Zucchini "pasta"

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 roasted peppers
• 1 medium eggplant
• 3 medium zucchini
• 1 medium onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 hot red pepper or 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 3 large tomatoes
• 1 large lemon, zest and juice
• 10 basil leaves
• 1/8 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 roast peppers by charing peppers under the broiler and putting them into a bowl covered with saran wrap until cool and then remove skins.
• 2 roast eggplant at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 3 make zucchini "pasta" by using a vegetable peeler and making thin strips of zucchini. cut strips length wise to make them resemble fettuccine. or use a julienne peeler and make spaghetti style strips. put zucchini is a colander and salt heavily. after 20 minutes rinse zucchini and squeeze out any extra water.
• 4 start sauce with a spray of cooking spray and add onion and garlic (and hot pepper if desired) cook until soft.
• 5 add tomato sauce and cook 10-15min.
• 6 add zucchini "pasta", fresh tomatoes and let simmer together for 5 minutes.
• 7 add basil, lemon zest and juice.
• 8 top with cheese and enjoy!