It’s your lucky day, I’ve gathered All the Zucchini Noodle Recipes for you in a single blog post. So many savory zoodle recipes including, salads, Lo Mein, Shrimp Scampi, bruschetta, fruit, chicken, meatballs, basil, and more. Cooked in a pan, air fryer, instant pot, and oven. Served cold or hot. There is no other place to find all the zucchini recipes you need.
What are Zoodles/Zucchini Noodles?
I hope you know what zoodles are. If not, I will explain. Zoodles are made from zucchini. I grow zucchini in my garden every summer and enjoy making Zoodle recipes.
Zoodles are the perfect gluten-free, zucchini pasta.
You can cut the Zoodles (zucchini noodles) with a knife or make it easier and buy a cool zoodle cutter, like the one I have.
Do Zucchini Noodles Taste Like Pasta Noodles?
While zucchini noodles do not taste exactly like pasta noodles, if you cook them properly (el dente and not mush), they taste delicious and provide plenty of healthy benefits.
Are Zoodles Healthy?
Why yes, they are! They are one of the lowest calorie vegetables you can eat and are also low carb. They have 19 calories per cup and 2.4 net carbs. This summer squash provides potassium, vitamin C, folate, vitamin A, and iron, no cholesterol and almost zero fat. You just can’t go wrong eating zucchini.
How to Choose Zucchini for Zoodles
Select squash that is firm and has a glossy look to the skin. Choose a zucchini that is about 6-8 inches long. Discard or do not purchase any that are flexible, soft, or turning brown. When you slice into a ripe zucchini, it should have a buttery texture and the inside will look yellowish, white, or slightly green.
Tips for Cooking Zucchini Zoodles
Zucchini have a high content of water, so you do not want to overcook them, because they will become mushy. Each of the recipes below has its own take on how to cook zucchini noodles, but in my experience, I prefer to simply spiralize the zucchini and toss the noodles in a skillet with a bit of olive oil and cook them for about 2 minutes. Then add in the rest of the ingredients you have prepared over your zoodles. That’s it!
Do not peel your zucchini.
Do not add salt to the zoodles while cooking them, add it after they are cooked.
Below are All the Zucchini Noodle Recipes (zoodles)
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Keto Chicken Lo Mein
Chinese food is one of my favorite types of cuisine. Luckily, I’ve come up with a great way to enjoy Chinese food without the excess carbs, zucchini noodles! This Keto Chicken Lo Mein is keto-friendly and full of flavor. You’re going to love it!
Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles
This buttery Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles is a modern twist on a classic flavor pairing and contains just a handful of ingredients. It’s the ultimate easy one-pan weeknight dinner. Plus it’s low-carb and gluten-free. Rejoice – you don’t even have to use a cutting board as there’s no chopping required!
Lemon Salad with Zucchini Noodles
This winter has seemed so long! If you’re looking for a refreshing and easy-to-make salad, try this five ingredient lemon salad with zucchini ribbons. With just a few simple steps, you can create a dish that’s perfect for a light lunch, side dish, or even as a healthy snack
Asian Meatballs with Zoodles
Almond flour replaces bread crumbs to create these low carb Asian Meatballs with a slightly sweet and sticky glaze. Serve these gluten free meatballs over zucchini noodles for a satisfying dinner or easy meal prep lunch.
Zucchini Noodle Chicken Salad
Zucchini Noodle Chicken Salad is a vibrant, healthy, and delicious dish that combines tender pieces of chicken with fresh zucchini noodles (zoodles), and a medley of colorful vegetables.
Lemon Butter Chicken Zoodles
So easy to throw together and really a great recipe for one of those busy weeknights when you want something good, something healthy and something quick. Done, done and done!
Whole 30 Greek Chicken Zucchini Noodles
Whole30 Greek Chicken Zucchini Noodles are an easy, healthy weeknight dinner. Made with only 10 ingredients, gluten free, paleo, low carb + so delicious!
Whole30 Pesto Chicken Zoodles
Whole30 Pesto Chicken Zucchini Noodles are a delicious, simple dinner. Paleo and gluten free, this easy dinner comes together in under 30 minutes!
Spiralized Zucchini Fries
These crispy spiralized zucchini fries are a fun way to use up your zucchini and squash bounty. Your kids will come for seconds, not thinking twice about the vegetables they’re eating. And the adults will secretly wish the kids didn’t eat as much
Keto Creamy Zucchini Alfredo Noodles
Creamy Zucchini Alfredo Noodles are so easy to make, delicious, and refreshing. Enjoy zucchini pasta with fewer carbs, and cover them in a creamy alfredo sauce. Just 5 ingredients and you can enjoy a filling and tasty keto lunch or dinner
Raw Zucchini Salad with Pesto
Make beautiful ribbons for this zucchini salad with pesto. The ribbons make wonderful raw salads for lunch and dinner. Zucchini noodles are handy if you eat low-carb or grain-free.
Chicken Zoodle Summer Salad
This Chicken Zoodle Summer Salad is easy to make with fresh ingredients and it is a perfect summer dish.
Low Carb High Taste Zoodles
Low Carb High Taste Zoodles. Italian-style spiralized zucchini noodles are ready in just 15 minutes, excellent for a quick lunch or dinner.
Zucchini Noodles with Carrot-Hazelnut Sauce
Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles) with Exquisite Hazelnut and Carrot Sauce. Deliciously creamy with ⅛ the calories and carbs of regular pasta!
Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles
This Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles Recipe is quick and easy to make. It has al the flavors of Shrimp Scampi with zucchini noodles in place of regular noodles, making this recipe low-carb.
Zucchini Spaghetti with Lemon Kale Pesto
By adding some traditional spaghetti pasta with zucchini “zoodles”, we can much more effectively sneak these healthy veggies into our kids! Zucchini Spaghetti with Lemony Kale Pesto goes even further by using a kale-based pesto to pack in the extra punch of vitamins,
Zucchini Noodle Bowls
Zucchini Noodle Bowls (or Zoodle Bowls) are fresh, crisp and delicious with raw zucchini noodles, crunchy chickpeas and a spicy jalapeño vinaigrette! These vegetarian noodle bowls can be prepped ahead for easy lunches and dinners.
Creamy Shrimp with Zoodles
Zucchini noodles not only have a fun name (zoodles) they are always delicious and healthy! Try them in this creamy shrimp with zoodles dish.
Zucchini Pasta with Yogurt Herb Sauce
A lighter and healthier pasta dish, it uses half spagetti noodles and half zucchini noodles “zoodles.” It’s then tossed with a light and protein packed Greek yogurt sauce with fresh basil and minther, feta, and Parmesan!
Chicken Thai Basil with Zucchini Noodles
Bring on the zoodles with this Chicken Thai Basil with Zucchini Noodles! It’s a savory, filling and super nutritious dinner that can be whipped up in under 30 minutes. Full of red peppers, sugar snap peas, stir fried chicken and a savory sauce over zucchini noodles.{gluten free, paleo, whole30
Keto Zucchini Noodles with Creamy Tomato Sauce
Add a little heat with a sprinkle of red pepper flakes in the sauce. Top with some funky aged Parmesan cheese for a little more salty complexity in the dish. The possibilities are endless.
Chicken Pad Thai Zoodles
This 21 Day Fix Chicken Pad Thai Zoodles dinner is a light and delicious take on Chicken Pad Thai. It’s packed with flavor, but gluten free, soy free, and 21 Day Fix-approved!
Asian Zoodle Salad
Asian zoodles salad is a wonderful blend of zoodle, or spiralized zucchini noodles along with other vegetables and an Asian inspired dressing. Have it for lunch or pair it with your preferred protein as a side dish.
Instant Pot Chicken Zoodle Soup
Warm and comforting is what you get with this Instant Pot Chicken Zoodle Soup. You have flavors of a chicken noodle soup, but instead of noodles, you use spiralized zucchini. A lower carb option that is just as savory and flavorful as the original.
Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles El Pesto
Shrimp and Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles) are a delicious alternative to pasta and my restaurant-style recipe takes this dish to the next level.
Chicken and Zucchini Pasta
If you are wondering how to eat zucchini, this healthy spiralizer recipe is one that you have to try. Every summer one recipe sticks out in my mind as a favorite and this year, this is the winner.
Courgetti Spaghetti with Vegetables
A fabulous, colourful courgetti recipe with late summer vegetables and a tangy caper vinaigrette. Topped with fresh basil leaves. Healthy, quick, easy to make, vegan and gluten-free. Totally scrumptious!
One Pot Undon and Zucchini Noodle Curry Bowls
These healthy udon and zucchini noodle curry bowls are perfect for Meatless Monday (or any day of the week!) Fluffy udon noodles and fresh zucchini noodles (without a spiralizer!) make for a filling, quick meal with a flavorful homemade curry sauce.
Healthier Shrimp Alfred
Lighten up your favorite shrimp alfredo recipe with this easy zucchini noodle twist! Ready in 20 minutes and under 400 calories!
Tuna Zoodle Casserole
A low carb, Whole30, and paleo version of your favorite childhood classic comfort food!
Sheet Pan Shrimp Scampi with Tomatoes and Zucchini
This fast 20-minute easy sheet pan shrimp scampi recipe is the best. The garlic lemon sauce with tomatoes and zucchini completes the meal. This is an easy baked shrimp recipe
Air Fryer Zoodles
Air fryer zucchini noodles or zoodles people call them turn out great! Tender with a bit of crispy edges for a low carb pasta alternative.
Garlic Butter Chicken with Zoodles
Juicy and flavorful Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Zucchini Noodles ready in less than 25 minutes! Made in one pan, perfectly seasoned bite-size pieces of chicken are cooked in a mouthwatering garlic butter sauce and served with low-carb zucchini noodles for the perfect weeknight dinner.
Bruschetta Chicken with Zoodles
This Bruschetta Chicken is made with juicy chicken breasts that are seasoned with Italian herbs and spices and topped with a fresh tomato and basil bruschetta topping. Ready in just 30 minutes enjoy this low-calorie, low-carb, and gluten-free weeknight dinner with a side of sautéed zucchini zoodles and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.
Courgette Spaghetti with Broccoli, Lemon, Chilli
Raw courgette spaghetti and long stem broccoli in a creamy hemp seed dressing. Made with fresh parsley, lemon, chilli, capers and sprinkled with vegan parmesan for a rich and tasty lunch or dinner. Super quick, easy and delicious.
Pesto Zoodles
With zucchini noodles and homemade pesto, these pesto zoodles are a great healthy pasta alternative. Even better, it can be prepared in 30 minutes.
Zoodles with Breadcrumbs and Romano Cheese
This delicious and healthy recipe for Zoodles with Breadcrumbs and Romano Cheese takes less than 20 minutes to make and serve. This recipe is full of Italian flavors from the Italian cheese, toasted breadcrumbs and the fresh basil we toss in at the end.
Italian Zoodles with Tomatoes and Basil
Here’s a delicious one-dish Italian recipe for Italian zoodles and tomatoes. It’s the perfect flavorful recipe for those looking to add some healthier food options to their diets.
Zucchini Egg Nests
Making zucchini egg nests is easy and fun! These tasty egg nests are a perfect way to start the day. They’re keto friendly and super simple!
Air Fryer Turkey Meatballs with Zoodles
This air fryer turkey meatball recipe is going to be your new favorite weeknight dinner idea. It’s low carb, keto, low calorie, gluten free, packed with veggies and protein, and absolutely delicious!
Zoodles & Tofu with Peanut Sauce
Zoodles, Noodles, and Sprouts Salad
In this recipe for Low FODMAP Zoodles, Noodles & Sprouts Salad, zucchini noodles (zoodles) are combined with chickpea pasta!
Low Carb Roast Beef Zoodle Soup
This recipe is quick to prepare, tasty, and jam packed with veggies and broth, which is great for feeling better quickly!
Sheet Pan Spaghetti Zoodles with Sausage
By using a sheet pan, you can create one of that quickest and tastiest spaghetti zoodles! And when you add sliced sausage, it’s next level!
Creamy Zoodles with Cajun-Seasoned Chicken
Get ready for some delicious comfort food, because this creamy chicken and zoodles recipe is cozy and tasty! A lighter alfredo sauce is made for the zucchini noodles using half and half rather than heavy cream, and the chicken is jazzed up with some spicy Cajun seasoning. Top it all off with some chopped cherry tomatoes for a flavor-packed meal you’ll love.
Zucchini Tomato Basil Salad with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette
This Zucchini Tomato Basil Salad with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette is a light and refreshing summertime salad and perfect when your garden is exploding with tomatoes, basil, and zucchini in the later summer months. And, since it’s a raw zucchini salad, you won’t have to turn the oven on those hot summer days.
Easy Spaghetti Zoodles Recipe
This Easy Zoodles Recipe is the perfect way to try Zucchini Noodles and ease your family into the idea of spiralized veggies! (Although, honestly, we make this all the time now.) Ready in about 15 minutes, it’s a fun way to step up your pasta game and add more veggies into dinnertime!
Caprese Braised Chicken with Cacio e Pepe Zucchini Noodles
I’ve created a take on caprese (an Italian salad of tomato, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil) by searing some chicken thighs, then finishing them off in the oven, nestled into whole peeled tomatoes.
The chicken is finished with luscious slices of fresh mozzarella cheese and torn basil leaves. This meal wouldn’t be complete without a side of pasta, or in this case “pasta” that is really zucchini run through a spiralizer.
Asian Zoodle Salad Jars
Whip up a few of these Asian Zoodle Salad Jars this week and have a ready-made lunch waiting for you in the fridge! Made with zucchini, yellow peppers, snap peas, mandarin oranges, and a sesame ginger dressing.
Creamy Cilantro Pesto Zoodles with Shrimp
Cilantro Pesto Zoodles with shrimp is such a simple and tasty dish. Zoodles are a great way to imitate a plate of pasta without all the empty calories!
Avocado Zucchini Pasta Pesto Dressing
Avocado Zucchini Pasta offers a fantastic gluten-free option to traditional pasta dishes. Zoodles are paired with a delectable avocado pesto dressing and enhanced with sun-dried tomatoes—a delightful combination of flavors and textures.
Fresh Zucchini Noodle Bowl
This dish has such a great variety of textures from the crunchy veggies and sesame seeds and the creamy, zesty sauce. You’ll love the bursts of flavor from green onion, cilantro, sugar snap peas, soy sauce, and lime.
Zoodles with Asparagus & Prosciutto
Zoodles (zucchini noodles) quick cooked with asparagus, prosciutto, parmesan cheese, lemon and white wine all topped with a poached egg make a quick and light spring meal.
Walnut-Crusted Chicken Parmesan with Zoodles
Chicken with ground walnuts, a sprinkle of panko, and parmesan cheese, and serve it with zoodles or zucchini noodles. Low on the carbs and high on the protein!
Zoodles with Turkey Meatballs in a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Zoodles with turkey meatballs in a creamy roasted red pepper sauce is light, healthy and so delicious! Gluten-free and dairy-free, this meal is even great for a Whole 30 diet! The turkey meatballs are full of garlic and spinach, which is balanced so well by the creamy red pepper sauce.
Mediterranean Bowl with Zoodles
Mediterranean food is the best–both delicious and incredibly healthy. The combination of flavors in this Mediterranean Buddha bowl really makes this dish a winner. I love pesto too, so that doesn’t hurt either.
Courgetti Aglio E Olio With King Prawns
The classic Italian Dish of Spaghetti Aglio E Olio (Garlic, Chilli & Olive Oil) is re-vamped to a lighter version using Courgetti (zucchini) instead of pasta.
Low Carb Chicken Meatballs with Zoodles
Low Carb Chicken Meatballs with Zoodles and garlic. The perfect meal for those on a low carb diet.
Courgetti With Spinach and Avocado Pesto
This smooth, creamy avocado pesto is bursting with the goodness of fresh spinach and basil. Paired with spiralized courgette, it’s a tasty and nutritious raw vegan alternative to traditional pasta.
Courgetti (zucchini) with Rocket (arugula) Pesto
Rocket’s peppery bite provides all the flavour in this garden-fresh raw vegan pesto. Perfectly complemented with sweet juicy tomatoes and served over fresh courgetti noodles. Enjoy this light dish al fresco on a warm summer’s evening.
Conclusion
I hope you found a new favorite zoodle recipe! Make sure to check out some of my other zucchini posts like, How to Grow Zucchini in Your Garden and another Roundup of Zucchini Recipes You will love.