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This recipe is perfect for when you want to make an impressive-looking (and tasty) dish without a whole lot of effort. Or, as in my case, if you want to have a super fancy date with someone who lives 3645 miles away, and you want a recipe that you both can follow without anyone stressing out over time management.
What you will need for cooking:
- A pan
- A food processor
- A vegetable peeler
Foodstuffs:
- 3-4 medium-sized courgettes (a.k.a. zucchini, but doesn't "courgette" sound so much fancier?), depending on your preferred sauce-to-noodle ratio
- 1/2 t olive oil
- 1 ripe avocado
- 2 handfuls of fresh basil, give or take (just how basily do you want it?)
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 3 cloves garlic
- salt & pepper to taste
- hot water
- capers as a garnish (optional)
- if you have a zester, lemon zest as an additional garnish (optional)
Makes 2 servings- just enough for you and your glamorous date!
How can you make this dream a reality?
1) Make the noodles!* Peel your courgettes into noodly strips using your vegetable peeler. Stop at the seedy part.
2) If your pan is cast iron, go ahead and start heating it up to lowish-med.
2) Make the sauce! Put avocado, basil, lemon juice, and garlic in processor and pulse til chunky. Then start processing, adding hot water as you go to make it nice-n-saucy. Once it reaches the desired consistency, add salt and pepper to taste.
3) Cook the noodles! Heat oil until it's ready for some hot sauteing action, and then add your courgette noodles and a dash of salt. Stir constantly til they're soft and noodly. This won't take long at all.
4) Move noodles to a bowl, add sauce, stir gently to make sure each noodle gets his or her share of the sauciness. Divide into 2 bowls, and add your garnish.
5) Om nom nom!!!
2) If your pan is cast iron, go ahead and start heating it up to lowish-med.
2) Make the sauce! Put avocado, basil, lemon juice, and garlic in processor and pulse til chunky. Then start processing, adding hot water as you go to make it nice-n-saucy. Once it reaches the desired consistency, add salt and pepper to taste.
3) Cook the noodles! Heat oil until it's ready for some hot sauteing action, and then add your courgette noodles and a dash of salt. Stir constantly til they're soft and noodly. This won't take long at all.
4) Move noodles to a bowl, add sauce, stir gently to make sure each noodle gets his or her share of the sauciness. Divide into 2 bowls, and add your garnish.
5) Om nom nom!!!
So, there you have it! It's right around 240 calories/serving, with 8g protein. Pairs delightfully with chardonnay. If you don't have a super fancy date, you can just save the second serving for the next day. 2 days of being super fancy for you! This recipe does not lend itself to reheating, but it is quite tasty cold! In fact...
*To make this a cold dish from the get-go, make your sauce first (replacing the hot water with cool water) and put in the freezer. Then blanch your noodles rather than sauteing them. To do this, boil a pot of very salty water. While you're waiting for it to heat up, peel your courgettes into noodles and prepare a big bowl of cold water. Once the salt water is boiling, add the noodles. Leave them in the hot water for 1 minute, then pour into a colander to drain, and transfer immediately to the cold water and let them cool off. Drain well, add your sauce, and proceed as normal. Yum. Super fancy.
*To make this a cold dish from the get-go, make your sauce first (replacing the hot water with cool water) and put in the freezer. Then blanch your noodles rather than sauteing them. To do this, boil a pot of very salty water. While you're waiting for it to heat up, peel your courgettes into noodles and prepare a big bowl of cold water. Once the salt water is boiling, add the noodles. Leave them in the hot water for 1 minute, then pour into a colander to drain, and transfer immediately to the cold water and let them cool off. Drain well, add your sauce, and proceed as normal. Yum. Super fancy.
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