Amazing Zucchini Noodle Recipes
Here are Amazing Zucchini Noodle Recipes, with some delicious ways to expand your options for cooking zoodles! This round-up has my favorite recipes from Kalyn’s Kitchen for using noodles made from zucchini.
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These Amazing Zucchini Noodle Recipes are a perfect way to use up some zucchini when it becomes a little too abundant! And if you’re not that familiar with zucchini noodles, I hope some of these recipes will inspire you to give them a try! And for my readers in the Southern Hemisphere where winter is approaching, so I’ve also included some ideas for using zucchini noodles in low-carb soups, which is one of my favorite ways to use them!
Zucchini noodles have been around for quite a few years now, and they’re pretty mainstream as a low-carb substitute for pasta or as the base of a low-carb bowl meal. In fact, you probably can find pre-cut zucchini noodles in the produce department of your favorite supermarket.
I like zucchini pasta for the low-carb benefits, but I do think it takes some attention to detail to turn zucchini noodles into a dish that’s really tasty. And my favorite recipes for zucchini noodles all have some great techniques to add flavor!I hope you enjoy trying some of these tasty recipes!
What are Zucchini Noodles?
Zucchini noodles are simply thin strips of raw zucchini that are used in a recipe in the same way as you might use wheat-based noodles. You can make zucchini noodles yourself (see below) or they are widely available to purchase in most supermarkets. And did you know that these noodles made with strips of zucchini are also called Zoodles or Zucchini Pasta by some people?
How Do You Make Zucchini Noodles?
If you’re a zucchini noodle newbie, you might want to read my post about How to Make Zucchini Noodles. Then get yourself one of the three inexpensive gadgets (affiliate links) shown in that post to turn zucchini into noodles, and get cooking! You can also make noodles from other vegetables if you have a Spiralizer (affiliate link) or one of the other sturdier gadgets. Use Spiralizer Recipes for all the zucchini noodle recipes or other recipes that could be made with a Spiralizer.
How do you Cook Zucchini Noodles?
Zucchini noodles can be eaten raw, but when I’m serving them with a heated sauce I like to heat some olive oil, season the oil with sliced garlic (which is then removed) and then cook the zucchini quickly over high heat for just a few minutes. I think that method perfectly softens and seasons the zucchini.
Favorite Zucchini Noodles Recipes:
Zucchini Noodles with Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce might my all-time favorite zucchini noodle dish!.You have to check out this unique sauce that’s made with olive oil, garlic, cherry tomatoes, herbs, and hot pepper flakes! I make this every summer as soon as I get fresh herbs.
Zucchini Pasta Salad uses zucchini noodles to replace pasta, and this has Italian Sausage, roasted red peppers, olives, and green onions, plus a delicious basil pesto vinaigrette that bumps up the flavor.
Tuna Zucchini Noodles with Green Olives are an amazing dinner made mostly with pantry ingredients; if you like the tuna packed in olive oil that I’m such a fan of, you have to give this a try!
Mediterranean Zucchini Noodles are not only low-carb and Keto, they’re also vegan for anyone who cares about such things! And there’s loads of flavor from onions, garlic, herbs, olives, and capers.
Kara and I swooned over these Greek-Style Zucchini Noodles. They have all the flavors that make Greek Salad such a favorite, with zucchini noodles replacing the lettuce!
You’ll love the amazing peanut sauce for this Zucchini Noodle Bowl with Peanut Sauce and this is a perfect meatless dinner for summer!
More Zucchini Noodle Recipes:
- Vegetarian Mexican Bowl
- Tomato Burrata Zucchini Noodles
- Ground Beef Peanut Sauce Zucchini Noodles
- Instant Pot Pasta Sauce with Zucchini Noodles
Zucchini Noodle Recipes for Soup:
- Italian Sausage Zucchini Noodle Soup
- Turkey Mushroom Soup with Zucchini
- Low-Carb Turkey Soup with Zucchini Noodles
2 Comments on “Amazing Zucchini Noodle Recipes”
These recipes look amazing. I bought the vegetti and didn't have good luck. What did you make your "noodles" with? They really look like noodles!!
Julie if you click through to the recipes, each one will tell which tool it was made with. I greatly prefer the Spiralizer now though, and I'd use that over anything else.