Food trend: Zoodles - creative vegetable spaghetti
12.10.2016
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Zoodle is a combination of the words zucchini (courgettes) and noodles. Zoodles are vegetable spaghetti, not just courgettes, but also carrots, beetroot and other vegetables. They're perfect for anyone counting calories, people allergic to gluten and creative cooks who want to surprise and pamper their guests.
Fitness, counting calories and a healthy diet are all part of everyday life for modern man. Carbohydrates are often blamed for a small tummy or an extra bum. Unfortunately, little spaghetti is made of nothing but carbohydrates. So we need to find an alternative. Zoodles are exactly what you need. They're made entirely from vegetables, are low in carbohydrates and are a good, delicious alternative to spaghetti. So there's nothing standing in the way of your pasta dish, even if you're counting calories or are allergic to gluten. By the way, a second service is also possible, and without a guilty conscience.
Do you love to eat or are you just creative in the kitchen? Then serve zoodles once and surprise your guests. They look like pasta, are, thanks to their colours, perfect for decorating the plate and are delicious. Zoodles liven up salads and are an original accompaniment to almost any dish. What's more, the little piles of zoodles look great as decoration on every plate.
How to zoodle
There's only one way to turn vegetables into zoodles. The simplest method for making low-carb spaghetti is a manual or electric spiral vegetable slicer. But if you already want to eat zoodles today and don't have a spiral vegetable slicer, grab your peeler. Make long strips and your zoodles are ready!
Electric spiral vegetable cutters
An electric vegetable slicer makes vegetable pastes quick and easy. This gadget is a must-have for anyone who wants to incorporate vegetable spirals more into meals. That's because an electric vegetable slicer makes the job so much easier, and the cooking time is also reduced. With the right sauce, some of your guests won't even realise it's not real pasta.
Manual spiral vegetable cutters
Turn your cooking ideas into reality in no time at all. The manual spiral vegetable cutter, where you turn a crank or the vegetable, helps if you don't often prepare vegetable spaghetti. Whether it's to decorate plates, in salads or as vegetable pasta; with a little elbow grease and these appliances, you'll make dishes out of the ordinary.
Economical
If you prefer to do without manual or electric vegetable slicers, or simply don't have room in the kitchen, you can simply work with a peeler. With a julienne peeler you make spaghetti and with a traditional peeler you make tagliatelle.
How do I prepare my zoodles?
Depending on taste, you can either eat the zoodles raw, lightly cook them in hot water, grill them or plunge them into boiling salted water for a minute. Then just drain them, pour the sauce over them and enjoy! You can, for example, choose an all'arrabbiata, Bolognese, pesto or salad sauce. You can also, quite simply, choose other vegetables.
Online you're sure to find plenty of recipes. There are beetroot spaghetti salads, courgette noodles with prawns and cherry tomatoes, chicken soup with carrot spaghetti or pumpkin noodles in sage butter with cod. The possibilities are endless. Give it a try and let your imagination run wild! Your guests are sure to (hopefully) love it.
Have you ever made zoodles? What's your secret recipe? Tell us in the comments and inspire others.
Header image: Kenwood spiral slicer with 3 knife inserts for variety on your plate.
Cinzia Memper
Category Marketing Manager
cinzia.memper@digitecgalaxus.chDiscovering foreign countries and cultures and tasting coffee or other delicacies is what I enjoy most when I travel. My home is decorated with little gems I find in thrift shops and at flea markets. When I’m having one of my big DIY moments, my creativity is unleashed. Both the mountains and the seaside restore my inner balance. With a snowboard or surfboard under my feet, I’m happy.
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