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Fall Zucchette Pasta Sometimes Trader Joe’s comes out with products that are PRETTY. But pretty doesn’t always equate to YUMMY. Well, this Autumnal Butternut Squash Pasta was pretty in the bag, so I decided to cook some up and see if it was also delicious.

1. Fall Zucchette Pasta. Saved by Jen Hartnett. Pasta Recipes Dinner Recipes Trader Joes Butternut Squash Yummy Treats Delish Tasty.
2. Melt the butter in a large sauce pan and cook the onion, garlic and zucchini for 15-20 minutes until the zucchini is soft. Add in the chicken broth, cream, bay leaf, thyme, then stir and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.

Parmesan and Garlic Pasta with Zucchini – light, delicious, Summer recipe. I used regular spaghetti pasta, cooked sliced zucchini in olive oil and garlic and then combined cooked pasta with garlic zucchini and lots of shredded Parmesan cheese!

Zucchini has been on my mind lately, mainly because a huge zucchini has been sitting in my fridge for quite some time begging to be used and not wasted. The zucchini was really huge, similar in size to this jumbo zucchini (scroll down and you’ll see the zucchini on her head 🙂 ). I wanted to take some funny pictures with it too, but instead I’ve made this delicious Pasta with Parmesan and Garlic Zucchini:

Ingredients you need for this parmesan zucchini pasta

• olive oil
• 4 zucchinis or 1 very large zucchini, sliced
• garlic cloves, minced
• spaghetti (for gluten free version, use brown rice pasta spaghetti style)
• salt and pepper
• freshly shredded Parmesan cheese

How to make pasta with zucchini

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat.
2. Add sliced zucchini and minced garlic and saute uncovered for about 5-7 minutes, until zucchini softens and browns. Midway through cooking, season with salt.
3. Note: Depending on the size of your skillet, you might have to cook zucchini in 2 separate batches to avoid overcrowding. Overcrowding will result in zucchini steaming in its own juices instead of nicely browning.
4. Cook pasta according to pasta instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water (to stop pasta from cooking – this is especially important for gluten free pasta).
5. Add cooked pasta into the skillet with zucchini and garlic, on low heat.
6. Add freshly shredded Parmesan cheese into the skillet and stir pasta on low heat to melt the cheese.
7. Season with just the right amount of salt and pepper, to taste.

Below are some step-by-step photos showing major steps to make this pasta with zucchini:

I’ve used gluten-free brown rice spaghetti pasta for this recipe, but, of course, you can use regular spaghetti, too. This pasta with zucchini was a very tasty (and healthy) Saturday dinner.

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Pasta with Parmesan and Garlic Zucchini - light, delicious, Summer recipe. I use regular spaghetti pasta, cook sliced zucchini in olive oil and garlic and then combined cooked pasta with garlic zucchini and lots of shredded Parmesan cheese!

• 3tablespoonsolive oil
• 4zucchinismedium, sliced
• 4garlic cloves, minced
• 8ouncesspaghetti(for gluten free version, use brown rice pasta spaghetti style)
• salt and pepper
• 1cupParmesan cheese, freshly shredded

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1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. Add sliced zucchini and minced garlic and saute for about 5-7 minutes, occasionally stirring, until zucchini softens and browns a bit, uncovered. Midway through cooking, season with salt.

2. Note: Depending on the size of your skillet, you might have to cook zucchini in 2 separate batches.
   

3. Cook pasta according to pasta instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water (to stop pasta from cooking).

4. Add cooked pasta into the skillet with zucchini and garlic, on low heat.

5. Add freshly shredded Parmesan cheese into the skillet and stir pasta on low heat to melt the cheese. Add salt and pepper, to taste.

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