Friday's Food Fix - Mushrooms and Garlic Zucchini Noodles

I’m sure you have all been following Mandy’s Paleo diet. The assumption is to eat like our ancestors which means reduced grains or simply put, our modern day complex carbohydrates – one being - PASTA! I love a dirty pasta (especially covered in about 4 cheeses!) but on reflection it has very little nutritional value. I thought all was lost until I found this very clever recipe.

Ingredients:

• 6 medium sized Courgettes (you might say Zucchini if you are Kiwi).
• 500 gram Mushrooms (any kind).
• 4 cloves garlic.
• Coconut oil for frying.

Method:

• Wash and finely slice the mushrooms.
• Peel and finely chop the garlic.
• Combine both in a pan with coconut oil and gently cook.
• Take the green outer skin off the courgettes with a potato peeler (discard)
• Continue peeling slices off each courgette until you reach the seeded centre.
• Add to the garlic mushrooms and cook.

It really does feel like I’m eating a great substitute for pasta. There are great contraptions for making spaghetti with pumpkin etc. so this recipe can be varied. Enjoy!