Zucchini Pasta Recipe
Delicious plant-based summer pasta with warm grilled peaches, tomatoes, vegan feta, pistachios, zucchini noodles, and whole-wheat pasta. This pasta has a simple citrus sauce of lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and chopped mint.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Pasta
- Cuisine: Plant-based
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounces of whole-wheat spaghetti pasta
- Two zucchinis
- Two ripe peaches, cut in half (pit removed)
- One cup of grape tomatoes, cut in half
- 1/4 cup of pistachios, roughly ground (smashed)
- 1 cup of fresh mint leaves, finely chopped (or fresh sorel leave)
- Juice of one lemon
- 1/2 cup of vegan feta cheese crumbles
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Splash of olive oil
Instructions
- Prepare the whole wheat spaghetti according to the instructions on the package.
- Prepare a second pot of boiling water for cooking the zucchini noodles.
- Preheat the grill to 400°.
- Julienne slice both zucchinis using either a mandolin or a veggie spiralizer.
- Time for grilling the tomatoes and peaches. Make a small foil boat for grilling the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes and a splash of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste and place the foil boat of the on the grill. Cook the tomatoes for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
- Coat the fleshy side of the peaches with olive oil using a basting brush, so that the peaches do not stick to the grill.
- Place peaches fleshy side down on the grill. Cook for about 2 minutes (or until there are grill marks) and flip over. Cook for another minute and then remove from the grill.
- Lastly cook the zucchini noodles. Add zucchini noodles to the pot of boiling water and cook for 3 minutes on high. Strain immediately.
To assemble
- For each serving, start with a bed of whole wheat spaghetti noodles.
- Add a quarter of the zucchini noodles.
- Then add a portion of the pistachios, mint leaves, peaches, and tomatoes.
- Pour a quarter of the lemon juice over everything and sprinkle with vegan feta cheese. Serve warm, yum!
Find it online: https://www.bowlofyum.com/2020/07/zucchini-pasta-recipe/