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Making noodles from raw zucchini sounds absurd. Until you try it. The noodles are light, delicious, super-healthy, and perfect for warm summer afternoons. Toss with a fresh basil & avocado pesto, and throw in some chickpeas and sun-dried tomatoes for a truly incredible meal that takes less than 15 minutes to prepare.<\/p>\n
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Makes 4 Servings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Slice off the top and bottom of the zucchini. Then, using a mandolin<\/a> with a julienne attachment or a julienne peeler<\/a>, slice into thin pasta-like strips and set aside. <\/p>\n In a food processor, combine the basil, pine nuts, avocado, garlic, lemon juice and sea salt. Process until smooth, then taste and adjust any ingredients as necessary. Pesto comes out differently every time, and mine always needs adjustments – don’t be afraid to throw in more basil, garlic, or salt. You can even add a little water if the sauce is too thick.<\/p>\n Add the zucchini noodles to a bowl and toss with the pesto. Then, add in the chickpeas and sun-dried tomatoes and toss again. Transfer to serving plates and garnish each plate with a sprig of basil.<\/p>\n Here at One Ingredient Chef, we’re blurring the lines between pasta and salad. No, this isn’t a “pasta salad” per se, it is more like a salad that pretends to… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,9],"tags":[26,18],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\nIngredients:<\/h4>\n
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Step One – The Zucchini Noodles<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nStep Two – The Pesto<\/h4>\n
Step Three – Toss<\/h4>\n
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