Fettuccine with Zucchini, Goat Cheese and Chili is a quick pasta dish that is comforting and healthy. It’s all about the zucchini to Fettucine ratio: equal amounts of spiraled zucchini taste great, look beautiful, and lend fantastic texture. If you’re going to eat pasta, up your veggies!
Pasta: fresh or dried
This recipe works really well with store-bought fettuccine. It’s also called ribbon pasta; if you can find a wide egg noodle, it’s the nicest! Lots of markets carry freshly made pasta in the refrigerated section — this would be another super choice. Finally, you can opt to make your own fettuccine. Hipcooks frequently hosts Pasta in Casa classes to hone your skills.
Zucchini: lots of ways to skin a cat (err, zucchini)
For our Fettuccine with Zucchini, Goat Cheese and Chili, we used a spiralizer on the ribbon setting. But really: no spiralizer, no problem! You can cut your zuke into disks of half-moons, and the result is really the same.
Tools of the Trade
A nice, deep skillet really does the trick here. Vollrath’s NUCU line is amazing! You already know their skillets — we use them at Hipcooks and carry them in our retail store. We’ll soon feature this cookware line in our studios — you’ll love the heavy-duty design and ergonomic handles.

Ingredients
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
a pat of butter
½ pound zucchini, spiralized or cut into thick ribbons with a veggie peeler
½ pound linguine, cooked in salted water until al dente
½ cup (or so) of goat cheese (you can also use cream or sour cream)
chili flakes, as desired
freshly grated parmesan, to serve
Instructions
Sauté the garlic and butter in the skillet, and when fragrant add the zucchini. Cook until the zucchini is just tender. Add the linguine and stir in the goat cheese, adding some chili flakes as you do. Serve with parmesan sprinkled on top.

8 comments
Yummy! Can’t wait to try it!
Thanks, Sarah!
I’m definitely going to try making this pasta! I love the Goat cheese and chili flakes! Thank you!!
Thanks, Joy! I appreciate your comment! I love goat cheese and chili, too. I’ll post more fun recipes like this one, soon — we just finished a photo shoot and we’ve got great stuff in the queue. Monika
So many great recipes – thank you! Looking forward to another class soon!
I appreciate that, Diane! I’ll keep ’em coming. We just finished a photoshoot and I have fun stuff in the queue. Cheers! Monika
Oh my goodness, this looks simply delicious! Especially like the idea of adding chili peppers and goat cheese to a pasta-ish dish! Definitely printing this recipe…
This looks like the perfect thing to bring to potlucks this summer!