Oh pasta, why are you so good? I decided to put a healthier, (and more flavorful, in my opinion) low fat raw vegan spin on a yummy pasta dish that I had in mind. I used the zucchini as the "pasta" and made a savory spinach and basil sauce (kind of like pesto, but with a lemony flare). For the sweet, I added chopped mango and sweet cherry tomatoes. They go SO well with the sauce and are the perfect combination of sweet and savory!
Directions:
-With a vegetable peeler, peel 2-3 zucchinis into "noodles". You can keep the skin on if you don't mind some of the noodles being green. :)
-Chop some chard and/or romaine lettuce and add to the bowl of noodles. Also chop some scallions and add those.
-Chop 1 mango and add to the bowl.
-Chop 1c cherry tomatoes in halves and add those too.
-Set these things aside and make the sauce.
Sauce:
In the blender, put the following ingredients:
-Juice of 1/2 lemon (you can use the juice of an orange if you want it to be sweeter).
-2 big handfuls of spinach
-Handful of pine nuts (1/4 cup or less)
-5 or 6 leaves of basil
-1/2 zucchini, skin removed
Blend!
Pour sauce over everything, mix it together, and dig in!
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