This delicious Lemon Butter Zucchini Pasta is ready in under 25 minutes and only uses a handful of real food ingredients. It’s easy yet tastes amazing and can be altered to meet multiple dietary needs to! And while yes, butter is in the name of the recipe, it can easily be made to be completely dairy free. Plus, a whole zucchini is snuck into the recipe!
Lemon Butter Zucchini Pasta
What you’ll need:
- Pasta (click here for my favorite!)
- Zucchini
- Olive Oil
- Shallot
- Garlic
- Butter, Ghee or Vegan Butter (click here for my favorite ghee or click here for my favorite vegan butter!)
- Lemon
- Salt & Pepper
The Best Gluten Free Breaded Chicken
I LOVE adding my Cassava Flour Breaded Chicken to so many recipes, and this one is no expection. You’ll see this crispy chicken in the photos here, and I high recommend including it in this recipe if you eat chicken! It’s a great way to add protein and you’ll never believe how cirspy it gets all while staying gluten free.
DIETARY NOTES
This recipe is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:
- gluten free (using compliant pasta)
- grain free (using compliant pasta)
- soy free (using compliant butter)
- added sugar free
- lactose free (using compliant butter)
- vegetarian
- vegan (using compliant butter)
A NOTE ON CALORIE COUNT, NUTRITIONAL INFO AND SERVING SIZES
Due to my past experiences, I do not include most of the above information within my recipes as it is unsafe for me to do so personally. While I try to share a rough estimate when it comes to the serving size, please note that it is very subjective as we all have different hunger levels both from person to person and even from meal to meal.
If any of the above information is important to you, I understand! We are all different and have various goals and needs. If you’d like, you are welcome to calculate the information needed based on the ingredients you use when making one of my recipes.
I hope you understand! This comes from a place of love and protection both for myself and others like me. If you ever have any questions, send me an Instagram message for the quickest response time! Thank you for being here!
Hungry for more?
Serve this with: Easy Bread Dipping Oil & Cassava Flour Breaded Chicken
Or, opt for one of my other pasta recipes:
- Creamy Pesto Pasta
- Green Goddess Pasta Salad
- 2 Ingredient Butternut Squash Gnocchi
- Potato Gnocchi with Beet Goat Cheese Sauce
- Pesto Ricotta Zucchini Roll Ups
More zucchini recipes:
- Baked Zucchini Fries
- Zucchini Fritters with Pesto Aioli
- Zucchini Noodle Carbonara
- Creamy Pesto Zucchini Noodles
- Zucchini Noodle Ramen
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Lemon Butter Zucchini Pasta
Ingredients
Crispy Garlic (Optional)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp olive oil
Pasta
- 1 box pasta (I use Jovial spaghetti for gluten free)
- 1 large zucchini, spiralized
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup butter, ghee or vegan butter (I use Miyokos vegan butter for dairy free)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 shallot, sliced
- 1 lemon, juiced & zested
- salt & pepper, to taste
Garnishes
- basil
- thyme
Instructions
Crispy Garlic (Optional)
- Add minced garlic to a pan with olive oil over medium heat. Watch closely and toss occasionally until golden brown. Depending on the stove, it should be around 5-10 minutes.
Pasta
- Prepare your pasta according to the box instructions.
- If your zucchini needs to be spiralized, do so then spread the pieces out on a towel with a sprinkle of salt to "sweat."
- Before adding the zucchini to the dish, be sure to rid it of all excess moisture by gently wringing it out over the stove and patting it with a dry towel.
Lemon Butter Sauce
- While your pasta is cooking and the zucchini is "sweating," add olive oil, butter, shallot, garlic, salt and pepper to a large pan and sauté until fragrant and the shallot is translucent.
Lemon Butter Zucchini Pasta
- Add the cooked pasta to the pan and toss to fully cover in the sauce, then pour in the lemon juice and lemon zest. Toss again.
- Finally, add in the zucchini to the pasta and toss to incorporate it into the pasta.
- Plate the pasta and top with basil and thyme as well as additional salt and pepper, if desired.
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