If you have zucchini piling up on the counter (hi, that’s me!), this list is for you. These recipes put all that zucchini to very good use. In fact, with so many ways to use it, you may be wishing you had even more zucchini sitting around!
You’ll find plenty of sweet and savory favorites, including easy dinners, simple side dishes, breads, muffins, and desserts. There’s a little something for every one (and every zucchini!).
Every year, I tell myself I don’t need to plant more than one zucchini plant, and every year, I forget my own advice. This year: four plants. 🫣 I know, I know. Will Mel ever learn? Probably not! I’m off to make some of those zucchini bites.
1
Quick and Easy Parmesan Zucchini Rounds
These quick and easy baked Parmesan zucchini rounds make the best summer side dish. That crispy Parmesan topping is crazy good with the tender zucchini!
2
Skillet Lemon Parmesan Chicken and Zucchini
This quick and light skillet lemon parmesan chicken and zucchini is fantastic! So delicious, the bright lemon and deeper savory flavors are perfect!
3
The Best Zucchini Bread
This is the best zucchini bread recipe ever! It is soft, moist, and so easy to make. It can also be baked as muffins or in mini loaf pans.
4
Easy One-Pot Saucy Zucchini Pasta
This easy one-pot zucchini pasta combines pasta, lots of sauce, zucchini, and Parmesan for a simple, delicious, family-friendly dinner.
5
One Pan Orzo with Tuna and Zucchini
This one pan orzo with tuna and zucchini is flavorful and delicious and comes together so fast as everything cooks in one skillet or pan.
6
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
A one bowl wonder, these whole grain double chocolate zucchini muffins are incredibly soft, incredibly easy and incredibly delicious.
7
Cheesy Italian Chicken Zucchini Skillet
This easy cheesy Italian chicken zucchini skillet meal is loaded with flavor and so delicious! That cheesy panko crust is everything.
8
Coconut Lime Chicken and Zucchini
Creamy, saucy, and SO flavorful, this coconut lime chicken and zucchini is fast and easy! It’s perfect served over rice or quinoa. Yum!
9
Fluffy Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cake
This one-bowl zucchini chocolate chip cake recipe is so fluffy and moist. You can leave out the chocolate chips for a simple, tasty cake!
10
Cheesy Tex-Mex Zucchini Skillet
This cheesy tex-mex zucchini skillet is a fantastic way to use zucchini! Quick and easy, it’s packed with flavor and hearty ingredients. So yummy!
11
Cheesy Zucchini Spaghetti Recipe
This delicious cheesy zucchini spaghetti casserole comes together fast and is the perfect way to use up that garden fresh zucchini!
12
Zucchini Banana Bread
The best of all quick bread worlds, this one-bowl zucchini banana bread is fantastic! Lightly sweet and perfectly fluffy and moist, this recipe makes one amazing loaf (and muffins, too!).
13
Lemon Poppy Seed Zucchini Muffins
These lemon poppy seed zucchini muffins are delightfully soft and fluffy (even with whole wheat flour!)…and so easy to make! They make a perfect snack or breakfast!
14
Fresh Zucchini and Tomato Linguine {20-Minute Meal}
This garden fresh zucchini tomato linguine is bursting with flavor…AND it will only take 30-minutes or less to get it on the table. Fast, fresh, delicious! My kind of meal.
15
Double Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
Decadent and delicious, these velvety and rich one-bowl chocolate zucchini brownies are one of the BEST ways to use up all that zucchini!
16
The Best Whole Grain Zucchini Muffins
Get ready for the best zucchini muffins ever! So light and fluffy, these whole grain muffins are quick, easy, and delicious (especially with those chocolate chips!).
17
Piled High Zucchini and Cheese Topped Pizza
Foolproof pizza dough piled high with a zucchini and tangy cheese mixture and baked to golden perfection? It should be a summer staple!
18
The Best Chocolate Zucchini Cake
This is literally the best chocolate zucchini cake in the history of ever. So fluffy, so moist, so perfectly chocolatey. It’s amazing!
19
Whole Grain Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
Wholesome, delicious and easy, these chocolate chip zucchini muffins, are light and fluffy and completely irresistible!
20
Fluffy Zucchini Cornbread
Fluffy, moist zucchini cornbread is easy and delicious. The perfect way to use up that delightful green veggie!
21
Simple Skillet Zucchini and Yellow Squash
This skillet zucchini and yellow squash recipe is so easy, delicious, and healthy, it is bound to become a summer side dish staple.
22
Triple Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
Everything a chocolate cookie should be, these triple chocolate zucchini cookies are soft and rich and wonderfully not cakey at all. Hallelujah!
23
Zucchini Pizza Crust
This zucchini pizza crust is low-carb, unbelievably simple and absolutely amazing. Move over traditional pizza! Zucchini crust might take over the world.
24
Zucchini Hummus
A fabulous and unique take on classic hummus, this zucchini version will knock your socks off! It’s fast, simple, healthy and amazing!
25
Baked Cheesy Zucchini Bites
Simple and delicious, these baked cheesy zucchini bites are so easy to make and are a healthier alternative to a classic fried zucchini fritter!
26
Stuffed Enchilada Zucchini Boats
A great way to change up enchiladas AND stuffed zucchini, this recipe for stuffed zucchini enchilada boats is healthy, filling and delicious!
27
Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Streusel
This chocolate zucchini cake with brown sugar streusel is moist and tasty. Perfect for dessert, also light enough for a snack-type cake.
28
Zucchini Lasagna
This meatless zucchini lasagna is so good it is worth turning on the oven and cranking up the A/C to make!
29
Cheesy Zucchini Rice
In this cheesy zucchini rice, fine shreds of zucchini are stirred into cheesy, creamy rice. It is a delicious way to use up zucchini!
30
Zucchini & Yellow Squash Spaghetti
Looking for a delicious and inventive way to use up your garden zucchini and squash? Look no further than this easy zucchini & yellow squash spaghetti recipe!
31
Glazed Orange Zucchini Bread
Of all the zucchini bread recipes you probably have, you have to try this bread to see why zucchini and orange belong together!
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