ITALIAN ZUCCHINI PASTA CASSEROLE
If you love zucchini recipes, you must give this delicious pasta casserole a try, it has wonderful reviews.
Why You’ll Love This Zucchini Casserole
If you are anything like us, every summer we end up with lots of zucchini and are always looking for recipes. This is one we always come back to because it is loaded in flavor and the Italian sausage and pasta go so well together. Then you add in the tomato soup and you just have a wonderful flavor.
Swaps for this Recipe
We love the Italian sausage in this recipe; we always buy the sweet mild kind, but if you like spicy, you can use that. You may also want to switch out the sausage for ground beef or ground turkey, which will be great too. We suggest that if you use ground turkey, you will want to add more spices, since it doesn’t have as much flavor as ground beef or Italian sausage.
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Italian Zucchini Pasta Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb of Italian Sweet Sausage
- 2 cups of uncooked pasta
- 3 cups of zucchini quartered
- 1 10.75 ounce can of tomato soup
- 1/2 cup of chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped white onion
- 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried parsley
- 2 cups of Italian Blend shredded cheese divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta according to directions and set aside. Brown Italian sausage, green pepper, and onion in skillet.
- Add in zucchini, spices and tomato soup. Let simmer until zucchini is soft , about 3-4 minutes.
- In a 2 quart casserole dish combine pasta and meat mixture and stir in one cup of cheese. Once combined top mixture with remaining cup of cheese.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
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Not sure what you mean by “quartered” zucchini.
You just slice it and then cut each slice into 4 pieces.
I made this for dinner last night and it was one of the best zucchini casseroles I have ever made. I recommend this to everyone. (I used minced garlic instead of powder.)
This makes me so happy! I am glad you gave this one a try and it was a hit!
I will be doing this recipe with bite size pieces of chicken tenders as we are not fond of sausage. I will use 1 tbsp of fresh herbs instead of dry (at least until it frosts). I also added thinly sliced garlic instead of garlic powder. The recipe is very straightforward and easy so I think the changes will be fine.
Is it really UNCOOKED pasta that you mix everything together with?
Hi Lindaa,
No, it states in the instructions that you cook the pasta. It says it in the first step. Thanks!
Making this tonight. If it’s anything like the sausage and cabbage casserole I know we will love it!
Made this tonight
Very delicious! It’s a keeper.
Sounds really good. Would be good to make ahead for this weekend. In fact there are a couple I might make. Thanks
I made this last night and it was delicious!! Everyone loved it and no doubt I will be making it again and again. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes. This is my go to site.
I am so thrilled to hear this was a hit! We love this one too! Thank you so much for the kind words.
I received this recipe in your newsletter and immediately made it! It is wonderful. We all loved it the flavor was great. None left. Thank you for sharing your delicious recipes.