#Make zoodles how to#

There are many types of vegetable peelers, but the best ones are Y-shaped. To make thinner noodles, such as linguine, fettuccine, or tagliatelle, stack the wider noodles on top of each other and cut them into narrower strips with a sharp knife. With a Vegetable PeelerĪ vegetable peeler is best for making long, flat noodles, particularly pappardelle. All the blade options allow for a variety of different shapes, including slices, fries, matchsticks, crinkles, or chips. The blades on the mandoline are super sharp, so slicing any vegetables is a breeze. The model I have comes with 5 interchangeable blades – a fine grater, a coarse grater, a slicing blade, a fine julienne blade, and a thick julienne blade – and a rotating knob to adjust the thickness of your slices. I have had my mandoline for years and it gets used a ton in my kitchen. If your mandoline only comes with a wide slicing blade, you can use a sharp knife to cut the wide noodles into thinner ones. However, if you swap the wide blade for any of the julienne blades, you can easily make linguine, fettuccine, tagliatelle or pappardelle. The widest slicing blade will give you lasagna.

With a MandolineĪ mandoline is best for making long, flat zucchini noodles. Because spiralizers come with interchangeable blades, you can easily make your favorite vegetable noodles, curly fries, or chips. Spiralizers work well for both large and small zucchinis as well as other veggies like cucumbers, beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and even broccoli stalks. Hand-held spiralizers, while compact, are limited in their functionality and only suitable for occasional use. That being said, if you can get an attachment to your already existing machine (like a KitchenAid), it will help you save some space and make more consistent noodles.

Countertop spiralizers typically offer the best value for money, have the most functionality, and are the easiest to use. I have worked with a few types of spiralizers – hand-held, countertop, and electric – but currently only own the countertop one. Well, unless you swap the blade for a flat or wavy slicer blade. This is because a spiralizer doesn’t slice, peel, cut, or grate rather, turns any vegetable into long, round strands. With a SpiralizerĪ spiralizer is the best for making long, round zucchini noodles, such as angle hair, capellini, vermicelli or spaghetti. However, if you have at least one or two of the following, you will be able to make a few different shapes and sizes for sure. Unfortunately, there isn’t one encompassing tool that would make any type of long “pasta”. Zucchini noodles may seem intimidating to make at home, but with the right tools, it’s easy.

Flat noodles: linguine, fettuccine, tagliatelle, pappardelle, lasagna.

Round noodles: angel hair, capellini, vermicelli, fedelini, spaghetti (including spaghettini and spaghettoni).

Here is a list of all the noodles you can make with zucchini. The most popular are long noodles, which can be either round or flat. Just like pasta, zucchini noodles come in different shapes and sizes. Zucchini is arguably the most popular, as it is inexpensive, neutral in flavor, and low in calories. Vegetable noodles have certainly grown in popularity over the last decade, especially with the rise of alternative diets that omit grains. Zucchini noodles are the perfect pasta solution for no-cook lunches, light dinners, or any meal to incorporate more vegetables.

#Make zoodles how to#

My goal for this post is to show you how to make a variety of noodle shapes using a variety of different kitchen tools and how to cook the noodles perfectly every single time, regardless of the cooking method, In this guide, I share everything you need to know about noodles made from fresh zucchini – how to make them (using a spiralizer, mandoline, vegetable peeler, julienne peeler, box grater, and a chef’s knife), how to cook them (should you even cook them?), and my go-to zucchini noodle recipes. Zucchini noodles (also called “zoodles”) are the perfect low-carb pasta.