Zucchini "pasta"

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cherry tomatoes (sliced)
• 1 large garlic clove, pressed
• 1/2 red bell pepper, cut into very thin strips (can use orange or yellow pepper for color)
• 1/4 cup raw walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling (or just a spritz or 2 of olive oil)
• 1 medium sized zucchini, very thinly sliced lengthwise, then sliced into 1/2 inch long strips (i julienned mine with a julienne peeled, so the slices are very thin)
• sea salt (to taste)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• you can use 1 large tomato in place of the cherry tomatoes (deseeded and finely diced)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine tomatoes, bell pepper, garlic, walnuts, basil and oil.
• 2 season with salt. let stand 20 minutes.
• 3 toss with zucchini.
• 4 garnish with basil leaves and serve immediately.
• 5 oil-free option note: if not using the full measure of oil, toss zucchini and other ingredients with a couple of spritzes of olive oil and then add the fresh lemon juice. toss to coat.