Fettuccine With Creamy Zucchini Sauce

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By Bonnie S. Benwick

This pasta with peak-summer zucchini is the benignant of look that lends itself to impromptu add-ins, specified arsenic pieces of grilled chickenhearted oregon shrimp, a compression of anchovy paste, oregon caller shelled peas from the farmers market. Play it straight, oregon improvise with what's connected hand. Serve with a greenish salad, if desired.

Storage: The pasta is champion if it eaten close way, but it tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 4 days.

Adapted from "Summer Gatherings: Casual Food to Enjoy With Family and Friends" by Rick Rodgers (William Morrow, 2008).

Ingredients

Fine salt
12 ounces dried fettuccine pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil, much arsenic needed
2 to 3 zucchini and/or summertime squash (1 1/4 pounds), trimmed, sliced successful fractional lengthwise and chopped into bladed half-moon slices
1 ample clove garlic, minced oregon finely grated
8 ounces caller ricotta cheese
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
3 to 4 basil leaves, chopped into chiffonade, for garnish
2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
490
Fat
16 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
68 g
Sodium
116 mg
Cholesterol
29 mg
Protein
18 g
Fiber
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Summer Gatherings: Casual Food to Enjoy With Family and Friends" by Rick Rodgers (William Morrow, 2008).

Tested by G. Daniela Galarza and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026