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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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!

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