Zucchini Pasta and Vegetarian Meatballs
Zucchini pasta is a light meal, and with this kale pesto and vegetarian meatballs, it's absolutely delicious!
Equipment
- Julienne peeler or a Spiralizer
Ingredients
- 2 large zucchini (or three medium-sized ones)
Veggie meatballs
- 3 cups 3 cups of rolled oats
- 1 cup 1 cup sundried tomatoes
- 15 oz of black beans (1 can)
- 1 tbsp of coconut oil, melted
- ½ red onion, caramelized
- 1 cup of mushrooms, caramelized
- Cumin, paprika, garlic powder, and salt to taste
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
Pesto
- ½ cup ½ cup of almonds
- 1 cup 1 cup of spinach
- 1 cup 1 cup of kale
- 1 cup 1 cup of fresh basil
- ½ cup ½ cup of olive oil
- ½ cup ½ cup of cottage cheese
- 4 garlic cloves
Instructions
Vegetarian Meatballs
- Let's start with the meatless meatballs!
- Blend rolled oats and sundried tomatoes until they turn into a flour-like powder.
- Put melted coconut oil, caramelized red onions, and mushrooms in the blender.
- Season with cumin, paprika, garlic powder, and salt. Finally, add the black beans and the egg, and blend until you get a puree-like consistency.
- Transfer the puree to a bowl and mix it with the dry ingredients. You will get a dough-like mix.
- Shape the meatless meatballs with your hands and place them in a side dish.
- Cook your vegetarian meatballs with a bit of olive oil on a hot pan for a couple of minutes.
Pesto
- Now let's make pesto!
- Put in a blender oil, lemon, almonds, spinach, kale, basil, and garlic. Blend them until they are well-processed. If all the ingredients don't fit at once, don't worry. Add half of the ingredients first and blend them. Once you have more room, add the rest.
- When you have a beautiful, bright sauce, add the cottage cheese for an extra-creamy texture. Blend thoroughly until the cheese is well incorporated into the mix.
- We put the pesto into a squeeze bottle to use our sauce creatively.
Zucchini pasta and serving
- Now, let's make the zucchini pasta.
- Use a spiralizer or a julienne peeler to make your raw zucchini pasta. Then, cook it with olive oil in a pan for a couple of minutes.
- Finally, let's build our zucchini pasta with pesto and meatless meatballs dish.
- Serve the zucchini pasta first, and place the vegetarian meatballs accordingly. Then, optionally you can add some grilled cherry tomatoes.
- Add the pesto, drawing some lines with your squeeze bottle if you like.
- And enjoy!
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