Zucchini Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

Zucchini Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

Pasta doesn’t have to mean white starchy carb overload. Refresh your tastebuds with this flavor-filled pasta made with thinly shaved zucchini slices and fresh tomatoes.

Energize and renew your body with these fresh ingredients that are high in fiber, too.

This recipe garnered inspiration from recent guest, Attila Hildmann, on The Bikini Lifestyles Show. Fresh zucchini is shaved into strips using a vegetable peeler to create delicious low-carb noodles. With no blanching or cooking needed, the raw noodles are tossed with a fresh tomato sauce made using canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, freshly chopped rosemary, oregano and basil leaves, garlic, a few spices of cumin, turmeric, and a bay leaf.

Kid proofed and family tested, this recipe has been loved by everyone who has tasted it. Although I am more of a pescatarian, this vegan dish offers a lower-carb, healthiery carb quotient. For the non-vegans, toss in some cooked ground turkey, chopped, cooked chicken breasts, or even sauteed shrimp.

Nutrition:
Serving size: 1 heaping cup or 750 grams
Calories: 197
Fat: 5.3g
Saturated fat: 0.9g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 82mg
Potassium: 2020mg
Carbohydrates: 36.5g
Dietary fiber: 11.1g
Sugars: 21.0g
Protein: 8.5g

This recipe is also high in vitamins A, C, calcium and iron.

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Recipe

Zucchini Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

Pizza & Pasta

Zucchini noodles are tossed with fresh tomato sauce and seasoned with garlic, oregano, rosemary, basil, cumin, and turmeric.

Ingredients

3 medium zucchini
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 6-ounce can tomato paste
1 cup water
1 or 2 bay leaves
1 48-ounce can petite diced tomatoes
4 medium roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1/8 teaspoon cumin
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 to 1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary leaves
1 to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves

Instructions

Using a vegetable peeler, start on one side of the zucchini and shave 4 strips.
Turn a quarter turn and shave another 4 strips.
Continue this process until the zucchini has been shaved down to the seeds.
Discard the center core or chop and reserve or freeze for a later use in salad or other recipe.
Make the tomato sauce by heating the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add onion and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir in tomato paste and water and mix well.
Add bay leaves, canned tomatoes, and roma tomatoes; stir in cumin, turmeric, and pepper and simmer about 5 minutes.
Stir in rosemary, oregano, and basil and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
Toss with zucchini noodles and serve.
Use sea salt when serving as desired.

Zucchini Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce