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Delicious sweet and savory zucchini recipes to help you use up that garden zucchini!ย From appetizers, side dishes to dessert, these zucchini recipes are family favorites!

Zucchini is a favorite in our house and garden! Other vegetable garden favorites are tomatoes, potatoes, or carrots to try this summertime.

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Zucchini Recipes

Zucchini recipes are a top on my list with all the zucchinis from my garden. These are so good that each recipe has a fun twist in adding in zucchini. Create the best appetizer or side dish to any meal. Create moist and delicious desserts that you never know has zucchini in them. Then, have bread and muffins with a hint of green specs showing through creating an amazing breakfast or quick bread for your family.

These zucchini recipes are the perfect way to use up all of your zucchini from the garden. It is healthy for you and good for your body. The taste is impeccable and one that can be hidden in desserts or full of flavor on a side dish. These recipes are favorites in our family and some that we can use year round with frozen zucchini.

Double Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

4.34 from 3 votes
Perfectly moist and chocolatey brownies filled with chocolate chips and topped withย chocolateย frosting. ย Simple and delicious and you wonโ€™t even be able to tell that 2 cups of zucchini is hidden inside!ย 
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Air Fryer Parmesan Zucchini Chips

5 from 5 votes
Air Fryerย Parmesan Zucchini Chips are crunchy, savory bites of heaven! This is hands down one of the best ways to eat zucchini!
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Zucchini Lasagna

Zucchini Lasagna is a low-carb, gluten free twist on your favorite Italian comfort food. This is an absolutely scrumptious way to use all that zucchini from your garden.
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The Best Grilled Zucchini

5 from 2 votes
Grilled zucchini is the perfect healthy summer side dish. The slices of squash are tossed in savory seasonings, then cooked until tender. It is so savory and delicious and goes with just about everything!ย 
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

4 from 1 vote
Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is soft and sweet and incredibly easy to make from scratch at home.ย  It's the best zucchini bread and tastes amazing with coffee for a satisfying breakfast or as delicious afternoon snack!
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My Favorite Zucchini Bread Recipe (Tried and True!)

4.20 from 5 votes
My favorite zucchini bread recipe is a sweet and savory, full of flavor, moist bread! Slice a piece of heaven and enjoy this delicious quick bread with your family and friends.ย 
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Chocolate Zucchini Bread

5 from 2 votes
A delicious chocolate quick bread with 1 1/2 cups of zucchini inside! It bakes perfectly and has a beautiful cracked sugar crust topping!
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Zucchini Pizza

Easy zucchini pizza recipe perfect vegetarian meal. Fresh dough is topped with a savory red sauce, mozzarella, and thin slices of zucchini.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

5 from 3 votes
This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is a deep, dark chocolate cake that is topped with light and fluffy chocolate whipped cream! With 3 cups of zucchini, it is incredibly moist and you won't even notice all the vegetables!
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Crispy Parmesan Fried Zucchini

5 from 4 votes
Crispy Parmesan Fried Zucchini is made with savory parmesan and panko coated zucchini bites. They will quickly become a favorite for an easy and crowd-pleasing snack, appetizer or side dish!
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Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

4.75 from 4 votes
Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting are moist and perfect chocolate cupcakes with two cups of zucchini hidden inside! ย Topped with chocolate cream cheese frosting these are the best chocolate cupcakes I have had!
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

5 from 1 vote
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins are moist and rich muffins that are loaded with flavor from rich chocolate and shredded zucchini!ย  They will be a huge hit and will give you a great way to use all that zucchini from your garden!
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Baked Zucchini Fries

4.86 from 7 votes
Baked zucchini fries are crispy on the outside with a crunchy, seasoned crust and tender zucchini inside. It's hard to stop after just one!
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Cheesy Zucchini Fritters

4.43 from 7 votes
Cheesy Zucchini Fritters are filled with three cheeses and zucchini. These are savory and easy to make and the perfect way to use up that garden zucchini!
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Shrimp Zucchini Boats

Shrimp Zucchini Boats with succulent pieces of shrimp and artichokes topped with parmesan cheese are a great low carb and tasty way to enjoy zucchini!
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Best Ever Zucchini Crust Pizza

4.60 from 20 votes
Zucchini Crust Pizza is the perfect way to use up that zucchini! A healthier and delicious low carb option that the entire family will go crazy for.
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Thai Zucchini Noodle Salad

This Thai Zucchini Noodle Salad is the perfect healthy and tasty dish to use up that garden zucchini! Loaded with spiralized zucchini, tender chicken, fresh veggies, and drizzled with an amazing homemade peanut lime dressing that’s sweet, spicy and tangy!
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Cinnamon Zucchini Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cinnamon Zucchini Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect way to use up that garden zucchini! A perfectly moist cinnamon cake filled with crunchy walnuts and frosted with cream cheese frosting.
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Pistachio Zucchini Bread

5 from 1 vote
This deliciously soft pistachio zucchini bread is the perfect twist on a classic recipe. Packed with tons of unique flavor combinations from the pistachios and zucchini, you will LOVE this bread!ย 
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Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats

5 from 5 votes
Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats are loaded with taco seasoned ground beef, cheese and topped with your favorite toppings. These make a delicious low carb meal and are perfect for using up that zucchini!
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Better than Anything Zucchini Poke Cake

5 from 1 vote
A moist chocolate zucchini cake soaked in caramel and topped with Cool Whip and toffee bits.
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Blueberry Zucchini Bread with a Lemon Glaze

4.95 from 34 votes
Blueberry Zucchini Bread with a Lemon Glaze will be one of the best quick breads you EVER make! Perfectly moist with two cups of zucchini hidden inside and bursting with fresh blueberries. The lemon glaze it the perfect finishing touch!
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Crispy Parmesan Garlic Chicken with Zucchini

4.79 from 38 votes
Crispy parmesan garlic chicken with zucchini is a fantastic one-pan meal that the family will love. Crispy chicken is breaded with an amazing parmesan garlic crust paired with tender zucchini sautรฉed to perfection!
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Ham and Cheddar Zucchini Frittata

5 from 2 votes
Ham and Cheddar Zucchini Frittata is filled with two cups of zucchini, ham, and cheddar cheese. It has such amazing flavor and will be devoured in no time at all!
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Zucchini Oat Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting

If the soft chewy oatmeal goodness of the cookie isnโ€™t enough to persuade you, just one lick of that brown butter frosting will have you melting into a puddle of cookie seduction โ€“ itโ€™s absolutely divine!ย 
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Cheesy Zucchini Rice

5 from 2 votes
This cheesy zucchini rice is ooey gooey and a divine comfort food that makes the best side to any meal. It is so cheesy and delicious, and the best part is that it has a vegetable in it that my kids will actually eat!ย 
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Cream Cheese Swirled Banana Zucchini Bread

5 from 1 vote
Overripe bananas and zucchini get used in this delicious and perfectly moist bread. The cream cheese swirl hidden inside is the best part! Enjoy a slice of cream cheese banana zucchini bread fresh out of the oven and thank me later.
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Roasted Parmesan Garlic Zucchini Spears

5 from 1 vote
If you're looking for the best way to use up all that summer zucchini, this is it! Quick and easy zucchini spears coated in parmesan and garlic and roasted in the oven to perfection.
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Three Cheese Zucchini Gratin

4.67 from 3 votes
Three Cheese Zucchini Gratin has layers of creamy, cheesy sauce and is topped with a crunchy buttery topping. Ooey-gooey and cheesy, this low-carb take-on comfort food will please any crowd!
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Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

5 from 8 votes
Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting is deliciously moist and absolutely heavenly. This is one of the best ways to use up those extra summer zucchini.
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Chocolate Swirl Zucchini Bread

A delicious zucchini bread swirled with delicious chocolate!
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About Alyssa Rivers

Alyssa Rivers is the author of 'The Tried and True Cookbook', a professional food photographer and experienced recipe-developer. Having a passion for cooking, her tried and true recipes have been featured on Good Morning America, Today Food, Buzzfeed and more.

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