How to Make Veggie Noodles
Serves 2
Make veggie noodles with carrots, cucumber, zucchini, and more! These colorful vegetable noodles are a healthy, delicious pasta alternative.
Ingredients
Choose a vegetable:
- Butternut squash
- Beet
- Cucumber
- Carrot
- Daikon radish
- Summer squash
- Kohlrabi
- Sweet potato
- Zucchini
Instructions
- Butternut squash noodles: Look for a squash with a long neck. Chop off the fat, seedy base of the squash and save it for another use (see suggestions in the post above). Peel the squash and use a spiralizer to make noodles.
- Beet noodles: Look for a large beet. Peel off the skin and use a spiralizer to make noodles.
- Cucumber noodles: Look for a large English cucumber. Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to make noodles (no need to peel).
- Carrot noodles: Look for a fat carrot. Scrub well or peel if it’s too dirty. Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to make noodles.
- Daikon noodles: Use a spiralizer to make noodles.
- Summer squash noodles: Look for a large yellow squash. Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to make noodles. Or use a regular vegetable peeler and peel into thick ribbon-shaped noodles. There’s no need to peel the skin of the squash.
- Kohlrabi noodles: Chop the greens off and save for another use. Peel off any nubby parts from the kohlrabi bulb. Use a spiralizer to make noodles.
- Sweet potato noodles: Look for a thick sweet potato. Peel the sweet potato and use a spiralizer to make noodles.
- Zucchini noodles: Look for a large zucchini. Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to make noodles. Or use a regular vegetable peeler and peel into thick ribbon-shaped noodles. There’s no need to peel the skin of the zucchini.