Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes

Our Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes is bursting with summer flavors. Tomatoes, basil and Parmesan combine with spiralized zucchini in a buttery white wine sauce and cook up in just minutes.

Love your pasta but not the carbs and calories? This zucchini pasta pomodoro will cut the carbs and calories for you.

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• Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes
• How to make spiralized zucchini
• How to make zucchini pomodoro
• Zucchini FAQ's
• Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
• Substitutions
• Ingredients
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• Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes

Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes

Have a ton of zucchini growing in your garden or picked up some at your local farmers market?

Yes, it’s summer and that means zucchini are plentiful. So it’s time for a zucchini pasta recipe!

Our Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes is quick and easy to make and delicious to eat.

I used grape tomatoes, but with all types of tomatoes so plentiful in the summer, feel free to make this recipe with chopped plum tomatoes or chopped vine-ripened tomatoes. Both will taste amazing in this zucchini pomodoro recipe.

Zucchini is an ideal addition to any recipe, especially when it is replacing your pasta!

Zucchini's creamy tender texture easily replaces pasta in your favorite recipe.

The smooth tender skin, creamy center and mild sweet flavor actually make zucchini a popular year round vegetable.

Zucchini is especially plentiful during the summer months but also available year round too.

You're going to be so happy you switched from pasta to nutrient-rich, low-calorie spiralized zucchini when you make this fabulously delicious recipe!

I’ve been in my kitchen today making spiralized zucchini with tomatoes.

Juicy tomatoes, chopped onion and minced garlic cook up until just wilted.

Butter and white wine turn this mixture into an amazing sauce.

Fresh basil and Parmesan are the finishing touches of flavor!

Add in your zucchini pasta and your zucchini pomodoro dinner is ready.

If you're craving another pomodoro recipe then Penne Pomodoro , Roasted Fennel Pomodoro and Chicken Pomodoro are what you'll be wanting to whip up next!

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How to make spiralized zucchini

There's a new gadget on the market , the spiralizer, a zucchini noodle maker, makes strands of zucchini pasta in no time at all making this recipe so easy to make! 

A spiralizer makes it so quick and easy to have zucchini spaghetti on your dinner table tonight.

If you love this zoodles recipe then you definitely need to give our zucchini noodles with peanut sauce a try too!

How to make zucchini pomodoro

Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below

1. Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Cook tomatoes, onion, garlic, kosher salt and pepper until just tender.
3. Add wine and cook 1 minute.
4. Add butter and cook until a light sauce forms.
5. Stir in zucchini and cook 1-2 minutes.
6. Remove from heat. Stir in basil and top with Parmesan.

Zucchini FAQ's

How do you make zucchini noodles not soggy?

Cooking can make zucchini noodles soggy so just be sure to cook them for only a minute or two. Overcooking can make them soggy.

Even uncooked zucchini noodles can be soggy. Simply pat uncooked noodles dry with a paper towel to absorb any liquid.

Do zucchini noodles taste like pasta?

Zucchini noodles have a very mild flavor just like pasta does. Spiralized zucchini absorbs sauces and flavors of ingredients that you combine them with.

What are the benefits of eating zucchini?

Zucchini provides lots of benefits because they are rich in:

• antioxidants
• fiber
• potassium
• vitamin A
• B-complex group of vitamins 
• vitamin C
• thiamin
• iron
• manganese
• phosphorus
• zinc

Zucchini also:

• are low in calories
• have no saturated fats
• have no cholesterol

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Be sure not to overcook the zucchini spaghetti or it will become soggy
• Add chopped fresh mint for added summer flavor
• Love a little heat? Add a pinch of red pepper flakes
• Add spiralized yellow squash

Substitutions

• Substitute chicken broth or vegetable broth for the white wine
• No fresh basil on hand? Just add 1 teaspoon dried basil to Step 2 and cook with tomatoes, onion, garlic, kosher salt and pepper!

Ingredients

Ingredients for Zucchini Noodles With Tomatoes:

• olive oil – adds delicious flavor
• grape tomatoes – makes a fresh tomato sauce
• onion – adds savory notes
• garlic – for depth of flavor
• kosher salt – makes all the flavors pop
• pepper – for a hint of spice
• white wine – forms a light sauce
• butter – adds buttery notes to the sauce
• zucchini – replaces pasta
• fresh basil – fresh summer herb
• shaved Parmesan cheese – adds a salty flavor

 Zucchini Recipes

If you love zucchini noodles then it's time to give these zucchini recipes a try too!

• Fresh vegetables are tossed together with farro in a lime scented dressing making Zucchini & Corn Farro Saladboth refreshing and nutritious. 
• Filled with protein-perfect eggs, packed with fresh zucchini, cheesy mozzarella and fresh basil, Plum Tomato Zucchini Frittata is hearty enough to have for dinner.
• Cheesy Stuffed Zucchini are filled with peppers, onions, cheese and breadcrumbs, making them ideal for your Meatless Monday meal.
• Zucchini Noodles & Broccoli With Peanut Sauce combine zucchini noodles with broccoli, cherry tomatoes, scallions and peanuts tossed in a silky peanut sauce for a fabulous vegetarian entrée.