45 Delicious Zucchini Recipes That Will Make You a Believer

In this recipe, very simple ingredients come together in the oven to create an irresistible summer side dish more delicious than the sum of its parts.

We promise this will be your go-to dinner all summer.

Fluffy savory pancakes packed with shredded zucchini, herbs, and salty bites of feta cheese. Serve them with tzatziki or a lemon-tahini sauce for dipping.

An impossibly crispy, crunchy exterior without deep-frying? Yes please. Dunk them into your favorite sauce and you have the perfect summer appetizer.

With a super-tender texture and a just sweet-enough, lightly spiced flavor, this will become an instant favorite. There's a full pound of shredded zucchini mixed in to use up that summer bumper crop of produce. It's perfect as is, but you can add in toasted walnuts, raisins, chocolate chips, or even a combination of the three.

This impressive one-pan side with zucchini, summer squash, eggplant, and tomatoes tastes like summer.

This summer pasta is as simple as it gets – it has zucchini, extra-virgin olive oil, pasta, Pecorino Romano, salt, and pepper.

This is the sweetest way to use up zucchini that everyone will be on board with — especially once they’ve tasted this loaf lightly scented with cinnamon and topped with a tangy lemon glaze.

Tender pieces of chicken breast are tossed with charred sweet corn and tender summer zucchini.

This low-carb lasagna swaps thin-sliced zucchini for lasagna noodles, which shifts the emphasis to the best parts of lasagna: the tomato sauce, the cheese, the veg.

This zucchini gratin features a crisp, buttery breadcrumb topping spiked with lemon zest for a bright and summery pop of flavor to contrast the creamy Gruyère sauce.

It tastes like classic zucchini bread but has the addition of mini chocolate morsels and a plush, tender texture that keeps it firmly in dessert territory. While this cake is really great on its own, a generous layer of rich chocolate frosting on top makes it truly incredible.

Easy step-by-step to grilling summer's most abundant vegetable.

This Italian summer staple brings the best of the summer garden — zucchini, basil, and parsley — into a freshly-fried patty.

Whole-milk ricotta cheese is the secret to this extra-luxe and lemony zucchini pasta.

Zucchini boats are the perfect vehicle for gooey cheese, tangy sauce, and your favorite pizza toppings.

Grated zucchini is added to an oil-based cake batter along with warming spices and chopped walnuts, baked, then frosted with a lemon cream cheese frosting.

Make this thick and silky French stew of eggplant, zucchini, sweet peppers, and ripe summer tomatoes before summer ends.

A quick and easy pasta recipe tossed in a lemon butter sauce and filled with sautéed zucchini and cherry tomatoes.

The tender grilled zucchini boat holds a tangy, bright, lemony tabbouleh enhanced with spiced ground beef and is served warm. Serve with hummus and baba ghanoush with warm pita for dipping, and round out the meal with a big summer salad.

A one-pan orzo and chicken dinner that’s creamy, yet light and packs in a full pound of zucchini.

Lemon zest lends brightness to this moist and tender zucchini bread, which is perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack.

This creamy, caramelized zucchini and garlic pasta with sweet corn may just be the summery, hearty-but-not-heavy comfort food you’ve been craving.

A simple zucchini casserole with a creamy Parmesan cheese sauce. This casserole is the perfect summer side dish — it’s a breeze to prepare, and is out of the oven in less than 30 minutes.

Two of our favorite quick breads — zucchini bread and banana bread — join forces for the ultimate summer quick bread. Cut a thick slice, add a swipe of butter, and enjoy for breakfast, snack time, or dessert.

A lighter summertime rendition of minestrone soup made for cooler evenings.

This stir-fry is exactly what you need for a weeknight dinner: it’s fast, needs only five ingredients, and has a spicy kick.

Celebrate summer with sausage-stuffed zucchini boats nestled atop a two-ingredient cherry tomato sauce.

Thin and crispy Parmesan zucchini slices served with an herb-yogurt sauce is summer's answer to chips and dip.

Make a double batch of these zucchini fries, because after an audible crunch into a crisp, golden fry packed with herbs and salty Parmesan cheese, you will be reaching for more. Serve with ranch dressing for dipping.

Although you can't see or taste it, zucchini gives this triple-chocolate cake recipe its super-moist and tender texture.

A full pound of zucchini goes into these lemon-y muffins, perfect for using up that summer bumper crop.

This summery riff on classic eggplant Parmesan celebrates the custardy goodness of tender zucchini.

While tasting pretty much identical to a regular chocolate quick bread, this cake is way more moist — thanks to the zucchini — and has a slightly denser crumb. It is a cracking-good way to use some of the many, many zucchini you may have right now.

Crisp, flaky layers of phyllo dough encase a savory filling of caramelized zucchini, sweet summer corn, two types of cheese, and lots of fresh herbs.

A simple, five-ingredient recipe for zucchini melts on marble rye bread.

A quick and easy weeknight dinner for a spicy stir-fry with ground pork and zucchini. Just serve it over rice and you've got a complete meal.

With no time to overthink the food, make an easy pasta salad with summer’s freshest veggies.

These stuffed zucchini boats are inspired by two dim sum staples: garlic chive pork dumplings and stuffed eggplant.

Use the best of your summer garden produce in this French-meets-Italian-inspired recipe.

Bite-size zucchini batons in a crunchy panko and Parmesan coating and air fried until golden and crisp.

The classic combination of sausage and peppers is tossed with tender zucchini noodles in this easy summery one-pot meal.

Buffalo chickpeas are tangy, spicy, and buttery all at once — a perfect contrast to the sweet, mild zucchini. Plus, we'll take any excuse to drizzle dinner with creamy ranch.

Pickled zucchini coins are a tangy companion to sandwiches, cheese boards, salads, and more!

Zucchini boats are a tasty, easy and healthy centerpiece at any summer meal.