Zoodles Pasta Dinner is a healthy and exciting way to experiment with alternative ways to eating pasta. Why Zoodles over Pasta? Pasta – 1 cup cooked equals approximately 220 calories and 43 grams of carbs.
Zoodles is known as Zucchini and 1 cup cooked is approximately 25 calories with 4.6 grams of carbs. Additionally, Zucchini has antioxidants, nutrients, and vitamins not found in most kinds of pasta.
How to make Zoodles?
The above Zoodle slicer is a great veggie, spaghetti, pasta noodle maker. It is especially great to slice, zucchini, squash, cucumbers, carrots, and parsnip. This is easy to use by a simple turning motion to turn vegetables into spiral shapes. Also, this set featured above comes with a ceramic peeler, storage bag, a flexible cleaning brush, a safety cap, and a healthy recipe eBook to download.
Once you washed and trimmed your vegetable, you’re ready to use your machine. Place the vegetable between the spiked handle end and blade and by turning the handle, a ribbon of noodles will appear. It is easy to change the size of the vegetable by using a blade attachment. There are many ways to eat this. You can eat raw or I usually boil for approximately a minute.
Your Zoodles pasta dinner is now ready to eat. You can add this to a salad, a side, or as the main entrée. Add variety to you and your family’s diet by experimenting with endless possibilities. If you want to get creative, try making a stir fry or a soup.
Zoodles Pasta Recipes to try
Some Zoodles pasta recipes below are some great ways to start creating ways to transform your diet.
A basic recipe to try is boiling your vegetables for about a minute and add some garlic and oil and parmesan cheese and presto – a simple Zoodles Aglio e olio. If you want to eat it raw, try dressing up a salad or adding it to top off your soup.
Another great recipe is to make a cream sauce to top off your Zoodles.
Use 2 tablespoons of 1% milk, juice of approximately 1/2 a lemon, salt and pepper, a tablespoon of coconut milk, minced garlic, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and a pinch of grated parmesan cheese. I puree all the ingredients together in a blender until it is smooth. I cook on low heat for a few minutes to thicken. You can also add scallops, shrimp, or cherry tomatoes to top it off.
Zoodles pasta dinner is great for gluten-free diets, vegetarians, and others looking to change their daily diet habits. The possibilities are endless.
The vegetable Zoodles maker is soon to become one of your favorite kitchen appliances. Are you already using a Zoodles maker? What are some of your favorite recipes to make?