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Zucchini Pizza Casserole makes a delicious family meal and is even big enough for company. Not to mention it’s on the healthier side too! If you’re a pizza lover and want to try an Easy Skillet Pizza to change up your pizza game, give it a try!
Zucchini Pizza Casserole | Low Carb
This casserole. Sweet merciful. This Zucchini Pizza Casserole makes my life worth living. Low on the carbs, good on the butt, a little crispy cheese action going on, plus lots of pizza toppings. This dish has a cheesy zucchini crust, is topped with pizza sauce, more cheese, and any desired pizza toppings you choose.
I got this recipe from my husband’s cousin Karen {Hi Karen!} when we were living in Idaho going to school/Gord was going to school while I brought home the bacon. She lives in Idaho with her family and had us over for dinner several times. We love them. Anyways, one time she made this for our dinner and I fell in love. So, I got the recipe eons ago and only found it recently. Feel free to send her love mail because I know you’re all going to love this as much as we do.
Main Ingredients Needed
I love making this in the summer with fresh zucchini out of my garden. Yummy! Here is what you’ll need to make Zucchini Pizza Casserole:
- Zucchini – grated. You can also use yellow squash or a mixture of both here.
- Salt + Pepper– to taste. To enhance flavor.
- Eggs – used to combine the zucchini and cheese together forming a crust base.
- Mozzarella, Cheddar + Parmesan Cheese– grated. These all are mixed with the zucchini and eggs to create the crust. Yum!
- Pizza Sauce – use your favorite brand or whatever you have on hand.
Topping Options
This is where this recipe gets fun, pile on any and all desired toppings for best results!
- Pepperoni
- Sausage Crumbles
- Olives
- Peppers
- Onions
- Mushrooms
- Artichoke
- Spinach
- Shredded Chicken
- Basil
How To Make Zucchini Pizza Casserole | Directions
Throwing this dish together doesn’t take very much prep work! Simply grate the zucchini and cheeses, combine with egg and put it in a baking dish, and bake. Add any pizza toppings and sauce and bake again. For full details on how to make Zucchini Pizza Casserole, see the printable recipe card below.
Step 1: Preheat + Prep
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 9×13 glass dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
Step 2: Make Zucchini Crust
Grate zucchini and measure out 4 cups. Sprinkle salt over zucchini and let sit for 10 minutes. Ring out zucchini to remove any excess water and mix together with pepper, eggs, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 1 cup cheddar cheese, and parmesan cheese.
Stir to combine and spread evenly into prepared baking dish. Bake 20 minutes.
Step 3: Top + Bake Again!
Remove from oven and top with pizza sauce, remaining cheeses, and any desired pizza toppings. Bake 15 more minutes and remove. Cool 5 minutes before cutting and serving.
Storing Leftover Zucchini Pizza Casserole
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
More Zucchini Recipes to Try!
- Sausage Zucchini Boats
- Zucchini Enchiladas
- Zucchini Fried Rice with Asian BBQ Turkey Meatballs
- Zucchini Fritters
- Zucchini Pizza Boats
I hope this recipe makes it in your menu this week. It’s a good one for sure! For full recipe details, see the printable recipe card below. Enjoy, friends! 🙂
Zucchini Pizza Casserole
Ingredients
- 4 cups zucchini grated
- 1/2 teaspoon salt + pepper to taste
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese grated, divided
- 2 cups cheddar cheese grated, divided
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese grated
- 3/4 cup pizza sauce use your favorite sauce!
any desired pizza toppings:
- pepperoni
- sausage crumbles
- olives
- peppers
- onions etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 9×13 glass dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- Grate zucchini and measure out 4 cups. Sprinkle salt over zucchini and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Ring out zucchini to remove any excess water and mix together with pepper, eggs, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 1 cup cheddar cheese, and parmesan cheese. Stir to combine and spread evenly into prepared baking dish.
- Bake 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and top with pizza sauce, remaining cheeses, and any desired pizza toppings.
- Bake 15 more minutes and remove. Cool 5 minutes before cutting and serving.
I just made this today for dinner tonight. It was extremely helpful to use the food processor to grate the zucchini.
Has anyone tried to freeze a portion after cooking? I’m wondering how well it reheats after freezing…
This looks so good. I long for the days when we grew zucchini. I’m planning on making zucchini bread soon so I will be buying extra to make this. By the way that would be a big fat no to the chocolate cinnamon bears, but ice cream is very difficult to turn away from. Thanks for the recipe. (Karen too)
I totally wan to try this but 4 cups grated zucchini = how many zucchinis?
Thanks!
what are the net carbs?
Perfect…a recipe to help use up the zucchini out in the garden!!!
Wow! This recipe is very inspiring, so many possibilities. There are like no carbs, so all that cheese is totally justifiable, more cheese please!
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I made this tonight for dinner. It was a huge hit! We all loved it. Thanks for sharing this family recipe.
Holy cow moly. Y’all. This exceeded all expectations. We all wolfed it down like we hadn’t eaten in days. I wanted more. I wanted the whole dish….who are these other people eating in my house?! I put my zucchini in a tea towel and squeezed the liquid out. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goodness. Make this. Yesterday. Right now. Who cares what time it is.
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Hmmmm so how much is a buttload exactly? This recipe sounded great when I first saw it on pinterest but once I read buttload kinda turned me off lol. Classy
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THANKS!
This looks and sounds SCRUMPTIOUS! JUST LOVELY! I will DEFINITELY be trying this soon!
This is also gluten-free.
Laura … this looks fantastic. I am trying to find foods that will help me maintain my weight while taking my medication for cancer (according to the doctor it will put as much as 50 or 75 pounds on you if not careful over the 5-year treatment period). I love food, so this makes meal time even more depressing when there are things on the table you shouldn’t eat.
Thanks so much for this recipe. I love veggie pizza .. now I can have one with no regrets …. even the WHOLE thing if i want.
I’m new to your blog, butI shall be following fro now on.
Thanks again,
Diana
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Just made and ate this! It’s delicious! Even my picky daughter gobbled it up!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Holy smokes is this GOOD!!!! I wasn’t sure if I would like it so I cut everything in half. I’ve eaten three bites and already know I will be making this again. I had a package of broccoli slaw so used 2 cups of that. I had some jalapeno cheddar so I used that. I didn’t realize I didn’t have any Parmesan until too late. I used a single serving container of ranch dressing and a baked chicken breast I cut into pieces as the toppings (along with more cheese of course). WOW!!!! If my version is this good, I can only imagine how amazing it would be if I followed the recipe. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe.
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Delicious!!! My kids and hubby love it. Moist and fluffy crust. Making again for sure. Thanks for sharing 😉
Thanks for sharing!!
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Made this tonight – didn’t have chedder so I only used the mozzarella & parmesan. For the sauce I used some leftover roasted garlic spaghetti sauce from Trader Joes, and for the toppings some leftover diced chicken, sliced cherry tomatoes, olives, and sliced red onion. This was so, so delicious and was so much like pizza that we didn’t even miss the crust. Leftovers for lunch tomorrow! Thanks so much Lauren – another weeknight homerun!
Wow, Lauren, this looks amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Ok, that is a whole lot of deliciousness in a pan right there. That looks amazing!
I am going to try this soon!
Hey Lauren,
So, I just had this for dinner. I did only use one egg instead of two, tooooootally by mistake. Whoops. On top, I used spinach and feta sausage, red peppers, onions, and mushrooms (put olives on my husband’s half). Basically, it tasted like baked cheese. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love cheese, but I didn’t taste the zucchini at all in the “crust.” Just cheese. It was also SUPER thin and flimsy. Any idea what I did wrong? Is it all because I forgot an egg?
I just made it as well and I also felt it tasted like just cheese, but my husband and kiddo were ok with that, lol.
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I WILL be making this!! YUMMMMMMO
This is brilliant! My family will LOVE it!
Thanks Lauren! My husband loves pizza but is watching his carb intake, this should do the trick.
PS… Chocolate and cinnamon just shouldn’t go together in my opinion. I don’t even like it when it’s together in cookies. It’s just tastes odd to me.
nice share…
thanks
What a great idea, Lauren. That base can be used so many ways. 🙂
Holy crap, this is brilliant!
Great way to sneak in some greens! Love it!
Love this idea, what a unique way to use zucchini!
Looks sooo good! I am so making this tonight.
My husband loves chocoloate covered cinnamon bears, which I never even knew existed until I met him. I’m with you, its so confusing.
Um, WHOA. I actually thought this was a pizza in a baking dish at first. Zucchini “crust” totally fooled me! My parents just imparted the last of their zucchini bounty to me; I am soo making one tonight!!
A zucchini crust?! Now this I can get onboard with! I wasn’t really feeling the whole cauliflower-crust trend but I totally am feeling this!
That looks fantastic! I will have to try that with the garden bounty that has been coming in.
PS- Chocolate covered gummi bears = yum. Cinnamon bears = not so much.
PPS- I’ve had a box of Samoas in the pantry since March. I keep it there for JUST IN CASE there is a sweets emergency. You know, when I run out of chocolate chips, brownie mix, ice cream, Easter/Halloween stashes, etc. You are probably just being conservative for the sake of possible sweets emergencies. Wise planning.
This looks so yummy! I love easy casseroles, and any way to incorporate more veggies into my life is A-Okay with me 🙂
It’s a zucchini crust! So healthy!
By the way, no no to the chocolate covered cinnamon bears. >_<
Oh my gosh, this looks amazing!!!
If I would like to use mushrooms as a pizza topping, do I cook the mushrooms first before the final bake!
I didn’t and it turned out great. I used some pre-sliced white mushrooms and sometimes they are sliced a little thick so I gave them a few chops with a knife before I put them on.
How fun! I have made the cauliflower crust for pizza several times now. Brilliant to use zucchini
This looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it this weekend.
Lauren! This is a great way to use that zucchini I’m covered up with right now! Love it!
I’m totally digging this! Love the cheesy zucchini crust!
This looks delicious! Must try it soon.
Made this tonight. It was insanely delicious. The crust is slightly reminiscent chile rellenos because of the eggy-cheesy goodness.
I prepared the recipe x 1.5 and baked it in two 8 x 8 pans. One to eat and one to give to another (small) family. It worked out great. Thanks for this fantastic recipe! This is a new favorite!! 🙂