💛🥒 Fresh Yellow Courgettes – Sweet, Tender & Colourful

💛 Fresh Yellow Courgettes

Our Fresh Yellow Courgettes are bright, colourful and wonderfully versatile. With their vibrant golden-yellow skin, tender flesh and delicate flavour, they bring something a little different to everyday cooking.

Yellow courgettes have a mild, slightly sweet flavour and soft texture when cooked. They can also be enjoyed raw when young and tender.

Slice them into salads, grill them on the barbecue or roast them with Mediterranean vegetables. They’re also fantastic in pasta, stir-fries, traybakes and curries.

Best of all, their beautiful yellow colour adds instant sunshine to the plate. ☀️

Bright. Tender. Naturally delicious. A colourful twist on the classic courgette. 💛🌿

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💫 Yellow Courgette Flavour Profile

🍯 Mildly sweet

🌿 Fresh & delicate

🥒 Tender & juicy

🔥 Richer when roasted

✨ Light & refreshing

Yellow courgettes have a similar flavour to traditional green courgettes. However, their mild taste makes them particularly good at taking on garlic, herbs, spices and marinades.

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🌟 Why You’ll Love Fresh Yellow Courgettes

• 💛 Beautiful golden-yellow skin
• 🥒 Tender, juicy flesh
• 🌿 Mild and delicate flavour
• 🔥 Fantastic roasted or grilled
• 🥗 Can be enjoyed raw when tender
• 🍝 Brilliant in pasta dishes
• 🥘 Perfect for Mediterranean traybakes
• 🍛 Great in curries and stir-fries
• 🌱 Naturally low in fat
• 💧 Naturally high in water
• 🍽️ Quick and easy to prepare

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💚 Health & Nutrition Benefits

Fresh Yellow Courgettes are a light and versatile vegetable that can easily be added to everyday meals.

🍊 Vitamin C

Courgettes provide vitamin C, which contributes to the normal function of the immune system and helps protect cells from oxidative stress.

🌾 Provides Fibre

Yellow courgettes provide dietary fibre as part of a varied and balanced diet.

Keeping the skin on is an easy way to enjoy the whole vegetable.

💧 Naturally Hydrating

Courgettes have a naturally high water content, giving them their fresh and juicy texture.

🌱 Naturally Low in Fat

Fresh courgettes are naturally very low in fat.

Of course, the nutritional content of the finished dish will depend on how they’re prepared and what other ingredients are added.

🌈 Eat More Colour

Their vibrant yellow skin is a brilliant way to bring more colour and variety to the plate.

Try mixing yellow and green courgettes together for an especially colourful vegetable dish. 💛💚

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📊 Typical Nutritional Information – Per 100g

Approximate values for raw courgette:

🔥 Calories: 17 kcal
🌾 Carbohydrates: 3.1g
🌱 Fibre: 1g
💪 Protein: 1.2g
🥑 Fat: 0.3g

Values are approximate and can vary naturally with fresh produce.

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🔪 How to Prepare Fresh Yellow Courgettes

There’s very little preparation required.

1️⃣ Wash

Rinse thoroughly under cold running water.

2️⃣ Trim

Remove the top and bottom ends.

3️⃣ Keep the Skin

There’s no need to peel yellow courgettes.

The colourful skin is completely edible.

4️⃣ Cut

Depending on your recipe, try:

⭕ Slicing into rounds
🌙 Cutting into half-moons
🔪 Dicing into cubes
🔥 Cutting lengthways for grilling
🥗 Shaving into ribbons
🍝 Spiralising into courgetti

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🍽️ How to Enjoy Yellow Courgettes

🔥 Grill with olive oil and herbs

🧄 Sauté with garlic

🥗 Shave into fresh salads

🍝 Toss through pasta

🥘 Add to vegetable traybakes

🍛 Stir into curries

🍕 Add to homemade pizza

🥚 Mix into frittatas

🧀 Bake with Parmesan

🍅 Pair with fresh tomatoes

🌿 Add to ratatouille

🔥 Cook on the barbecue

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🔥💛 Garlic & Parmesan Roasted Yellow Courgettes

Golden, tender and ready in around 20 minutes.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2–3

• 2 Fresh Yellow Courgettes
• 1½ tbsp olive oil 🫒
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 🧄
• 30g grated Parmesan 🧀
• Salt & black pepper
• Fresh thyme or parsley 🌿
• Squeeze of lemon – optional 🍋

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.
2. Wash and trim the yellow courgettes.
3. Cut into thick rounds or half-moons.
4. Place them in a large bowl.
5. Add olive oil, garlic, salt and black pepper.
6. Toss gently until coated.
7. Spread across a baking tray.
8. Roast for around 15 minutes.
9. Sprinkle over the Parmesan.
10. Return to the oven for another 5 minutes.
11. Finish with fresh herbs and a squeeze of lemon.

✨ Simple, colourful and packed with flavour.

👨‍🌾 Greengrocer Tip

Courgettes contain plenty of water.

For better roasting, don’t overcrowd the baking tray. Give the pieces some space so they roast rather than steam. 🔥

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🍝💛 Yellow Courgette, Tomato & Garlic Pasta

A fresh and colourful midweek dinner.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2

• 2 Fresh Yellow Courgettes
• 200g pasta 🍝
• 200g cherry tomatoes 🍅
• 2 garlic cloves 🧄
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 30g Parmesan
• Fresh basil 🌿
• Salt & black pepper
• Chilli flakes – optional 🌶️

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
2. Slice the yellow courgettes into half-moons.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan.
4. Add the courgettes and cook for around 4–5 minutes.
5. Add the garlic and cherry tomatoes.
6. Cook until the tomatoes begin to soften.
7. Drain the pasta, keeping a little cooking water.
8. Add the pasta to the vegetables.
9. Toss everything together.
10. Add a splash of pasta water if needed.
11. Finish with Parmesan, basil and black pepper.
12. Add chilli flakes if desired.

✨ Fresh courgette, juicy tomatoes and basil – proper Mediterranean-style simplicity.

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🥗💛 Yellow Courgette Ribbon Salad

Fresh, crisp and no cooking required.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2

• 1 young Fresh Yellow Courgette
• Handful of rocket 🌿
• 30g Parmesan
• Small handful toasted pine nuts 🌰
• Juice of ½ lemon 🍋
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Black pepper

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Wash and trim the courgette.
2. Use a vegetable peeler to create long, thin ribbons.
3. Place them in a bowl with the rocket.
4. Add the olive oil and lemon juice.
5. Toss gently.
6. Add the toasted pine nuts.
7. Shave Parmesan over the top.
8. Finish with freshly ground black pepper.

✨ Light, colourful and brilliant alongside grilled food.

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🥘🌈 Mediterranean Yellow Courgette Traybake

Loads of colour with hardly any washing up.

🛒 Ingredients

• 2 Yellow Courgettes 💛
• 1 Red Pepper 🫑
• 1 Red Onion 🧅
• 250g Cherry Tomatoes 🍅
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Dried oregano
• Salt & black pepper
• Feta – optional 🧀

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.
2. Chop the courgettes, pepper and onion into generous pieces.
3. Add everything to a large roasting tray.
4. Add the cherry tomatoes and garlic.
5. Drizzle with olive oil.
6. Sprinkle with oregano, salt and pepper.
7. Toss together.
8. Roast for 25–30 minutes, turning once.
9. Crumble over feta before serving if desired.

Serve with crusty bread, couscous, chicken or fish. 🍽️

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🌱 Why Choose Our Fresh Yellow Courgettes?

✔ Beautiful golden-yellow colour

✔ Mild, slightly sweet flavour

✔ Tender & juicy

✔ Quick to cook

✔ Fantastic roasted or grilled

✔ Delicious raw when young

✔ Great in pasta & salads

✔ Naturally low in fat

✔ Provides vitamin C

✔ No peeling required

✔ Carefully selected for freshness

Fresh Yellow Courgettes bring colour, freshness and versatility to everyday meals. 💛🥒

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❓ Fresh Yellow Courgette FAQs

What is a yellow courgette?

A yellow courgette is a variety of summer squash with bright yellow skin and tender flesh. It is closely related to the familiar green courgette.

What do yellow courgettes taste like?

They have a mild, fresh and slightly sweet flavour, similar to green courgettes.

Do you need to peel yellow courgettes?

No. The skin is edible and there’s normally no reason to remove it.

Can you eat yellow courgettes raw?

Yes. Young, fresh yellow courgettes are delicious raw, especially when thinly sliced or shaved into ribbons.

Can yellow courgettes be roasted?

Absolutely. Roasting softens the flesh and develops a richer, slightly sweeter flavour.

Are yellow and green courgettes the same?

They’re closely related and can generally be used interchangeably in recipes. The biggest obvious difference is their colour, although flavour and texture can vary slightly between varieties.

What goes well with yellow courgettes?

They pair particularly well with garlic, tomato, basil, lemon, Parmesan, feta, chilli, thyme and olive oil.

How should I store fresh yellow courgettes?

Keep them refrigerated and use while the skin remains firm and fresh.