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Pesto Zoodles

Pesto Zoodles | YUM eating

Everyone!

OMGosh…life has been…well…different these last few weeks. Soon. We’ll discuss it soon. For now…..hey! It’s garden season! Woo hooo. I’m sad though that I won’t be repeating last years garden. I’m really going to miss it. But, I do hope to do a few containers; maybe some tomatoes and peppers. Plus, my asparagus, blueberry, black berry and strawberry plants from last year need tending. Not to mention, I am pretty sure there’s still potatoes out there which should grow a new batch this year. Or, so I’ve been told. 

Even though most of us are just getting started on our gardens, the farmers market is stuffed with some wonderful produce.

Insert wonderful zucchini here. 🙂  By the way, this totally qualifies as a #FrugalFriday recipe!

Y’all know I got this fancy smancy spiralizer for Christmas and I’ve been dying to use it.

Pesto Zoodles | YUM eating

Well, I’m happy to report that I finally had a chance to use it.

Check out how pretty those zucchini noodles (zoodles turned out!)

I’d love to be able to tell you I made some fancy pesto to go with them. But, I didn’t. I repeated my past pesto recipe.

For this recipe I used two zucchini and spiralized them. I was actually quite surprised at how easy it was. My spiralizer isn’t super fancy. It doesn’t attach to my counter, have different blades or even a crank handle. Instead, I just stick the vegetable in the spiralizer and twist.

It’s quite an arm workout! 

Pesto Zoodles  | YUM eating

It gave me a nice big bowl of zoodles. I put a little olive oil in the pan, added the zoodles, some salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. I didn’t cook them long because I wanted them to have a bit of a crunch and not be all mushy like zucchini can get sometimes if you cook it too long.

I made the pesto prior to zipping the noodles.

When the zoodles were done, I plated and added a few spoons of pesto. Then, I ‘tossed’ it.

I couldn’t ask for a better healthy meal.

Have you spiralized anything? I’d love for you to tell me about it.

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35 Comments

  1. I love pesto! It’s such a tasty alternative to a regular spaghetti sauce. It tastes especially fresh and bright on zoodles!

  2. i didnt even need to read this to know that i would loooooove this recipe. my 3 year loves pesto sauce more than anything. it really is a weird obsession for a toddler but i love it too so i dont mind making it quite often. and ive said before that i definitely want a spiralizer.

  3. I have so many friends who have made zoodles and love them. I would be extremely interested in giving them a try and wonder what my kids would think.

  4. I love pesto and zucchini so I bet this would be a great recipe! I will have to make it for my family.

  5. Yum! I love pesto. I don’t have a spirializer though and I only hear amazing things about them so I want to get one asap! This looks so good!

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