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This is the time of year when zucchini is plentiful, and if you have a garden you’re probably getting a few zucchinis or yellow straight-neck squash every couple of days. The other thing that’s abundant this time of year is basil, and if I still had a garden I’d be freezing basil<\/a> and making my favorite Basil Pesto with Lemon<\/a>.<\/p>\n I guess it was the thoughts of that favorite basil pesto that originally inspired this Zucchini Pesto Pasta<\/strong> because years ago when I told my nephew Jake that were going to make it he asked me where the recipe was and I tapped the side of my forehead. This recipe <\/b>was one of those spontaneous cooking ideas that just appear in my brain: why wouldn’t a little zucchini sauteed with garlic taste great mixed into pasta with basil pesto?<\/p>\n And when Kara and I cooked for the first time in the new condo kitchen<\/a> to update the recipe with better photos we also decided to try a new lower-carb pasta variety to make this favorite recipe quite a bit lower in carbs. We loved how it turned out!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After I heard about Fiber Gourmet Light Pasta<\/a> (affiliate link) from a few people, I bought some online and we absolutely loved it in this recipe. This pasta with lots of fiber reduced the net carbs in this recipe to about 18 net carbs per serving. And it tasted just like regular pasta!<\/p>\n However the bad news about the Fiber Gourmet Pasta is that it’s pricey, even in a recipe like this where we used one box to make 6 servings. I looked all around the web and didn’t find any site that had a low price for it sold by the box when you added in the shipping costs. The best price I found was at Amazon where you can buy a package of 12 boxes and get it for $3.99 per box. But if you buy only two boxes at a time at Amazon, it’s nearly $10.00 a box. For me it was such a treat to have “real” pasta without so many carbs that I bought a pack of 12, but if anyone finds it at a lower price for fewer boxes I’d love to know where you find it.<\/p>\n Even though the Fiber Gourmet Light Pasta varieties are all much lower in carbs than other pastas made from wheat, I like to make the carbs even lower by using this pasta in recipes with lots of other low-carb ingredients. So for this recipe, eight ounces of the pasta makes six servings. That makes the carb count much lower and makes the pasta much more affordable.<\/p>\n If you’re watching carbs you could make an even more carb-conscious variation by using twice as much zucchini and half as much pasta. I also think this recipe would be tasty made with Palmini Low-Carb Linguini<\/a> (affiliate link) if you’re a Palmini fan. I would cut the linguini into shorter pieces for this dish.<\/p>\n Of course there are many people who don’t have a garden that’s mass-producing basil, and you can certainly make this with purchased basil pesto in a jar<\/a>. <\/p>\n Check out Low-Carb and Keto Recipes with Pesto<\/a> for lots of good ideas for using this favorite sauce made with basil!<\/p>\n (Scroll down for complete recipe with nutritional information.)<\/p>\nWhat ingredients do you need for this recipe?<\/h2>\n
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What lower-carb pasta did we use for this recipe?<\/h2>\n
How to make Fiber Gourmet Light Pasta more affordable and reduce the carbs:<\/h2>\n
How else can you make a version of this that’s lower in carbs?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMore Interesting Ways to Use Zucchini:<\/h2>\n
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