Zucchini noodles instead of pasta noodles?

higgins8283801
higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
edited March 3 in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone made "zoodles" and if so, did your kids like it? Pasta night and I'm thinking of using my veggie slicer to do this. Thoughts?

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  • meridianova
    meridianova Posts: 438 Member
    i haven't tried giving it to my son (4) or husband, but i honestly love them. last night i made a chicken alfredo and gave the boys pasta while i made zucchini noodles. i didn't have time to cook them (usually just give them a quick saute to warm and soften) but the sauce warmed them nicely and they still had a bit of cruch.

    assuming your kids aren't too picky, try slipping it in and see if they notice. they're delicate enough in flavor that they might not notice at all.
  • Gemini61088d
    Gemini61088d Posts: 2
    My husband and 8 year old boy love them! I usually cook them in a stir fry with lots of veggies and soy or teriyaki sauce and of course onion, garlic and pepper. YUM It's great with pasta sauce too!
  • radario
    radario Posts: 59 Member
    I love zucchini noodles! My youngest son does too but my very fussy 3 year old says 'no, I don't eat green spaghetti'.
    Oh and I've also used sliced aubergine/eggplant instead of lasagne sheets - delicious and my family didn't even notice the pasta was missing til I pointed it out.
  • lighteningjeanne855
    lighteningjeanne855 Posts: 566 Member
    I have a hand-held gadget, a Veggeti, for making spagettii-like zoodles,
    and I've used a vegetable peeler to make flat zoodles.
    Either style is wonderful! I cook the strands in chicken broth, adding butter, salt and pepper.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    I love them, my husband loved them, the kids not too much. They're still zucchini.
  • fitdoesntquit
    fitdoesntquit Posts: 7 Member
    I make them with my Veggetti tool from Bed Bath and Beyond. I just sautee them up with some EVOO, garlic sea salt grinder, pepper, and a nice healthy shake of tumeric! YUM! Tumeric is expensive (and can stain so watch out!) but it's an excellent food remedy for chronic pain management. I shake it in everything.
  • aeb09
    aeb09 Posts: 424 Member
    Absolutely love zoodles. I've made them with meat sauce and mushrooms as well as with shrimp and bell peppers in an asian sauce.

    My favorite blogger for recipes: www.inspiralized.com
  • codycsweet
    codycsweet Posts: 1,019 Member
    I make zucchini lasagna and love it. Made done last night with some zucchini out of the garden.
  • lillilanda
    lillilanda Posts: 27 Member
    I do this and my kid loves it, calls it green snakes.
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