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YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS ZUCCHINI PASTA! (FROM SCRATCH)

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Hey everyone! This week, I have entered the clean eating realm with eating predominately all the food that I create myself. I was so CRAVING some comfort food, pasta, and I put myself up for the challenge to make this zucchini pasta.  IT WAS FREAKING DELICIOUS! My mother ate all of it, and loved it as well, said it was so similar to pasta she did not know the difference. So here it is, YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS ZUCCHINI PASTA! 

Ingredients

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes 

2 zucchini- to be peeled
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/3 cup diced tomato or grape tomato
1/3 cup onions
1/2 cup mushrooms 
5 cloves roasted garlic 
2 cups water for boiling on stove
2 cups cold water

Good'ole Prepping and Pestering! 

  First, peel your zucchini with a vegetable peeler length wise in long strands. Place in a paper towel layered salad spinner, and add 5-6 tablespoons of salt to the zucchini. Let rest on counter for 30 minutes until the paper towel is soaked in the bitter bleed out of the zucchini.
   Now, rinse off very well the salt off the zucchini, and dry on a separate sheet of paper towel.Set aside 2 cup cold water in a large bowl. Bring 2 separate cups of water on the stove to a boil, and place the zucchini in it for 60 seconds. Now, to stop the cooking process, quickly pour the zucchini into the 2 cup cold water. After about 2 minutes, dry the zucchini off. 

Taking you Down to FlavorTown:)

   In a large saucepan, place 2-4 tablespoons of coconut oil. Add your minced garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, salt, and pepper. When all caramelized together, add your pasta, sauteeing for 5-7 minutes!

   Then voila! You have a beautiful zucchini pasta dish ready to go! I, based on my own gut feeling, smashed one half of an avocado with lemon as an additional sauce to the decadent pasta! Enjoy!


*If you enjoyed this post and others, make sure to go follow ThinkZoeBoost on Twitter and Instagram for more recipes, life hacks, and inspiration! 

 Namaste,
Zoe

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS ZUCCHINI PASTA! (FROM SCRATCH)

Hey everyone! This week, I have entered the clean eating realm with eating predominately all the food that I create myself. I was so CRAVING some comfort food, pasta, and I put myself up for the challenge to make this zucchini pasta.  IT WAS FREAKING DELICIOUS! My mother ate all of it, and loved it as well, said it was so similar to pasta she did not know the difference. So here it is, YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS ZUCCHINI PASTA! 

Ingredients

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes 

2 zucchini- to be peeled
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/3 cup diced tomato or grape tomato
1/3 cup onions
1/2 cup mushrooms 
5 cloves roasted garlic 
2 cups water for boiling on stove
2 cups cold water

Good'ole Prepping and Pestering! 

  First, peel your zucchini with a vegetable peeler length wise in long strands. Place in a paper towel layered salad spinner, and add 5-6 tablespoons of salt to the zucchini. Let rest on counter for 30 minutes until the paper towel is soaked in the bitter bleed out of the zucchini.
   Now, rinse off very well the salt off the zucchini, and dry on a separate sheet of paper towel.Set aside 2 cup cold water in a large bowl. Bring 2 separate cups of water on the stove to a boil, and place the zucchini in it for 60 seconds. Now, to stop the cooking process, quickly pour the zucchini into the 2 cup cold water. After about 2 minutes, dry the zucchini off. 

Taking you Down to FlavorTown:)

   In a large saucepan, place 2-4 tablespoons of coconut oil. Add your minced garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, salt, and pepper. When all caramelized together, add your pasta, sauteeing for 5-7 minutes!

   Then voila! You have a beautiful zucchini pasta dish ready to go! I, based on my own gut feeling, smashed one half of an avocado with lemon as an additional sauce to the decadent pasta! Enjoy!


*If you enjoyed this post and others, make sure to go follow ThinkZoeBoost on Twitter and Instagram for more recipes, life hacks, and inspiration! 

 Namaste,
Zoe

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