How To Make Zucchini Pasta with Pine Nuts
This zucchini pasta dish has slices of fresh zucchinis and tomatoes tossed together with crispy pine nuts for a fresh and quick meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3tbsppine nuts
- 6ozthin spaghetti
- 3tbspolive oil
- ½yellow onion,diced
- 3clovesgarlic,pressed
- 1zucchini,thinly sliced into rounds
- 2tbsplemon juice
- 2tspItalian seasoning
- salt and ground black pepper,to taste
- ½cupmilk
- ½cupparmesan cheese,grated
- 1roma tomato,diced
Instructions
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Heat a skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir pine nuts in the hot skillet for about 5 minutes until toasted and fragrant.
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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite. Drain and return pasta to pot to keep warm.
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Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion and garlic for 5 to 10 minutes until onion softens. Add zucchini, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper; cook and stir for about 5 minutes until zucchini is translucent.
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Pour milk over zucchini mixture and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until zucchini is softened; add pasta and toss.
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Transfer pasta mixture to plates and top each with Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, tomato, and black pepper.
Nutrition
- Calories: 813.21kcal
- Fat: 42.35g
- Saturated Fat: 11.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 20.62g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.41g
- Carbohydrates: 80.40g
- Fiber: 5.88g
- Sugar: 11.15g
- Protein: 30.39g
- Cholesterol: 31.38mg
- Sodium: 926.29mg
- Calcium: 588.62mg
- Potassium: 812.82mg
- Iron: 4.20mg
- Vitamin A: 130.18µg
- Vitamin C: 32.01mg
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