I'm trying to eat healthier these days (and I say that straight faced in a post that also tells you I used heavy cream, YIKES!) so with an abundance of zucchini that I got at the local farm stand I made faux pasta.The zucchinni and summer squash weren't the tiny little ones we like to use in stir fry but the cucumber sized ones where the seedy middle is developing. So I pulled out my trusty Pampered Chef apple-peeler-corer and flipped down the peeler tool to core and make long curly ribbons of fettuccine (literally "little ribbons" in Italian) zucchini. I steamed the ribbons and then browned bite sized pieces of chicken, baby bellas, garlic and onion with a generous amount of dried italian seasoning in 1 tb of olive oil and 1 tb of butter. After the chicken was fully cooked and the mushrooms golden, I added in just enough cream and grated parmesean to make a sauce and then tossed it with my fettuccine zucchini and served it with more parmesean on top. Wish I would of came up with this idea before gardening season was almost done...it will definitely be made again.
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8 comments:
What a great idea to make ribbons with that thing! TWO THUMBS UP!
Looks delicious, Marsha!
Oh, that sounds good and looks beautiful, Marsha! What's wrong with heavy cream???
Marsha, that looks delicious and I'm not big on zucchini. Just a little cream is ok. Anything in moderation.
What a wonderful use for a big zucchini ... the recipe sounds wonderful and it looks beautiful on your gorgeous plate.
Marsha, dairy products are good for you :-) What a great way to use zucchini, and next year you'll be looking forward to making this again and again.
I wish my guy would eat zucchini or squash but he shies away from all of it. I have some little summer squash that I get in my bi-weekly veggie box that needs using up. I may try a little real pasta dish like this for lunch tomorrow..while he is munching on his doritos :-) Love the zucchini ribbons though.
Great way to use zucchini. It looks fabulous!
I had to come over and peak at your kitchen blog Martha -- I knew it would be good! I enjoyed looking at your recipes and pretty dishes. I'm trying to eat healthier these days too, and I like this zucchini recipe!
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