If you’re already living the LCHF lifestyle, you will know that courgettes/zucchini are low in carbs, just 2g. carb per 100g, and they are probably high up on your must buy shopping (or growing) list. They may not pack the nutritional punch of other green vegetables ( broccoli, kale etc. ) but they do contain significant levels of potassium to control blood pressure and vitamin C to boost your immune system. There are so many great recipe ideas to enable you to include this great vegetable in your cooking plans, this one for instance!
It uses Courgette/Zucchini "noodles" sautéed with fresh cherry tomatoes, basil and lemon and it makes a wonderfully fresh and fragrant dish which is low carb, vegan and gluten-free. I wonder, may you give it a try soon?
Ingredients
Serves Two
2 tbsp. olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp lemon zest
½ tsp crushed red chili flakes
½ lb (250g) cherry tomatoes, halved
4-6 small courgettes/zucchini, a mix of yellow & green ones is nice if you can get them
freshly squeezed juice of ½ lemon
fresh basil leaves
salt and pepper
Instructions
Use a julienne peeler or vegetable spiralizer to prepare the courgette/zucchini "noodles"
Heat olive oil in a frying pan, add garlic, lemon zest, and crushed red chili flakes and cook for one minute.
Add cherry tomatoes and zucchini, and cook for one minute.
Add lemon juice, fresh basil, salt and pepper and toss to combine.
Recipe idea from here
Enjoy, with a glass of water, or if preferred a chilled glass of sauvignon blanc.
A variety of recipe ideas/articles are found within this blog, and not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.
All the best Jan
31 comments:
...it looks wonderful.
Looks and sounds fresh and delicious, Jan. Will give it a try very soon.
Thanks, Jan!
This looks wonderful!
a local grocery sells this pasta already prepared. now I know how to use it
Colorful food dose! Have a nice evening
Oh my. This looks down right luscious and is making me hungry.
Hugs
Sounds great. Valerie
I have to look for that on the shelves (z.pasta that is)
Looks tasty, Jan, and so pretty, too! Thanks for sharing! xx Karen
YUM.
Rica ensalada para acompañar la carne o el pescado.
Buenas noches
Looks delicious.
We love our zucchini noodles in this house. Had them last night, in fact! I hope you are having a great week.
That looks delicious indeed! Thanks for sharing!
I've made something like this before so I know I would like this.
It sounds good.
That does sound easy - and yummy!
Looks so tasty!
Looks and sound wonderful.
Jan - I have seen several recipes that call for vegetable "noodles". I think I need to get one of those spiralizers!!! The outcome looks delicious and fresh!
Love
Wow, this sounds absolutely scrumptious...and so easy to prepare.
I will try this soon!
Thank you so much.😊😊
This looks tasty, bright, and cheerful for the drippy gray day outside!
This does sound yummy. I don't think I would go through the process of cutting the zucchini but they do sell the noodles ready in the supermarket here. I have actually not worked with them before.
that looks so good
I tried making zoodles once but I overcooked them so they weren't very good. I will have to make a second attempt. This recipe sounds good.
This looks so fresh and delicious!
perfectly my kind of dish :)
thank you sooo much for sharing ,each ingredient is my fav one
This looks delicious! That's lunch sorted tomorrow! Thanks for that.xxx
Looks so good! Thank you Jan! Big Hugs!
I don't know how I missed this post...this sounds and looks delicious!
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