Healthy carrot / zucchini "pasta"

Name: Healthy carrot / zucchini "pasta"
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 carrots (or zucchinis or half of each); 2/3 cup (or more) of any pasta sauce you prefer (i.e. marinara sauce, mince meat, peanut sauce, carbonara sauce etc); 6 tbsp grated cheese

bi11ie @cook_3121287

This is more of an idea than a recipe and it's not even my idea. I've seen it on multiple places online so there's no single person to credit.

Typical pasta has a ton of calories per serving and so whenever I eat it I only eat a small portion and don't add much sauce or cheese. But where's the fun in that? :( Besides, pasta is not really nutritious at all.

Well say hello to carrot "pasta"! Each carrot has less than 40 kcal and 1 zucchini less than 20. 1 serving = 2 carrots or zucchinis so you can add as much sauce and toppings as you like! :D You'll also be eating at least 1 serving of veggies without even noticing!

You can use this "pasta" in any recipe that calls for spaghetti or noodles, even pasta carbonara!

This is more of an idea than a recipe and it's not even my idea. I've seen it on multiple places online so there's no single person to credit.

You can use this "pasta" in any recipe that calls for spaghetti or noodles, even pasta carbonara!

bi11ie @cook_3121287

This is more of an idea than a recipe and it's not even my idea. I've seen it on multiple places online so there's no single person to credit.

You can use this "pasta" in any recipe that calls for spaghetti or noodles, even pasta carbonara!

This is more of an idea than a recipe and it's not even my idea. I've seen it on multiple places online so there's no single person to credit.

You can use this "pasta" in any recipe that calls for spaghetti or noodles, even pasta carbonara!

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Ingredients

25 mins

2 servings

4carrots (or zucchinis or half of each)
2/3 cup(or more) of any pasta sauce you prefer (i.e. marinara sauce, mince meat, peanut sauce, carbonara sauce etc)
6 tbspgrated cheese

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Steps

25 mins

1

This is the most "difficult" and boring part of the preparation. You'll need a potato peeler and you have to peel each carrot (and/or zucchini) until it's so thin that you can't possibly peel it anymore. The time this takes depends on the size of the carrots but it's generally ~6 mins per carrot.
2

Once you're done with step one you'll have carrot (and/or zucchini) noodles! They may seem like a lot but they'll shrink in size later on.
3

Throw all of the "noodles" into a frying pan and cook for ~3-5 mins, until they're as soft as you like your pasta to be. You don't need to add any oil but you gotta stir and move them around a lot.
4

Turn off the heat and add your favorite sauce (that you've already prepared before starting with this recipe).
5

Transfer to bowls.
6

Top with a generous amount of grated cheese (I find that the taste of the carrots is too strong without cheese) and enjoy!