Raw zucchini spaghetti with pesto

Pesto Italian cuisine

Zucchini is one of my all-time favorite vegetables and it's safe to say that this item is always in my refrigerator. Besides being a good source of dietary fiber, antioxidant vitamin-C and vitamin-A, zucchini is also very versatile. It can be roasted in the oven, sautéed in a pan, steamed or even eaten raw! <br /> <br />Growing up in Germany, we would regularly go to authentic Italian restaurants and my dish of choice was pretty much always Tortellini with pesto. My mother used to tell me that pesto was healthy and a better option than tomato sauce, so naturally when I moved out on my own and attended college, I was eating Buitoni's 3-cheese Tortellini with a store bought pesto sauce at least 3 times a week. Thinking back on what my mother used to tell me, I thought I was making a smarter, healthier choice - I was wrong and the fact that my stomach always hurt after eating this meal should have been a warning sign. Another big mistake I used to make is not reading the nutritional facts of the items I was buying...what was I thinking?? Anywho...now that I am aware of how much oil and sodium they pack into those jarred pesto sauces I am making my own and never looking back! <br /> <br />

Oct. 1, 2021, 11:50 a.m.