Zoodles Recipe: Spiralized Zucchini Pasta & Avocado

A clean eating zucchini dish made with a vegetable spiralizer

I promised you a zoodles recipe some weeks ago, when I presented our new spiral vegetable slicer. So finally here it is and I’ve included even a short video (1:22 Min) for you. I’m still new to zoodles and can’t believe that I’ve overlooked this healthy cooking trend for so long. The main reason for this is, that I thought preparing spiralized pasta might be too time-consuming.

The preparation process takes you of course a bit longer than jotting store-bought pasta in your pot. On the other side you get a super clean, low-carb vegetable pasta that brings a playful creativity into your kitchen. 

Check out my zoodles recipe below:

Zoodles Recipe: Spiralized Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Pesto

2016-04-13 08:11:59

Serves 2

a delicious low carb, clean eating pasta dish

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Prep Time

25 min

Cook Time

5 min

Total Time

30 min

Prep Time

25 min

Cook Time

5 min

Total Time

30 min

Ingredients

1. 2 medium/large zucchinis
2. 2 tablespoons olive oil
3. 2 cloves garlic, minced
4. 2 avocados, cut, sliced, pealed and pit
5. 1 tablespoon lemon juice
6. 2 tomatoes in cubes
7. 1/2 teaspoon salt
8. some pepper
9. some fresh basil leaves, hacked
10. some basil leaves
11. 1 tablespoon almonds, hacked (or hazelnuts)

Prepare Zoodles

1. spiralize 2 zucchinis to zoodles using a spiral vegetable slicer (e.g. Lurch Spiralizer)

Prepare Avocado Pesto

1. heat olive oil in a pan
2. add garlic
3. let it simmer for 3 minutes - in the meanwhile...
4. place avocado halves in a food processor
5. add lemon juice
6. add salt and pepper
7. process for a few seconds
8. add sautéed garlic
9. process again for a few seconds

Cook Zoodles

1. bring salt water to a boil
2. add zoodles
3. let it simmer for 1-2 minutes
4. drain zoodles
5. toss zoodles gently in a bowl together with pesto
6. add tomato cubes
7. add almonds
8. mix everything gently together
9. serve in pasta plates
10. garnish with basil leaves
11. Enjoy immediately!

Notes

1. For 2 portions I recommend to use a bit larger zucchinis.

By Gabi Rupp, Leanjumpstart.com

Clean Eating http://leanjumpstart.com/

Video (1:22 min): How to Make a Zoodles Recipe - Easy and Creative

When you watch the short video closely you will find 2 mistakes:

First of all I have forgotten to put the 1/2 teaspoon of salt in the Avocado pesto. 
But this is something you won’t forget if you follow my recipe instructions above.

The second mistake is…something that really annoyed me a bit;)
When I first produced this video I had way too small zucchinis. The result was rather a zoodle dish for one person instead for two. I had then too much Avocado pesto left and you can see it by the end of the video or in the pictures above that the spiralized zucchini pasta is much more creamier than it should be.

I then decided to make a new video with two larger zucchinis. This is what you see at the beginning of my video.

So the zoodle quantity in the beginning of the video is much larger than the one I used for making the actual dish in the video. Sorry for that, I’m still new to the video production process…But I still hope that my video could inspire you to make your own zoodle recipe in future. By the way, I love the music it comes with;)

As mentioned in the beginning I’ve used for this recipe my new spiral vegetable slicer. If you want to learn why I absolutely love my new kitchen gadget and how my daughter could convince me to buy it, then feel free to read my Spiralizer Review on the Lurch Super Spiralizer 

Do you have a favorite Zoodles Recipe

Already a fan of spiralized vegetables? Share with us your favorite zoodles recipe or other spiralized pasta in the comment section below!