I don’t own extraneous kitchen gadgets and I won’t pay for pre-cut zoodles in the supermarket, but it’s easy to make zucchini noodles and carrot noodles with a vegetable peeler. This has actually been a really successful method for encouraging my children to eat vegetables. We eat A LOT of pasta in my house because we love it, and it’s one of the few foods my kids eat consistently. Pasta is one of the best ways to get everyone to eat vegetables.

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Fettucine and Zoodles

Total Time20

Servings: 4

Ingredients

8 ounces uncooked fettucine
2 tablespoon olive oil
6 garlic cloves
1 zucchini
2 large carrots
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 ounce chopped fresh basil
¼ cup chopped walnuts
1 ounce shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Boil a pot of water and cook the fettucine according to package instructions. You don't need to use fettucine just like I did, but fettucine has a shape that blends nicely with the veggie "noodles" so my kids don't notice they're eating as many vegetables.
Use a vegetable peeler to peel the zucchini and the carrots into long "noodle-like" strips.
Heat the olive oil over medium in a skillet or saucepan. Add the minced garlic and cook the garlic for about a minute until fragrant.
Add the zucchini and carrot and saute for about 3 more minutes. It might be helpful to turn the heat down to medium-low, put the lid on the pan or skillet and steam the vegetables to help them soften up a little faster.
Stir in the salt and pepper.
Stir the vegetable mixture into the cooked fettucine.
Stir in the chopped basil, chopped walnuts and Parmesan cheese just before serving.