Zucchini-Mint Pasta

Health score
18%
Zucchini-Mint Pasta
45 min.
4
592kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • 0.5 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
  • tablespoons butter 
  • ounces feta cheese crumbled
  • 0.5 cup mint leaves fresh thinly sliced
  •  garlic clove minced
  • teaspoon kosher salt 
  • tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
  • teaspoons lemon zest 
  • tablespoons olive oil 
  • 0.3 cup parmesan cheese freshly grated
  • oz fettuccine pasta refrigerated cooked
  •  shallots diced
  • 0.5 cup walnuts toasted chopped
  • 1.5 pounds zucchini sliced

Equipment

  • frying pan

Directions

  1. Melt butter with olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add shallots, and saut 2 minutes.
  2. Add zucchini; saut 5 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Stir in minced garlic, and cook 1 minute.
  3. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice, lemon zest, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Toss in cooked pasta, fresh mint, walnuts, and Parmesan cheese.
  4. Sprinkle with feta cheese just before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories592kcal
Protein12.68%
Fat47.11%
Carbs40.21%

Properties

Glycemic Index
61.5
Glycemic Load
20.8
Inflammation Score
-8
Nutrition Score
24.730434871238%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.4mg
Eriodictyol
2.11mg
Hesperetin
1.66mg
Naringenin
0.1mg
Apigenin
0.31mg
Luteolin
0.72mg
Myricetin
0.01mg
Quercetin
1.16mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:591.52kcal
29.58%
Fat:31.66g
48.71%
Saturated Fat:10.54g
65.89%
Carbohydrates:60.83g
20.28%
Net Carbohydrates:55.05g
20.02%
Sugar:7.57g
8.41%
Cholesterol:45.72mg
15.24%
Sodium:1080.36mg
46.97%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:19.17g
38.34%
Manganese:1.55mg
77.4%
Selenium:48.16µg
68.81%
Vitamin C:37.85mg
45.88%
Phosphorus:386.51mg
38.65%
Vitamin B6:0.64mg
31.87%
Vitamin B2:0.5mg
29.65%
Copper:0.56mg
27.81%
Calcium:274.62mg
27.46%
Magnesium:103.6mg
25.9%
Fiber:5.78g
23.12%
Folate:88.65µg
22.16%
Potassium:771.05mg
22.03%
Zinc:3.12mg
20.81%
Vitamin A:933.58IU
18.67%
Vitamin B1:0.25mg
16.39%
Iron:2.63mg
14.6%
Vitamin K:13.62µg
12.97%
Vitamin B3:2.44mg
12.22%
Vitamin E:1.65mg
11.01%
Vitamin B5:1.08mg
10.84%
Vitamin B12:0.58µg
9.59%