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Monday, February 6, 2017

Better Than Best Gluten Free Vegan Zoodle Spaghetti Ever! #fatfree #oilfree #Glutenfree #lowSodium #eathealthytobehealthy #KosherPareve

Best Zoodle Spaghetti Ever!
Picture of the original recipe 2 years ago with Mushroom Caps and Snap Peas
Zoodles are a really great alternative to wheat noodles! If you have Celiac disease or are one of the gluten free recipe followers then you should be good with Zoodles. Click here for everything you need to know and 10 more recipes!! This is a reworking of a recipe I came up with 2 years ago, but this time I didn't add much salt over what was in the cans for the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste. You can if you want. I also cooked my onions and garlic in water instead of oil and I made up a cheese substitute which eliminated the oil in the packaged kind. Instead I made up my own adding nutritional yeast, Tapioca flour and potato starch to thicken it.


Makes 2 servings.



Delicious Recipe for Spaghetti Sauce
(This is a big pot of Marinara sauce.  I use about 2 cups for this dish and put the rest away for another day.)
Tomato Sauce:
29 oz.Tomato sauce, 12 oz.Tomato paste, 28 oz. Diced tomatoes, 4 cloves garlic, 1 onion, 2 chopped stalks kale, 1 dash Black Pepper,  12 chopped pitted dates, 4 TBS oregano, 2 TBS Rosemary, 4 TBS basil, 4 TBS nutritional yeast. (you may want to add 1 TBS of salt or to taste).

In a large pot bring 2 to 3 cups of water to a boil. Add the chopped onion and garlic with the spices. Let it cook until the onions become clear, then cook uncovered to reduce the water. Add the rest of the above ingredients, bring it back to a boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer covered for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.

Veggie Zoodle Noodles:
 3 Yellow Zucchini Squash, 1 Green Zucchini, 1 Carrot, 4 Mini Sweet Peppers
Use the Spiralizer  to shred the carrot and the zucchini then slice the peppers into thin strips.

Cheese Substitute
Boil 1 large or 2 small peeled and cut up Yukon gold potatoes in salted water until soft. Save the water, mash the potatoes.
In a separate bowl,  mix 3 TBSP of nutritional yeast, 3 TBSP Tapioca flour, 1/8th tsp turmeric and 1/4 tsp of smoked paprika. (Mixing the dry ingredients keeps the Tapioca flour from clumping.)
Mix in the potatoes, 1/2 TBSP lemon juice, 2 TBSP white vinegar, 1/4 tsp Tabasco and 3/4 cup of starchy water from the potatoes. Put it in a blender on high until it thickens. Add more water if it's too thick.

Mix the veggies with about 2 cups of the Marinara sauce and the cheese substitute. More if you prefer.

Using an 8 x 8 inch glass casserole dish, add the mixture. Cook it for 50 minutes at 375 F.
Let it cool to absorb the liquids then serve.

I found I had a bit more liquid than I liked, so I put in a piece of Rye Bread to absorb the extra and then removed the bread. (I ate that too.)
You Celiac people can use gluten free bread to do the same thing.
I like to refrigerate it over night to let the flavors mature then heat it in the microwave on high for 2 minutes.

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