14 Creative Spiralizer Recipes | Sweet Peas & Saffron (2024)

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How useful is a spiralizer? ›

It enables you to turn vegetables and fruits into noodles, which can then be used to make creative and delicious meals, like this Zucchini Noodle Ramen, this Butternut Squash and Sausage Lasagna or even this Spiralized Pizza. Yes, you can even make pizza healthier with a spiralizer!

A spiralizer cuts vegetables into a noodle shape. Using a spiralizer is not only a great way to cut down on or control carb intake, but it also is great for getting more of those nutrient-rich vegetables needed in your diet.

Hold one zucchini parallel to the counter, and place one end of the zucchini against the blade of the spiralizer. Slide the vegetable grip onto the other end of the zucchini, and press gently to hold the zucchini in place. 4. Turn the handle or rotate the zucchini with your hand against the blade to make noodles.

Great Substitute for Pasta

If you follow a gluten-free or low-carb regime then a spiralizer gives you the freedom to turn almost any vegetable or fruit into noodles. These 'noodles' may be enjoyed raw or cooked in your favorite sauce. Zucchini, yellow squash and carrots are perennial favorites for substituting pasta.

KitchenAid^® spiralizer attachments are versatile and have multiple uses depending on the blade you choose. In addition to slicing thin pasta-like strands, your attachments can also create ribbons, peel potatoes, core apples and create extra fine to medium spirals for a range of fresh ingredients.

We switched to another model of spiralizer, the incredulously-named Veggetti. This is a hand-held model and worked much better with the cheese, rendering noodle-shaped—albeit not particularly long noodle-shaped—gratings.

Spiralized Vegetables

Spiralized vegetables are those sliced by a spiralizer — a kitchen device used to cut vegetables into long strips which resemble noodles. Many vegetables can be spiralized, but the most popular are zucchini, carrots, turnips, beets and cucumbers.

If you cook noodles too long in the skillet and they're already looking limp and soggy, they're going to be even soggier topped with sauce on your plate. To avoid soggy and limp noodles, I recommend cooking for only 3-5 minutes (5 if you're cooking more than 1-2 spiralized zucchinis) and tossing frequently.

While the grater does create 2- to 3-inch strands of zucchini, the noodles—or zoodles, as some call them—were thinner than angel hair pasta, limp, and damp. Basically, far from appetizing, and nowhere near the real thing.

Which blade for zoodles? ›

Thin Blade (small core): for a 2 mm ribbon-style result to make extra-thin slices for salads and other garnishes. Slicing Blade (small core): for a 4 mm ribbon-style result with fresh fruits and vegetables with little to no cores, such as zucchini.

1. Make Curly “Spaghetti” Zucchini Noodles using a Spiralizer. I've worked with two types of spiralizers – countertop spiralizers and the KitchenAid Spiralizer Attachment. Of the countertop spiralizers I've owned, the Inspiralizer (pictured above) has been my favorite.

Spiralizing is quick and easy

There's no more obvious benefit than this: spiralizing takes seconds to prepare ready-to-cook pasta and noodles. In a mere couple of minutes, you can have ready-to-cook rice. Since vegetables take less time than grains to cook, spiralizing is naturally quicker!

If you already have a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, you can't go wrong with the KitchenAid Spiralizer attachment for peeling, coring, and slicing your apples.

If you are having trouble finding large enough carrots for the spiralizer, try subbing in zucchini noodles – they'll work great as well, just let them sit a bit longer so they can soften up. That's all I have in regards to today's recipe!