Courgette spaghetti with pesto and sun-dried tomatoes

Hello again! This recipe is such an easy dinner if you have leftover courgettes and don't really know what to do with them. It also works well as an introductory healthy-eating dish for a dubious family in love with regular pasta. This meal is very filling, and cooked right, nobody will believe you when you tell them it's actually veggies and not spaghetti. Enjoy!

Prep time: 15min

Serves 2

What you'll need:

- a spiralizer/ peeler

- a knife

- a cutting board

- a frying pan


Ingredients:

- 2 courgettes (zucchini)

- handful of brazil nuts

- half a red onion

- 1 clove of garlic

- teaspoon of coconut oil 

- teaspoon of pesto (optional)

- curcuma

- mild chili

- sun-dried tomatoes

- ground hazelnuts

- salt

Step 1: Using your spiralizer, peel the courgettes into spaghetti. I don't peel my courgette before using the spiralizer because it looks nicer and I buy all my veggies organic, so just rinse them before peeling them into spaghetti. If you don't have a spiralizer, you can buy one online or you can use a carrot peeler to make tagliatelles of courgette. If using a peeler make sure to occasionally turn your courgette around so that your pasta is not too thick.

Step 2: Chop up the onion, the brazil nuts, and the sun-dried tomatoes which you'll keep for later. I add some brazil nuts to have some amount of protein in my meal, which really fills you up.

Step 3: Add the coconut oil to your frying pan and heat it up on medium for a bit until it melts completely. Add your onions, garlic, and brazil nuts and fry them for a few minutes until the onions become brownish and soft. 

Step 4: Add the courgette spaghetti, curcuma and mild chili. Stir the mix together. Once your courgettes are a bit softer, stir-in the pesto. 

Step 5: Sauté the veggies for 5 minutes before turning off the heat and serving. Add some chili flakes for spice, some sun-dried tomatoes, and sprinkle some ground hazelnuts with some salt. The ground hazelnuts look like parmesan and add a delicious nutty flavour.