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Zucchini Avocado Salad

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Ingredients

  • Avocado Sauce:
  • 3 cups yellow and red cherry tomatoes
  • 2 zucchini, spiralized
  • 4 ounces whole wheat spaghetti (optional - see notes)
  • Parmesan for topping (but skip this if you're vegan, obvs)
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup fresh flat leaf parsley
  • 3-4 green onions (green parts)
  • 1 garlic clove
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • freshly ground pepper to taste

Details

Adapted from pinchofyum.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pulse all sauce ingredients together until smooth. Set aside.
Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
Heat the cherry tomatoes in a large skillet over medium high heat with a very quick drizzle of olive oil. Gently shake the pan to get them moving (you might want to grab a lid for this - they really start to spatter when the juices hit the hot oil). Continue cooking until tomatoes are roasty-looking and the skins are split or loosened. Remove from heat and set aside.
Add the zucchini to the same pan and toss for 1-2 minutes, until tender-crisp. Add the spaghetti and the avocado sauce. Toss until combined. Season with salt and pepper, top with reserved tomatoes and Parmesan if you like that sort of thing. Serve immediately.
NOTES
Okay, so if you're going SUPER HEALTHY on us, you could skip the pasta. We made this without pasta as a side for grilled chicken during an especially ambitious post-new-year's-resolution meal, and even with JUST THE ZUCCHINI, it was still super delicious.

However, if you were making this without the chicken, I wouldn't go for the zucchini-noodles-only approach. The pasta makes it more of a meal in and of itself.

Nutrition Label Zucchini Spaghetti
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mary @ cooking reporter
JANUARY 18, 2016 AT 10:15 AM

I love this recipe. It’s fast, easy and delicious. I really appreciate that you’ve added the nutrition facts. Thanks so much!

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lindsay
JANUARY 18, 2016 AT 1:08 PM

Thanks Mary! Glad to hear that!

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