Every second Saturday I find myself sitting in a booth at our local Farmer’s Market with two teenagers, selling the organic veggies we grow in the gardening program I run at work.
It’s fantastic people watching, a great chance to stock up on fresh local fruits and veggies for the week and when it’s nice out, it’s a pretty sweet way to spend a work day.
A few weekends ago they had a raw food chef giving a cooking demonstration (well sort of -because she’s a raw chef of course there was no actual “cooking” being done – none! Totally up my alley!)
She made a raw spaghetti out of zucchini noodles and a simple marinara sauce, it took about ten minutes and I was quite intrigued by the whole thing (Yes, mostly because all of the non-cooking) so I lined up for a sample after the demonstration was finished.
Guys, this dish knocked my socks off. It wasn’t just good for raw food, it was good period. I made it all by myself a week later and served it to Adam and his dad. Both of them are staunch meat eaters and hearty man-types and they agreed that it was awesome and even went back for second and third helpings.
Don’t be put off by how your “noodles” might look like a compost bucket – it’ll taste good, I promise!
Raw Zucchini Spaghetti
First get yourself 4 medium sized zucchinis. Wash them thoroughly.
If you have a mandolin, use that to make the noodles. I have no idea what that is (a musical instrument?), so I just used a vegetable peeler to make fettuccine-style noodles and it worked great.
(Seriously, not compost)
Next blend together the following ingredients until smooth:
EHRMAGERD! Raw spaghetti why you look so tasty?
Look at that, a garnish and everything! Seriously just try this, it’s so perfect for hot summer weather when you don’t want to cook, and/or when you are trying to pretend you are some sort of adventurous foodie when really you’re a poser who just loves the idea of not having to dirty pots and pans.
HUZZAH!
P.S. This is not turning into a cooking blog. Or a non-cooking blog. I just had to share.