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Gluten-Free Pasta: Spiralized Squash

  • Karen Gentry
  • Apr 15, 2015
  • 2 min read

Being pasta obsessed and gluten-intolerant has been a challenge and I've had to be open minded and creative. I used to be a bread fanatic and so noodles made out of squash would not have sounded appealing to me 4 years ago, today though it's a different story.

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Thanks to a friend at work I was introduced to this magnificient kitchen toy called the spiralizer. It has 3 different setting so you can slice, have big spirals and little spirals. I find it wonderful for making pasta out of squash as well as shoe string potatoes (but that is a story for another time).

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This contraption is so easy to you, believe me you will LOOK for things to make noodles out of. To make enough noodles for my husband and I it takes 2 squashAfter I have made my noodles I usually take my kitchen scissors and cut them to make them not as long. You can pour sauce over this raw OR cook it so that the noodles are softer. I have made it both ways but honestly prefer to cook them in oil for at least 5 minutes. I get a wok (or any pan could work) and drizzle olive oil in it (most likely 2 tablespoons) with fresh herbs and ground pepper. I think stir the squash occassionally until it looks fully cooked. It is much quicker than regular pasta and very healthy.

3 reasons to try squash noodles:

1. Everyone needs more vegetables in their diet, and this will help you easily hit your required veggie intake

2. This is a very cheap & quick way to make pasta

3. IT'S SOMETHING NEW

I love trying new things and I think it adds so much more adventure to the kitchen when you try something that you normally wouldn't. For someone like me that can't have gluten, this is a great alternative and keeps my cooking CLEAN.

In the first picture I have featured my noodles, pasta sauce and italian sausage. I highly recommend throwing some sausage or ground beef in your pasta mix every once in a while because aside from the added protein, meat tends to enhance the flavor!

xoxo

 
 
 

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