Pasta Substitute

The title of this post would not sit well with my Darling Husband, as he wouldn't agree that it is possible to substitute his beloved pasta!   For those of you who might want to take a chance, I think you'll like this idea.  I first ran across this in a Suzanne Somers healthy eating book.  Originally, I didn't take much note of it, but now, I really like to use it as a pasta alternative mainly for myself, although, one of my girls will eat these "noodles" as well. 

These were made with a spiral slicer.  Healthy Chick hasn't taken this spiral slicer with her yet (I hope she doesn't see this post, or I may have to get my own).  You can find one on Amazon.  To use it, I slice a zucchini in half, cut off the ends, and center the cut portion on the small plastic tines.  Then it gets placed on top of the cutting and container half of the slicer.  Mine will then fasten with a twist.  If you don't want to buy a slicer, you can try this same technique using a vegetable peeler.

From here, you turn the handle on top and the zucchini runs over the blade.

This is what you get---swirly thin healthy, zucchini noodles!  From here, I saute them in a frying pan, you can use olive oil, or whatever you'd like. 

These are topped with homemade spaghetti sauce, but use your imagination!   (This is shown with about 3/4 of a smallish zucchini and about 1/3 c. of sauce.  I was still hungry so finished the rest of the zucchini with a little more sauce.)  Yum, yum, yum.

I'm joining Donna's healthy recipe link today.