This simple healthy recipe of Zucchini Spaghetti with a yummy tomato sauce (reminiscent of the tomato on bruschetta). It’s a tasty side dish or light meal which is best prepared & served with vegetables at room temperature. It’s not intended to be a hot dish. It’s also a Raw Food recipe so no cooking is required – you have to love that!
Zucchini Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
(I know this post would be better with a photo but I have ran out of time. I’ll add one when I make them at Christmas time).
Ingredients
1 large zucchini
3 large egg tomatoes
1/2 red capsicum
5 sun-dried tomatoes (in olive oil)
1tblspn of Olive Oil
1 tspn of garlic
1 tblspn of spring onion
3 kalamata olives
Small handful of fresh basil
Salt & pepper
You will need either a mandolin with narrow blades or a spiraliser gadget to make the spaghetti. If you don’t have one, you can still make this dish, it’s just much more labour intensive. But with that said, these gadgets are a worthwhile investment because you can change the shape and texture of vegetables and fruit quite easily which makes meals more interesting, especially for kids.
Method
1. Put everything except the salt & pepper in a food processor, and blend a little bit so its still chunky.
2. Taste & season with salt & pepper to your liking. Put this mixture aside.
3. Use your mandolin or spiraliser to make spaghetti noodles out of your zucchini. If you don’t have one of these gadgets, cut your zucchini in half, then start to cut extremely thin strips from each half. You’ll then need to turn each strip on its side and cut extremely thin strips again in order to make it look more like spaghetti noodles.
4. Place zucchini spaghetti on a serving platter or individual plates, then top generously with the tomato sauce.
Enjoy this dish. It’s healthy, easy, quick and an awesome introduction to Raw Food cooking.