Pasta Alternative - Veggie Pasta With Italian Chicken Sausage

ilively
on 6/17/09 12:11 am
[From Jillian Michaels -- of The Biggest Loser]


A Healthy Pasta Alternative
Craving pasta? Well, even though you've stepped up your workout routine, it's not time to start carb loading yet! I've swapped your usual pasta for a low-carb and highly nutritious version made with zucchini.

Veggie Pasta With Italian Chicken Sausage

Ingredients:

  • 2 small zucchini
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 garlic clove, diced
  • 1 cup diced tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 pound cooked Italian chicken sausage, sliced into small pieces
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste
Instructions:
  1. Using a vegetable peeler and turning the zucchini as you go, slice the zucchini into ribbons.
  2. In a skillet, over medium heat, sauté zucchini in 1 tablespoon of oil until it's soft and the edges are clear.
  3. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in another pan, over medium heat, and add garlic.
  5. Sauté for a minute, then add the tomatoes and oregano.
  6. Simmer for a few minutes, then stir in the sausage.
  7. Spoon sauce over the zucchini. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

Makes 2 servings

Nutrition information per serving: 309 calories, 29 g total fat, 9 g carbohydrate, 28 g protein, 324 mg sodium.


serathia
on 6/20/09 2:37 am - Schenectady, NY
I'm going to try this in a day or two....yummy!

Thanks!

-Jennifer
 
ilively
on 6/20/09 5:19 am
I tried it this week.  Pretty good.  Zucchini wasn't as 'cisp' as I had hoped for, but it DID make a good pasta substitute.

<-- has decided that she likes crisp zucchini instead of 'noodle-y' zucchini
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