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Raw Zucchini Pasta

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Isn’t it cruel?  Just when Mother Nature gives us such a bounty of produce, she also turns the furnace on full blast.  It’s way too hot to turn on an oven or use a burner these days.  So this raw zucchini pasta dish is a terrific solution: it uses some of that bumper crop of zucchini and lets you create a beautiful, healthy meal with no heat.

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This dish is probably technically a salad, but it eats more like pasta.  You twirl tangles of garlicky, lemony fresh zucchini around your fork, spear a sweet cherry tomato half and hope that a tender, toasted pine nut is tucked somewhere inside.  It’s remarkably satisfying to eat your vegetables this way.

Fresh Zucchini "Pasta"
Serves 1
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Dressing
  1. 1 tablespoon really good extra virgin olive oil
  2. 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  3. 1 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan cheese
  4. 1 clove garlic, minced
  5. Pinch of salt
  6. a few cracks of freshly ground pepper
  7. 1 medium zucchini
  8. 8 cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
  9. 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
  10. 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
Instructions
  1. Combine all of the dressing ingredients into a jar, such as a mason jar, and shake to combine thoroughly. Adjust to taste.
  2. Julienne the zucchini. You can try to do it by hand, but a mandoline creates perfect strands. I used the mandoline on each side of the zucchini until I got near the center, where the seeds made the strands too weak and they started to fall apart.
  3. Toss the zucchini strands with the dressing. Plate the zucchini. Scatter the tomatoes, pine nuts and basil over the zucchini. Garnish with a sprinkle of parmesan.
Notes
  1. Serves one as a light lunch or two as a side dish
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  1. Just did a random wordpress search for zucchini pasta and so glad I found this! I am going to make it…right now! BTW, really like your blog. Happy to find you. 🙂

  2. Hi Alyssa. Quickly, the zucchini was outstanding. We loved it. I “shaved” it into ribbons since I don’t have a mandoline or any type of kitchen gadget to shred for that matter. I actually had everything on hand too so that was great. 🙂 Thanks again!

  3. I have to try this right now! We’ve got like 50 zucchini plants and I can’t get enough ideas to use up all that wonderful summer produce. This recipe looks wonderful, and I love the fact that’s there’s no need to turn on the oven. And it’s healthy too! I adore it 🙂

    • Your courgette carbonara looks lovely! Carbonara is one of my favorite pasta dishes, and this recipe adds a few nice twists. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for visiting our site.