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As American's, we've often been raised on a diet centering around meat and other animal products.
Human beings being omnivores (sustaining our bodies on both other animals and vegetables/fruits) have great flexibility with respect to diet. I believe we need meat in our diet to be healthy. However, there are so many health and humanity issues
surrounding animal products now that most of us realize we don't need as much meat as we're accustomed to consume. There are some genuine
benefits to reducing the amount of meat we consume; cost and saturated fat consumption among them.
One of my favorite vegetarian meals is built around summer squash. Any recipe calling for zucchini can in fact use any variety of summer squash. These days, I grow rampicante which is an italian heirloom variety. I prefer the flavor to standard zucchini. If I purchase summer squash, it's typically yellow with curved neck or lumps and alternatively romanesco, which is a zucchini with pale ridges running lengthwise from blossom to stem. If you base a meal on summer squash, you should use the ones that have the best flavor. Flavor is in the taste buds of the diner. Pick what you like best. Any of these recipes can use any type of summer squash interchangeably.