Spiral noodle adding more vegetable to your meal

Spiral noodle adding more vegetables to your meal is a very healthy option. My children love carbohydrates like bread and cookies especially my little girl. Now, she can have some bread with gluten but I don’t want her to have too much. I don’t want her eczema to flare up. Spiral vegetable noodle will add more vegetable or sweet potato chips would be great for my little ones.

Meal Preparation

  • Carrot: place in a Ziploc. Keep in the refrigerator for one week. This can be frozen.
  • Zucchini: moist vegetables. Seal in Ziploc bag. Good for 3 – 4 days.
  • Beet: place in an airtight container. It will last for 5 days.
  • Bell pepper: Add to a Ziploc bag. Good for 5 days.
  • Butternut squash: Can be stored for 5 days in the fridge. Does store in the freezer.
  • Onion: A moist vegetable. Store in Ziploc bag for 2 – 3 days.

Parmesan Zucchini Noodle

Spiral noodle adding more vegetable to your meal
Spiral noodle adding more vegetable to your meal
Spiral noodle adding more vegetable to your meal

Ingredients:

2 – 4 zucchini

2 tbsp. olive oil

optional: 1/ 4 cup cherry tomato

1/4 cup parmesan cheese

1 cup basil

1 – 2 cloves of garlic

salt and pepper

Instructions:

1. Rinse the zucchinis. Cut the ends of the zucchini. Put the vegetable through the spiralizer machine.

2. If the noodle is too long, cut it to shorten the noodle.

3. Turn on the stove, add olive oil to the pan. The heat should be medium.

4. Saute garlic. Place the zucchini noodle in the pan. Stir the noodles to prevent from sticking.

5. Note: Do not overcook the zucchini. Zucchini can become mushy when I cooked for too long.

6. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese on the top. Mix.

7. Add in the tomato, basil, and more parmesan cheese for more flavor.

8. Season with salt and pepper for more taste.

Why Spiral Vegetable?

  • A fun colorful dish for children
  • More vegetable is healthier for the family
  • Bake spiral chip to snack on
  • The spiral vegetable can be eaten as a fun colorful salad
  • Gives more texture to the dish
  • The flat vegetable can make chip or fries
  • If you are trying to decrease in carbohydrates and increase in vegetable, use sweet potato or a hearty and filling vegetable

Do give Spiral Noodle adding more vegetables to Your Meal. You will feel healthier. Short on time. Spend one hour a week meal preparation to make in fridge or freezer bags of vegetables to be stored.

If you enjoy more vegetables in your diet, do try creamy leek soup.

Or, something different like spinach banana muffin.