17 August, 2015
ZUCCHINI SPAGETTI WITH MUSHROOM GARLIC SAUCE
This is a dish I came up with today…out of necessity, really.
I came home after a busy day at work and forgot to pop by a grocery shop. I had a quick look in the fridge and I realised there wasn’t much going on in there. Just a zucchini, some mushrooms and a bit of cream cheese…that’s was it. Onions and garlic I always have in the house. Fresh leftover parsley from last night when I cooked the fish stew wanted to be used up as well.
So this is what I cooked…and I have to say: I really enjoyed it. Another quick, healthy and easy to cook dish. And it saved me from having to go shopping today.
As much as I love “real” spagetti and any kind of pasta I also enjoy zucchini spagetti occassionally. They are delicious and low in carbs but high in vitamins.
To make them you have to buy yourself one of those spiral cutters. You can get them in all kinds of sizes and they are not really expensive. I have this one: Spiral Cutter Lurch But this little fella will do as well…doesn’t take up so much space: Gefu spiralizer
And here we go:
INGREDIENTS:
2 tbs butter
1 tbs olive oil
1 onion
2 – 3 garlic gloves
10 mushrooms (sliced)
2 tbs cream cheese
1 zucchini (spiralized)
salt & pepper
Angels hair (chilli strings) or herbs for decoration
METHOD:
Spiralize the zuchini and put aside.
Heat the butter in a pan and add the chopped onions and garlic. Allow to brown.
Add mushrooms, fresh parsley, salt & peeper.
Fry until brown. I always like them a bit crispy.
Add cream cheese, salt & pepper. Stir thoroughly and remove from heat.
Heat olive oil in a second pan.
Add the spiralized zucchini and fry for about 2 – 3 minutes. Make sure you don’t overcook them. They need to be “al dente”. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place zucchini in the middle of a plate and top it with the mushroom sauce.
Decorate with herbs or angels hair (chilli strings).
Vegans can of course just drop the cheese. Not creamy then…but still yummy.
Enjoy.
Have a blonDISHious day,
Sabrina xxx
8 thoughts
Sounds absolutely delicious! Am definitely adding this to my menu this week.
I might try this. I’m pretty sure a zucchini is called an eggplant in my part of the world? I’ll check that fact! lol This dish sounds really lovely….everything crossed it turns out nice. I’ll drop you a line and let you know! xx
Eggplants are aubergines, me thinks
Yes, pls let me know how it went. Looking forward to see a photo!
Enjoy xxx
Zucchini is courgette or italian squash, depending where you live.
Wow that looks delicious
Wow, this is very delicious! My favourite so far. I made it with pasta (because I don’t have a spiralizer) which worked really well. I’ll definitely cook this sauce more often and I also wanna try it with zucchini.
Really tasty and so easy. I love using my spiralizer and courgettini has a lot less calories than pasta!
I made this Sauce today with tagliatelle, i had some feta cheese leftovers which i took instead, God it was soooo yummie! Thanks to you who inspire me to try cooking, you’re a Star! x