{"id":31298,"date":"2016-05-19T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=31298"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:36:28","slug":"31298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=31298","title":{"rendered":"Spiralized Zucchini with Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spiralized vegetables have been a hot item this year.\u00a0 Have you tried them?\u00a0 I have been on a really healthy food plan since the new year, and spiralized vegetables have become part of our meal rotation.\u00a0 I have a Kitchenaid mixer, and Yankee surprised me with this spiralizer <\/a>attachment one afternoon for no reason at all.\u00a0 (He’s a keeper!) Using the spiralizer is easy, and what it does is pretty simple.\u00a0 It makes noodles out of vegetables.<\/h3>\n

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Having spiralized veggies is like eating pasta, except it’s not.\u00a0 Does that make sense?\u00a0 You have the same experience of eating pasta, but the vegetables are healthier.\u00a0 Even if you don’t have a Kitchenaid, you can still have a spiralizer.\u00a0 My brother has this one<\/a>, and he and his wife really like it.\u00a0 Zucchini is my favorite vegetable to spiralize, but you can also do butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, summer squash, etc.\u00a0 There are tons of recipes on-line, but I wanted to share one of my favorites with you today.<\/h3>\n

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ZUCCHINI NOODLES WITH PESTO<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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1 zucchini<\/h3>\n

1\/4 cup walnuts or pecans<\/h3>\n

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1\/4 cup pine nuts (you can also use sunflower seeds.)<\/h3>\n

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3 tablespoons chopped garlic<\/h3>\n

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5 cups fresh basil leaves, packed<\/h3>\n

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1 teaspoon salt<\/h3>\n

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1 teaspoon black pepper<\/h3>\n

1\/2 cup olive oil\u00a0 (more if pesto is too dry)<\/h3>\n

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1 cup grated Parmesan cheese<\/h3>\n

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Chopped fresh tomatoes, optional<\/h3>\n

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Use the spiralizer to creat noodles from the zucchini.\u00a0 Then saute the noodles in melted butter.\u00a0 Add some salt and pepper to flavor.<\/h3>\n

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In a blender, puree the nuts, pine nuts, garlic, basil, salt, pepper, olive oil, and cheese.<\/h3>\n

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To serve, mix the zucchini noodles with the pesto and top with tomatoes as a garnish.\u00a0 More cheese can be sprinkled on top.<\/h3>\n

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Thank you all so much for spending some of your precious time with us.\u00a0 As a new mom, I now have learned how dear our free time is.\u00a0 My mom and I really appreciate each and every one of you.\u00a0 We will see you back here tomorrow.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/h3>\n

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Cheers!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spiralized vegetables have been a hot item this year.\u00a0 Have you tried them?\u00a0 I have been on a really healthy food plan since the new year, and spiralized vegetables have become part of our meal rotation.\u00a0 I have a Kitchenaid mixer, and Yankee surprised me with this spiralizer attachment one afternoon for no reason at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31298"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31302,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31298\/revisions\/31302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}