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Zucchini noodles are one of the best things that have happened to low-carb and Keto diets. The noodles have a nice consistency that is similar to spaghetti and noodle pastas … without the heavy carb load.
This Fresh Zucchini Noodle Salad is light and fresh, and easy to make. The noodles are fun and will delight even your veggy picky kids.
You can easily double or triple this recipe if you are hosting a buffet table or bringing a salad to a pot luck.
Low Carb, Slow Carb, Diabetic and delicious!
Fresh Zucchini Noodle Salad
Equipment
- Spiralizer
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/2 cup fresh basil (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp chili powder (optional and to taste)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- 3 medium zucchini
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1 medium avocado (diced)
- 1/2 onion (very thinly sliced)
Instructions
- Combine olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, basil and chili powder together in a food processor and process until emulsified. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Using your Spiralizer, create zucchini noodles, or spirals, OR use a sharp potato peeler to create flat zucchini noodles.
- Place zucchini, tomatoes and onion together in a bowl. Sprinkle dressing over the salad and toss. Refrigerate .
- Remove from refrigerator 10 minutes before serving. Add the avocado chunks and toss to mix.
- Garnish with a few sprigs of basil.
Notes
Here is a fabulously EASY way to dice or cube an avocado. It takes less than a minute … so in this recipe when you take the salad out of the refrigerator, you will have more than enought time to cube and add the avacado(s) to your salad bowl.
If you are on any kind of low carb diet, including Slow Carb, Keto or Diabetic versions, I’m going to encourage you to get yourself a good quality, sturdy spiralizer. It’s not only fun, it will help you get past your “pasta” cravings … and your food will look GREAT. Get your kids involved, they will actually fight over who’s going to do the veggie prep and, they will actually EAT what they make!
Here are just a few examples of what you can do with a Spiralizer and a zucchini …
Equipment:
- WHY IS THIS THE BEST SPIRALIZER ON THE MARKET? - NEWEST, PATENTED DESIGN! Gravity does half the work so no awkward sideways pressure is needed. Excellent for making veggie pasta or spirals for healthy vegetable meals. The easiest to use, best spiral slicer-spiralizer for those on a gluten-free/low carb/raw food/Paleo diet. Replace high carb pasta or noodles with healthy and tasty vegetable equivalents. The Spiral-Ultra will do wonders for your diet.
- UNMATCHED QUALITY - Made from BPA-free professional grade, heavy duty reinforced food grade ABS for superior break resistance. Highly versatile thanks to the 4 ultra-sharp German 420-grade hardened stainless steel blades for endless fruit and vegetable creations. Provides a fun and unique way to take ordinary vegetables and fruits and make them into exciting spirals, ribbons, noodles and chips.
- EXTREME VERSATILITY SALAD UTENSILS: Why waste time with a knife or a box grater? With this spiralizer, you can get foods evenly sliced or finely grated in a fraction of the time. The Spiral-Ultra features all the benefits of a Tri-Blade or 4-Blade Spiralizer and more with this 8 in 1 Spiralizer - is also a Grater, Mandoline, and Juicer. Simply helping you make professional-looking garnishes, apple chips, onion rings, potato nests, elegant salads, vegetable pizza toppings, and so much more
- EASY TO USE AND CLEAN-UP: The unit keeps all of its attachments on board and is easy to setup and use. The suction cup feet secure the unit to work surface to keep it steady at you slice. All done and ready to clean, easy to hand wash just rinse under the tap and drip dry, and dishwasher safe (top shelf)
- SUPERIOR VALUE GARNISHING KNIVES: Package includes the Mueller Spiral Ultra with 4 stainless steel blades, 4-cup container, protective mandolin vegetable holder, citrus juicer attachment, Mueller recipe e-book, printed color manual with detailed assembly and usage instructions. Also backed by a lifetime warranty and live telephone customer support
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