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Zucchini Noodles + Garden Pesto

This bright & fresh pesto zucchini noodle dish is one part healthy summer salad and one part comfort food. Zucchinis are abundant in Ontario at this time of the year and this recipe is a healthy and delicious way to incorporate more of this cooling summer squash into your diet. 

Ingredients

Instructions

You can purchase zucchini pre-spiralized from most super markets or make zucchini noodles yourself at home with a machine called a spiralizer (cheap & easy, available on amazon). 'Spiralize' your zucchini and place on a hot pan with a drizzle of olive oil + salt and pepper to gently warm while you make the pesto. For the pesto: combine kale, basil, lemon (juice + zest), pine nuts, garlic and nutritional yeast in a food processor. Process for 1 minute then slowly add the olive oil until a smooth pesto forms. Toss the 'noodles' with the pesto a serve along side an organic protein like wild shrimp + a little organic goat or cashew cheese.

Recipe by This Doctors Kitchen at https://www.thisdoctorskitchen.com/zucchini-noodles-summer-pesto/