Thread: ABC Picnic--letter "Z" ideas! ?

My son is having an ABC picnic next week at school.
The students have to bring in a food that begins w/ the first letter of their first name. His name is Zach and all we can come up with is zucchinni.

It has to be cut and ready in 24 servings. I would like to come up with something that is a little more different than zucchinni. Also, it cannot contain nuts because of risk of allergies.

Put your thinking caps on and give me some ideas! Please? TIA

Zabaglione? It's made with wine but you might be able to substitute that with something else? http://www.elise.com/recipes/archive...zabaglione.php It's a dessert type of custard...so if you substitute something for the wine, I doubt the kids would know that it wasn't "authentic" zabaglione...or there's a zabaglione gelato - ice cream type of thing http://www.italianchef.com/zabaglionegelato.html

Or something with maize? Maize has zein in it...so you could make a zein dish?....gosh Z is hard!

BTW, I'm not saying you should use the wine...it's just a Z word...you'd have to tweak it so it's not illegal and you don't get arrested

Ziti? http://www.italianchef.com/baked-ziti.html

Zeppole? http://family.go.com/food/recipe-ar-16201-zeppole-t/ this recipe makes 35..they're a kind of doughnut-cookie cross

How about a ziti casserole? You can make it with ground beef, cheese and sauce and if you bake it in a 13x9 pan, you can easily cut it into 24 servings!!

Originally Posted by tnfuhs

: im lets eat

You'd love it....I use at least 3 cheeses and sometimes I use ground sausage in place of the beef!!!

Zinfandel Blueberry Sorbet

8 ounces fresh, cleaned blueberries or 8 ounce bag
frozen blueberries, unsweetened
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup your favorite zinfandel

Put blueberries into a food processor and puree for 2 to 3 minutes. (If you're using fresh blueberries, wash and de-stem them first.)

Mix sugar and hot water in small bowl until sugar is dissolved.

Add lemon juice and salt to pur�ed blueberries, whisk together, then add half the sugar and the zinfandel. Whisk again and taste. (You might need to add more sugar depending on the dryness of the wine.)

Strain to keep out berry skin and seeds.

Put mixture into a 9 x 13-inch Pyrex dish and cover with plastic wrap; freeze for 12 to 24 hours.

Take out of freezer and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes, cut up into cubes and put into food processor. Puree until all frozen pieces are gone, put into container and freeze again for 12 to 24 hours. Serve.

Servings: 4

Found these ... no bake Zebra stripes

Zippy Zebra Ziti

You could make stuff with black and white and CALL it Zebra...

Zebra Cookies
Ingredients



Recipe Info
Category : Baked Food

Directions

4 oz Unsweetened chocolate; cut

-up 3 Eggs; beaten

1 1/2 c Granulated sugar

1/2 c Cooking oil

2 ts Baking powder

2 ts Vanilla extract

2 c All-purpose flour

Powdered sugar; sifted 48 Milk chocolate kisses

Stir the chocolate in a small heavy saucepan over low heat until melted. Cool. Combine the eggs, sugar, melted chocolate, oil, baking powder and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Gradually add the flour, stirring until combined. Cover; chill for 2 hours, or until easy to handle. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Shape the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls; roll in powdered sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are set and the tops cracked. While still hot, press a kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool on a wire rack.

Zucchini fritters, or zucchini patties. They are both awesome and easy. I have a recipe for both and they are both good cold, so he can easily take them on a picnic.

Zwieback Bread



2 c. milk
1/2 c. lukewarm water
1/2 c. butter
2 egg yolk, beaten
1 Tbsp. salt
8 c. (approx) unbleached flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. active dry yeast
Melt butter in warm milk over medium heat. Add salt and 2 Tbsp. of the sugar. Cool to lukewarm. Meanwhile sprinkle yeast over lukewarm water and 2 Tbsp. sugar.

Cover with plasic wrap and set aside until bubbly. Combine cooled milk mixture and yeast mixtures. Mix well. Add beaten egg yolks.

Slowly add 3 c.flour, beating on low with electric mixture. Add 1 c. at a time to make a soft dough.

Knead on floured board until dough is velvety and elastic.

Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top of dough.

Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place until double in size. Form dough into small balls, one slightly smaller on top of the other.

Place on greased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

Let rise until almost double and bake at 375 degrees F. about 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Makes about 2 dozen Zwieback.

Old German Breadmaking Blessing


Der Herr hat es uns gegeben,
Ohne Brot ist kein Leben.
Solang ein Brot im Kasten
Brauchen wir nicht zu fasten.
Herr segne unser Brot,
Dann haben wir keine Not.
Der Vater, der Sohn, und der Heilige Geist.

The Lord has given us bread.
Without it there is no life,
As long as bread is in the cupboard,
We need not fast.
Lord, bless our bread,
For then we have no need.
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.