Zucchini Recipes

Are you looking for delicious and easy zucchini recipes? You’re in the right place!

Zucchini is one of the most healthy and surprising ingredients. While you can use it to make a classic zucchini casserole or roasted zucchini, it can also be used in totally unexpected ways.

What Exactly Is A Zucchini?

Zucchini, also known as courgette and baby marrow, is a summer squash.

It’s a vegetable from the Cucurbita family, which also contains pumpkins, gourds, watermelons, or butternuts.

It has an Italian name because the veggie we eat today was first bred and cultivated in Milan at the end of the 19th century.

Zucchini Nutrition

Zucchini are excellent vegetables. They are very low in carbs, contain almost no fat, and are high in vitamins and minerals.

One typical zucchini contains the following:

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
One Zucchini
Amount Per Serving (1 zucchini)
Calories 33.3 Calories from Fat 5
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.6g1%
Saturated Fat 0.2g1%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.02g
Sodium 15.7mg1%
Potassium 511.6mg15%
Carbohydrates 6.1g2%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4.9g5%
Protein 2.4g5%
Net Carbs 4.1g
Vitamin A 392IU8%
Vitamin C 35.1mg43%
Calcium 31.4mg3%
Iron 0.7mg4%
Magnesium 35.3mg9%
Zinc 0.6mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Sweet And Savory Zucchini Recipe

Zucchini has a very mild taste and flavor compared to other veggies. As a result, it can be used both as a classic vegetable, but also as a fruit or a fruit replacement.

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