Recipe - Zucchini noodles (Super Healthy/Yummy Pasta Alternative)

It was a just regular day in the office and as I was preparing my oh-so-boring salad for lunch at my desk, I sniffed something so yummy coming from the kitchen that I had to poke my head in and ask what it was! Turns out our senior associate in the office had made zucchini noodles with meatballs and wow, was I blown away. ZUCCHINI? NOODLES? No wayy! I've never even thought of such a concept until she started explaining how she was on a diet and always looking for healthier options than pasta/carbs. I knew right there and then that I HAD to make this dish that night. And as per usual, I didn't want to do it a specific way, I wanted it to do it my way... so I researched and then added some of my own flavors into my Zucchini pasta dish :) Here's how I (with some help) did it!

Purchased three of the biggest zucchinis I could find at Safeway, so cheap! 2 dollars!

Then because I didn't have the actual noodles slicing machine (Amazing noodle making machine), I used a traditional peeler and stood there, hand peeled each zucchini from the bottom up. It did take some time but believe me, it's worth it!

After peeling each, I took our biggest and baddest knife and started cutting it into shreds. Once again, it did take some time but if you do 3-5 pieces at a time, it should reduce the time prepping.

Then I put all of the noodles in a microwavable container, drizzled some extra virgin olive oil on it. Put some garlic salt, parsley flakes, fresh ground pepper, celery salt, a dab of soy sauce and really just whatever herbs you want to season it with on it, mixed it around. Then you NUKE it for 1 minute, see how it is, swirl it around and then nuke it for another 30 seconds - 1 minute (depending on how soft you like your zucchini noodles). I like mine super soft so I did two minutes total.

Look at how pretty it is served in a bowl ready to be eaten... but WAIT.

 Then I decided to garnish it with some pesto shrimp on top! Put it over the stove, add some pesto powder (MY ABSOLUTELY FAVORITE!) mix it all together - you can also get this at your local grocery store. Follow the directions on the packet and prepare the sauce, believe me it's delicious! Add some fresh ground pepper and into the zucchini noodles. Voila! 

And again, just to show how pretty AND delicious it is. One of my new favoritest creations.

Prep time: 30-45 minutes

Cook time: 5 minutes

Overall: An hour or less

I would seriously eat this everyday if I could... and now you can try it!