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Zucchini Pasta!

9/4/2013

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Alastair's brother's girlfriend Aysza (sounds just like "Asia") sent me the best birthday gift in June: a spiral cutter!
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I decided to break it out and make zucchini "pasta" last week. I washed 2 large zucchini, and I had this in five minutes:
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The spiral cutter is incredibly easy to use. I just stuck a zucchini into the hole and twisted. The spiral strips came out through the slits and fell right into the bowl. No chopping or cooking required. The only hard part was my sore arm. Maybe my arm will hurt less if I do this all the time. 

Since I was making "pasta", I needed some sauce. I chopped up a bunch of other veggies from the fridge (mushrooms, onions, jalapeno, celery, spinach) and made a sauce with ground turkey similar to this recipe. 
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I poured the sauce over a large handful of "pasta" and sprinkled on some parmesan cheese. 
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Ladies and gents, it was a hit! There was no tricking me into thinking that it was real pasta, but the crunchy and spiral texture of the zucchini made it a lot of fun to eat. Plus, I could twirl it around my fork like spaghetti! 
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I'm definitely going to make zucchini pasta again. With my busy schedule, I like things that are easy and quick. 

Talk soon!
2 Comments
Irene
11/2/2013 01:47:32 pm

Jen, I'm so hungry and that looks so good. What a nice & thoughtful gift.

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Ayzsagibbs
11/24/2013 07:19:53 pm

I'm so glad you love it, I also put carrot though it!! Yumm!!

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    I am  a Chicago-based Registered Dietitian working primarily in Acute Clinical Care. I started this blog in 2010, before I even knew that I wanted to be an RD! Now, as an active dietitian, this blog will become part of my life again. Read about my current healthy habits, but please peruse my old posts (from 2014 and before) to read about life as an RD student and my previous years in Australia!


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