Fresh ideas for fresh vegetables from hors d'oeuvre to main dish. Zucchini is a vegetable that's always with us. Here's how to turn it into several delectable and original dishes, and how to make a handsome vegetable boat out of the giant zucchini that grew in your garden. Zucchini takes well to being sauteed with onions, baked with a zesty cheese sauce, blended in a green vegetable soup or used as containers for salads or vegetable dishes.