Lemony Pasta With Zucchini and Fresh Herbs Recipe (2024)

Many cooking info sources are recommending cooking pasta in less water. (Serious Eats) This results in starchier pasta water. For me, this has helped in emulsifying better and easier.Hope this helps.

Followed the recipe exactly. It’s a light, delicious summer dish. Next time I’d add more garlic.

Easy and delicious. I added a little more garlic, shredded chicken breast (my husband likes protein w/ his pasta ;-), and halved kalamata olives. Made for a perfect summer dinner and lunch the following day.

Followed the recipe exactly and it was rich and flavorful. I added pine nuts for crunch and “meat.”

Thanks for the notes! Added blistered cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts and twice the lemon juice and zest. Used basil and mint from the garden. Delicious!

Thank you for the kalamata olive addition idea.... cooked the recipe as is and added the olives....Mmmmmm! Only needed the half a cup of pasta water Seriously a new go to recipe for me.

I cooked this exactly as directed and it was delicious and easy! For herbs I used basil and a touch of mint (which I've never mixed in a recipe) and garnished with parsley. Very Very yummy! Next time I'll try more garlic.

Very good recipe but I could not taste the lemon - will add more next time. I added chicken that I first browned then took it off the pan and cooked the veggies in the delicious chicken juice. A good dinner!

Question: do you mean 1/2 INCH thick pieces for squash??

I just made this today. I included some baby portobellos which I sautéed with butter and garlic and integrated to the recipe later, I used two lemons instead of one to intensify the flavor and 4 garlic cloves instead of 2 which was great, I had some leftover leaks in the fridge so I used those as well and used basil, tarragon, and flat leaf parsley. The flavor was very intense and wonderful, very aromatic dish. Paired it with some garlic bread. simple and very delicious, this one is a keeper.

Used basil and flat parsley as the herbs. Followed the recipe but didn’t cook the squash in two batches, just one pan, added everything in. Absolutely delicious.

Why? I cook for others and this looks to be fairly straight forward so curious. How would you change it? Hope you answer

after cutting the squash in 1/2 lengthwise, cut across in 1/2 thick slices( will be 1/2 moon/crescent shaped)

Eh. Nothing special.

Delicious, needs a bit more lemon and would be nice with cherry tomatoes and pine nuts

This is so tasty! I doubled the garlic and added spinach, mushrooms and blistered heirloom tomatoes!

Agree on adding more lemon!

Next time, use more lemon, lemon, zest, and garlic and starchier water. All also, consider, adding mushrooms, feta cheese, pinenuts. You might also add Kalamata olives to the side for people to add to their own bowls.

Simple and easy, like someone else i lowered the amount of noodles and kept the sauce the same. Loads of lemon and garlic = delish. Salt to taste. Tastes like summer.

Used 8 oz of chick pea/lentil pasta and about 1 1/4lb garden zuke and yellow squash. Could do even more squash next time. Added 3 T evoo to salted and peppered zukes, then added to very hot dry big cast iron skillet. Perfect!

Made with sausage and mushrooms for the whole family, everyone loved it

Pleasantly surprised at how this turned out. Added, mixed olives, capers, and some stewed red tomatoes. Very tasty and will be making again.

Diced & caramelized an onion before the squash and added yellow squashes — excellent summer pasta, sweet from the squash and onion & a little spice from the red pepper.

went to the grocery store and could not find ANY zucchini, must be too early in season! however, this recipe worked great with asparagus :)

Super delish. Needs more lemon.

Made with Trader Joe’s lemon pasta and nutritional yeast instead of cheese. Came out great

Yum!

Very good and pretty quick. Doubled the garlic; add more lemon to taste. Also added a knob of butter and some bouillon paste in the last stage. Also toasted walnuts. Make sure not to overcook to squash, especially in the final liquid binding stage.

added chicken and it was so great!

I made this gluten free by using GF rigs. I added a touch of garlic powder at the end to get that garlic flavor to where I wanted it. Everyone loved it and the left overs were great when I added bacon and a few cherry tomatoes.