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.
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