Zucchini Noodles – Recipes You Make When Men Are Gone
October 15, 2014This is one of my high protein low carb favs Zucchini Noodles with Meat Sauce. First when picking your Zucchini’s for your spiralizer you have to be picky. Look for the straightest and longest ones you can find………I’ll let you think that one over for a second.
The reason being when they are straight they spin so much better on the spiralizer.
Here is the Spiralizer
You will need two pans, one for the noodles and one for the meat. Get your sauce simmering and get to making your noodles.
I used the smallest blade attachment that it comes with. Chop off both ends and then place one end into the grated side and the other into the blade. Then just crank the handle.
Out comes beautiful noodles.
Sauté those bad boys up with a tiny bit of olive oil, salt and pepper for about 2-3 minutes. Then I browned up some ground turkey. Seasoned the heck out of it because let’s be honest ground turkey really doesn’t have much flavor.
Spoon the ground turkey over the noodles with some sauce and a tiny sprinkle of cheese and voila you have a carb conscious filling meal plus leftovers for lunch if your male counterpart doesn’t particularly care for zoodles. I think they are delicious and someone is missing out ;-)
There you have it! Have you made zucchini noodles like that before? They reheat the next day perfectly! This is definitely going to be on repeat for the next few months that is for sure! xoxoxo
I’m going to HAVE to add this to my kitchen! Thank you for sharing!!
Lmao my husband saw just a picture of a vegetable being spiralized and said nope. It was in my new cookbook from Oh She Glows and he insisted the husband in the picture had a look of misery on his face. Haha looks like delicious veggie noodles to me. To be fair, he did eat the noodles covered in avocado sauce I made.
I was just looking at the sprializer yesterday and telling Gary we need to buy one!! I have wanted to make something like this for ages now – obviously I need to buy this ASAP!!
I don’t have a spiralizer!! What is wrong with me?!?! Amazon.com is my jam, so I can make this happen asap (or in 2 days, thanks Prime). but this meal looks delicious and healthy! I think my husband would even eat it!
Maggie
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Amanda to save the day!!! I am going to need to hop on Amazon and order that spiralizer shit immediately. I need these low carb “noodles” in my life bad.
I love zoodles. So much better for you. Looks yummy.
I have the Veggetti from Bed Bath and Beyond and it works so well! Brian actually loves the zoodles too, so it makes meal planning easy!
this looks so good! i need to try it! xo jillian – cornflake dreams
A spiralizer is on my shopping list when I am back in the states!
LOL I can barely get away with using ground turkey instead of ground beef to try to be healthier. If I tried to break out the zoodles I’d probably be served with divorce papers the next day ;) Love how easy the Spiralizer is though!! Great recipe!
<3, Pamela
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Oh my gosh this looks so amazing! I need one of those! I wonder if my husband would eat it?!
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Bahahaha that OITNB gif is my new favorite! I love zoodles, such a great little pasta substitute! I have a handheld gadget that actually works pretty well but one day I’ll graduate to the grownup spiralizer.
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I’ve been wanting a spiralizer and my husband doesn’t get it because he doesn’t eat that kind of thing! haha That dinner looks so good though!
i haven’t made these in ages!! excellent and delish reminder to do so!
I NEED this spiralizer! I highly doubt Nick would touch this meal (he complains whenever I make anything with ground turkey) so this’ll be one for when he has a late hockey game ;) I like your thinking!
Hi – long time, no comment – but I still read everyday :) Anyway, thanks for sharing this – I have been looking for a spiralizer but wasn’t sure which kind to get – this one looks awesome, I think I will buy it!!
I wish I liked Zucchini!! That looks so good. I too try not to eat carbs at dinner. Having salad every night gets boring fast.
Great recipe! I’ve been wanting a spiralizer!
I would have a field day with that Spiralizer. Such a fab idea, I want one haha. That recipe sounds delicious too. Thank you for sharing and I hope that you are having a good day so far! :-)
Oh yum, this looks so good and I love how healthy it is! Adam wouldn’t touch anything like this with a ten foot pole so maybe I will make it when he’s out of town!
Genius! I am going to attempt spaghetti squash tonight!
haha I’m glad I’m not the only one who has a skeptical ‘male counterpart.’ There was an incident with a spaghetti squash once and I don’t think he’ll ever try that again. lol. But I’ve always wanted to try zoodles, but I don’t have a spiralizer! Must try this when hubs is out of town sometime.
I love zoodles! My fave is sautee the zoodles in coconut oil, an egg on top with hot sauce, feta, and a few slices of tomatoes…soooo good!
zoodles, LOVE it! I need a spiralizer, sounds like a good thing to add to my Christmas list!
Zucchini Noodles are THE $#!T – Have you tried Carrot Noodles? My son ate those up like NOBODIES BUSINESS.
I got this fantabulous gift card to Bed Bath and Beyond for my Bridal Shower – I’m thinking of picking up a spiralizer so I can quit just using the potato peeler – nobody got time for that!
But yeah – looks super YUM!
You need to get the Veggetti… it curls the zucchini like that… & so much smaller.
Omg I need to make this!
I have a noodle thing I’ve never even tried to use. I need to put that on my agenda.
This looks SO yummy!!!
I need one of those Spiralizer! I love using zucchini for recipes so this looks delicious!
I want that machine thingy! that looks so good!
Yay! It’s like recipe Wednesday up in the blogland. We’re all on the same wavelength and I love it!
I have a fancy pants food processor that makes this shape, so I should get on this. Looks yummy!
my cousin makes the best zucchini lasagna. seriously SO good.
Ive got to try these – and this concoction actually looks pretty tasty overall!
we both love zoodles at my house! Harrison said the reason he likes them is because i didn’t say “we’re having pasta” then serve these. I just said “we are eating squash noodles”. hahaha
Sounds good. I keep hearing about the spiralizers and it’s making me want one! My husband is diabetic so it would be great for substituting carbs and tricking small children into thinking they’re noodles!
I’ve wanted a spiralizer for soooooooooooooooooooooo long. I’ve heard great things about zucchini noodles, especially in chicken noodle soup, to substitute instead of noodles.
I would play with that thing for hours on end hah. I love how fun the noodles turn out!
I want to try this!!!
Love the “recipes you make when the men are gone…” haha hilarious! I love making spaghetti squash, and my boyfriend was very apprehensive the first time. He doesn’t hate it though! But the zoodles — I need! xo
I’m glad you reminded me about this!!! I need to get one stat – I actually think this is something my hubby might eat too (pending the sauce had meat in it)
I’ve always wanted a spiralizer but then I wonder if I’d actually ever use it or not! Once I get back into the art/science of meal prep I may reconsider – and will reach out to you for proper zucchini selection tips as well ;)
oooo yummy! I had to laugh because I too made mashed cauliflower for my hubby once and he was disgusted, so yes, that has become something I cook when he’s not around! I need to invest in one those spiralizers, seems totally worth the real estate it takes up.
Brooke
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oh yumm! I’ve always wanted to try this out but need get one of those spiralizers. I think the husband will like it if i load it with spaghetti sauce. haha
I’ve been seeing recipes for zucchini noodles all over Pinterest, I think I might have to jump on the bandwago, if for no other reason than to say that I own a spiralizer
I want one of the noodlizers! I saw one at Wal-Mart but I think it was a hand held. I will have to get one of these! I like zoodles waaaay better than spaghetti squash and I can get used to having a gadget get this ready for me.
I didn’t tell my bf that the cauliflower was mashed or that the lasagna we had was with zucchini and he didn’t even know. Once I told him he was very surprised but I had to hide it til after we ate or he wouldn’t have liked it.
This looks AMAZINNNGGG!!!! Good job!
I want a spiralizer thingy so I can make zucchini noodles. KC liked the cauliflower rice but prefers normal rice and I don’t think he’d be up for trying veggie noodles… sigh.
How have I NEVER heard of this? Let’s be honest I probably won’t go out and buy a noodle maker thing but I would love to try them!!!
i have yet to make zucchini noodles BUT i need this machine in my life. registery item? YES! and the blog title cracked me up.
Definitely wanting one of these! Mandolins are too dangerous! And btw, you are eating way too healthy with your man gone. Isn’t that the time to splurge. :)
Ah! I’ve been dying to see if these work!! I may need to pick one up!
I LOLED at the title of this post, so true. I’ve been wanting to make these for a while and still haven’t gotten the courage. I made Cauliflower “rice” once….and ew. Just ew.
We’re cutting carbs also because both of us need to lose weight and we’ve been using spaghetti squash as a noodle substitute. I’ve been wanting to try zucchini noodles and this really doesn’t seem too difficult.
I made cauliflower mashed potatoes a couple of weeks ago. They were surprisingly good.
i don’t think you understand how badly i want this noddle maker!
Pasta is literally my favourite thing to eat so I love finding less guilty ways that I can sneak in my diet. That black bean pasta and zoodles are some of my faves! Subbing quinoa for pasta is great for leftovers if I can remember to put it on when I get home. I just stick it in the rice cooker and top it with veggies and sauce so I’m still getting some sort of protein since I’m not really a meat fan.
Those sound amazing! Whenever I get married I am for sure registering for that lovely tool!
xo, Jen
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This looks delicious! I make zucchini lasagna a lot since I don’t have a spirulizer, but I think I may just need to invest in one!
Hahaha Girl, I so had a cauliflower mashed “potato” incident of 2012!! I scarred the whole family! They are very leery when I’m testing out dupes now! Note: Cauliflower does NOT taste like potatoes. haha I have been wanting to make zoodles, I need to order this like now!
xo Krissy @ Sneakers and Sequins
Amazon for the win like always! I’m going to buy this right now…those peelers/mandolins/etc. DO NOT work as good!
Oh how I love your sense of humor :)