it- you chop it up and can it with pineapple juice- it is quite fun and great on ice cream!!!!!
One of my summer favorites is chocolate chip zucchini bread!
Not having the best day, but here comes Emmy to brighten me up right on cue ☺️
Yeah when we would do a garden those suckers would grow and multiple like crazy! We made lots of zucchini bread,muffins and fried tons too. We'd also shred it and then freeze it so we could make bread with it in the winter. Even still we'd usually have to give a bunch away because there was just so much. But it's always nice to get to share with others. Never heard of using it in brownies though!
Is that a zucchini or are you happy to see me? 🤣
My zucchini brownie recipe is very different, and it is a family favorite, so I am sharing.
Zucchini Brownies
1/2 cup soft butter
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sour milk
2 1/2 cups flour
4 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups finely chopped zucchini (not blended!)
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (semi sweet is what I use.)
1/4 cup finely chopped nuts
Cream together butter and sugar, add eggs, vanilla, and sour milk.
Sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and spices. Stir. Fold in zucchini pieces. Pour into a greased and floured 9x13x2 pan. Sprinkle tops with nuts and chocolate chips. Bake in preheated 325° oven for 45 minutes.
These are more cakey, but very moist and almost a spice cake.
Watching Emmy brings me comfort always.
"Because it makes it more delicious" is such a good thing to say about an ingredient.
If you run out of ways to use zucchini, an old fashioned English recipe (probably 'hard times') is marrow and ginger jam where a marrow was/is a variety of summer squash. I have used overgrown zucchini to make it. The zucchini, which has hardly any taste, is flavoured by the ginger and it's delicious. I also made a small batch using rose scented geranium leaves, beautiful!
I’ve seen this thumbnail before, but in person and the woman was holding a mini zucchini. It didn’t break my heart. She still had a smile.
Those zucchini are fabulous! When my husband and I started growing our eggplant-sized zucchini we found a recipe for zucchini fritters that we make essentially as a substitute to chicken or eggplant parm and pair it with pasta and garlic bread. It's delicious and uses a ton of shredded zucchini. The juice you squeeze out makes the compost happy too! You should try making zucchini fritters. I think you'd enjoy them.
Zucchini makes a really great parmesian. It's not as tender as eggplant but it's also doesn't require all the prep that eggplant does. It's pretty much just good to go.
My family has a garden and we make zucchini fries, zucchini noodles for pretty much all pasta stuff, and cut them in zucchini disks and fry them, lots of things to do with it and all super yummy!
One of our families favorites is zucchini loaf it's super good. Also chocolate beet cake is awesome and are all great ways to use extra veggies from the garden
My husband planted three zucchini plants so we have been making a ton of zucchini baked goods. I also shred and dry it in my dehydrator to add to soups and sauces later in the winter.
My family has been making my aunt's chocolate zucchini cake recipe for as long as I can remember, over 30 years. It has to happen at least once a year. I plant 4 plants and it's just my daughter and I, I process them and freeze shreds and slices. Will definitely try these!
I love fried squash and zucchini. Flour, egg, breadcrumb, fry, eat. Such yum!
You're just Great, and I love the Little Emmy Illustration, so Cute!
I have 8 zucchini plants, I have way too much in my house so I'm glad you posted this. I've been making it into zucchini bread but there's only so much of that you can eat lol definetly going to try this recipe!
Google Anne Willian's Tian de Courgette recipe, it's a zucchini Gratin but I cut out 1 egg and top it with herbed breadcrumbs I've made for years now favourite summer recipe. Great as leftovers....
@@maven7550 ohhhhh thank you!!! I'll check that out :)
That fun fact about type of cocoa powder was very interesting! I feel like I should remember it for future use
Hi Emmy! When I looked at the printed recipe on your web site, the butter is missing from it - good thing I paid attention to your video! I made a few swaps with mine - didn’ t have espresso power, so I used a T. of Kahlua (yes!), and added a 1/2 c. or so of walnuts, plus another couple T. of flour. The flour made the batter a tiny bit thicker, and the brownies were still very moist. Thanks for sharing your recipe, and as always, I really enjoy your videos!
Ive always loved zucchini bread but now I have got to try this zucchini brownie recipe
I can NOT wait to try this recipe! So cool Emmy.
Yes! One of my favoutires "cheating" recepies!😋😈 The faces of my friends when I tell them what's inside those chocolate gooey goodness!😂
You dont know how much I've been hoping for this recipe!!
There's a recipe that calls for natural cocoa and for almond or some other type of nutt flower so that the end result is completely sugar free! I prefer to use monkfruit powder when I make that but you can successfully use splenda. I call them healthy brownies because they have no carbs and no sugars but taste absolutely awesome.
I RAN to your comments as soon as I saw a video on Facebook of something called Ghewar! I thought of you immediately, this is so up your alley! Definitely worth looking into! Again it’s Ghewar! Looks to be an India sweet!
I just made these! I doubled it with no issues. The texture is interesting but it’s still really good. 😄
These look super yummy!
I'm curious,are you guys a frosting or no frosting when it comes to brownies? Growing up we never did frosting and I didn't even know people did til I was probably a teenager. I personally prefer no frosting as the brownie is rich and moist all on it's own I don't think it needs anything added to it. But I know it's an essential for some people.
No frosting! I agree, they are rich enough
If the brownie is fudge-like then no, if it's cake-like then yes, I add frosting. Some brownies are more like a rich cake, so I wonder if it's a regional thing to call it a brownie.
@@ellep2290 huh never thought about it! Now I'm kinda curious if you went to different regions and asked people what their definition of a brownie was,what they'd say. Also wondering if depending upon their answer, would there be a direct connection to whether they say frosting or no frosting.
Yummy! I love zucchini relish/chow chow. The joke is, don't answer the door because it's zucchini season! All it takes is one good plant.
I tried this recipe yesterday.
As you mentioned at 9:07 it does taste a bit cake like. I personally would consider this recipe to be more like a cake than a brownie. With that being said it is absolutely delicious! I would definitely make it again and it's a great way to use up extra zucchini. It's definately better tasting than a lot of recipes I've tried and definitely better than chocolate box mix.
This will be my go to recipe for the summer when I'm swimming in zucchini. Thanks Emmy!
Zucchini makes an amazing lemon drizzle cake too. My lovely neighbour is always baking for us and she made us one, I think she grates the zucchini, though 🤔.
The brownies look delicious 😋. If you want to make it even healthier, store them on a high shelf - it's a well known fact that calories are frightened of heights and will jump out of any food left on a high shelf. 😉 😄
I LOVE zucchini brownies! I hope you had some left over to try the next day as they're always so much nicer the day after you baked them
When she cuts the huge zucchini and make the "haa" sound at 2:58. LOL This is awesome! I can make turn this receipe into a keto version brownie.
Emmy, I absolutely adore how you always include the chemistry of baking in your videos. 💕
Years ago; before I went to culinary school (I’m a pastry chef), I entered a baking contest at a local fair. There were several categories, but the one I most wanted to enter and win was an original recipe bake off. I (and all the other potential contestants) had to submit an original recipe I’d developed on my own. Then I had to take a sample of the baked good to the 4H committee a week before the contest. (All of the agricultural contests were run by the local 4H). If you were accepted, the committee would decide in which category your baked good belonged and notify the accepted recipients.
I won the blue ribbon for my category! Yes this is relevant to your video...😂🤣
I developed a chocolate cake recipe that revolved around using molecular gastronomy, which at the time was a brand new concept, yep I’m that old. 😆 Anyway, while developing my recipe I came to the conclusion that I absolutely could not use Dutch processed cocoa powder. It took me FOUR sunken in the middle and half baked cakes to finally realize my mistake. Trial and error since I wasn’t lucky enough to have an “Emmy” at my fingertips back in the day. ✌🏻😆😊
I made this tonight and it is PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU EMMY. Made a great “guessing game” too 😂 my family had no idea zucchini’s could taste so good
I reached out suggesting this but in cake form! Great to see it ! : D
Emmy, you make me feel like everything is okay.
Emmy’s videos always make me happy
I love zucchini brownies! The best ones I've done had a frosting made by adding melted chocolate to whipped yam & it was sooooo good!
Costco sells zucchini-based muffins in various flavors: carrot, blueberry, chocolate, etc in their freezer section, which I often eat with my breakfast.
All of them Are 'Da Bomb'!
Thanks for sharing... surprised at the texture. I'll have to try these.
Have a blessed weekend.
with the massive zucchini my mom grows every year, we get a roll of hot pork sausage, brown it up in a pan, chop up 3 or 4 bell peppers of different colors, throw those in to soften a little, and chop up half a giant zucchini to add to the peppers and sausage. drain the liquid, then add a can of tomato sauce and serve over pasta with mozzarella and parmesean cheese
Nice one as always. I always enjoy watching you.
Every time Emmy say itadakimasu I ALWAYS remember this girl asking in the comments "what etaraky ball mean??" LOL
Honestly, I kinda yawned when you first said "Dutch Processed," but as always, you delivered a lot of info I hadn't heard before. This is a confession of guilt. I'm sorry for doubting you 😂
thorughly enjoyed the mini food science lesson on dutch vs. natural cocoa powder❤️
This is so cool! My grandma always makes an apple pie.. but no apples just zucchini and it’s fantastic!
Never tried Zucchini brownies but I have made Fudgy Beet Brownies and they are actually delightful. The beets have a sweet and earthy flavor that pairs very nicely with dark chocolate.
Fried zucchini sticks are so good at the local Greek restaurant. The batter is light yet crispy and with tzatziki sauce a perfect snack.
I tried it today and i highly recommend it,its soooo fudgy and moist,thank you so much