Make zucchini pasta your keto best friend
Zucchini spaghetti, zucchini pasta, zoodles, courgette noodles – call them what you will, but they’re a great low-carb substitute for noodles and pasta on the Keto diet. And they’re no less delicious. First things first: you don’t need any special equipment to make them. Before I invested in a hand-held spiralizer, I used my vegetable peeler to make the pasta, so this is more appropriately called zucchini fettuccine, but what’s in a name? This zucchini casserole recipes is low on carbs, gluten-free, and can easily be made vegetarian as well. With its crisp, golden cheesy crust on top, layers of meat and veg and more cheese inside, it’s a great dinner staple and your kids will love it too.
If you don’t fancy a bake, and you’d rather have a pasta/noodle dish, take a look at our pesto zucchini spaghetti and our keto alfredo fetuccine for more zoodle ideas; you’ll be surprised how versatile this fruit can be. That’s right, did you know zucchini is a fruit?
A cheesy, tomato-ey baked zucchini casserole
Our baked zucchini casserole is going to tomato-based, and I would recommend using our recipe for the marinara sauce. While I’ve used some salami that I picked up on holiday, it’s pretty much up to you what goes into this casserole. You can use meaty options like left-over shredded chicken, ground beef or pork, or perhaps some prawns or calamari. If you are vegetarian, you can use spinach, mushrooms, broccoli… any veggies you like. Customize it to suit your needs and this will be a perfect keto meal. Don’t skimp on the cheese either; the best part of this dish is cracking through that golden cheesy crust on top. If you’re anything like me, you’ll be fighting for the bits of browned cheese in the corners of the dish!
A quick and easy keto dish
Nutrition Info (Per serving)
- Calories: 516
- Net Carbs: 4g
- Carbs: 6g
- Fat: 46g
- Protein: 20g
- Fiber: 2g
This recipe makes 1 serving. Get this recipe on myfitnesspal.
- 100 grams Zucchini Spaghetti
- 60 ml HK's Keto Marinara Sauce Find it here
- 50 grams Cheese
- 30 grams Salami
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- Mix the spaghetti with the pasta sauce in your oven proof dish
- Add in the meat and olive oil and mix
- Layer with cheese and bake
- Once the top is browned, remove from the oven and serve
12 Comments
Cynthia Thatcher
February 6, 2018 at 8:47 pmFound this site today searching Keto recipes. Love it. Recipes looks amazing Sahil is entertaining emotes a clear passion for Keto. Yeah! Thank you
Sahil Makhija
February 7, 2018 at 3:19 amThank you for the kind words 🙂
Charles McCombs
February 17, 2018 at 11:08 pmMade the baked squash fettuccine for dinner. It was awesome! Thanks for sharing your ideas!!
llanarth
April 20, 2018 at 8:11 pmSo kind sharing your inventive knowledge and skill. Much appreciated 🙂
Christine
August 30, 2018 at 2:00 pmI made the Baked Zucchini Casserole. I thought the video said to bake it at 200 degrees for 10 minutes but after 10 minutes it wasn’t even warm yet. I had to turn up the heat and cook longer. Mine came out a little watery but delicious. Did I hear the time or temp. wrong?
Sahil Makhija
September 5, 2018 at 10:40 amYou probably did 200F, it’s 200C which is around 392F I think.
Kathleen Dolly Schultz
September 22, 2018 at 1:46 amDelicious, and so easy. Thanks! Love listening to you express how “yummy” the meals are, lol.
Mike Wall
December 6, 2018 at 12:57 amIt makes my day revisiting this because of your reminder post on your FB group. Thanks! Love twisting this recipe to my whim of the day! mmmm
Abhishek
December 28, 2018 at 10:48 pmTried this today, substituting the ham with some pan-fried broccoli and mushroom. It tasted yummy but didn’t exactly come out as a bake. The insides were really runny and I couldn’t cut it into pieces. It didn’t matter to me but I would like to do it perfectly for others. Any ideas why this was the case?
Melissa gregor
July 21, 2019 at 7:44 amLove your recipes thank you they r so easy
roxanne doyle
July 24, 2019 at 6:20 pmDELICIOUS!!
Eating this as I leave my comment. This is so good! I did swap out the salami for ground Italian sausage and added a little garlic and red pepper flakes… one of the best things I’ve eaten that includes a veggie!
Thank you!:
Bella
March 10, 2021 at 1:45 amJust made this tonight! Awesome! I had not tried zucchini with red sauce and this was wonderful. I swapped out the salami for grilled chicken that I had on hand and used a small can of Hunts roasted garlic sauce, only 3 net carbs. Per serving with no added sugar. Mozzarella and Parmigiana cheese on top. Perfect! Zoodles did well in place of pasta and I enjoyed it. Thank you!