If your garden is overflowing with zucchini (or you’ve found a couple in the fridge you need to use up) look no further. Below are our favorite zucchini recipes from savory to sweet including sides and main dishes!

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4 MUST Try Zucchini Recipes

These are the tried and true recipes that we keep coming back to over and over again! Easy to make, delicously perfect.

Our Newest Zucchini Recipes

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Side Dish Recipes

Zucchini is a fresh favorite and cooks quickly making it the perfect choice for a side dish recipe.

Zucchini Orzo being served.
5 from 15 votes
Zucchini Orzo Recipe
This Zucchini Orzo is creamy, cheesy, and colorful. This pasta side dish is the perfect pairing for any entrรจe!
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Sauteed zucchini and tomatoes in a pan with cheese
4.99 from 61 votes
Sauteed Zucchini and Tomatoes
Fresh, colorful, and flavorful, this zucchini and tomatoes recipe is the ultimate side dish!
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plate of Air Fryer Zucchini
4.97 from 165 votes
Air Fryer Zucchini
Crispy, golden, and savory, this air fryer zucchini makes the perfect appetizer or side dish.
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Main Dish Recipes

Zucchini is a favorite addition to many main dish recipes from lasagna to soups or casseroles. It adds color, flavor and nutrition and it’s a great way to stretch a meal.

Baking with Zucchini

If you’ve never added zucchini to your baking before, you’re going to love it! You can’t taste the zucchini but keeps baking extra moist. Shredded zucchini is perfect in quick breads, muffins, or even cupcakes!

There is no need to peel the skin for these baked zucchini recipes, it softens.

Healthy Zucchini Recipes

Zucchini is a great way to enjoy healthy meals from lasagna to “pasta” or even a zucchini pasta salad! It’s light in calories, low in carbs and pairs well with so many flavors! Here are our top picks for healthier zucchini recipes!

Appetizers

Zucchini is great in soups and for grilling but did you know it makes great appetizers and snacks too!

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Holly Nilsson is the creator of Spend With Pennies, where she creates easy, comforting recipes made for real life. She is also the author of โ€œEveryday Comfort,โ€ which promises to inspire even more hearty, home-cooked meals.
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