It's officially Spring. I'll say it! Because we REALLY need something to look forward to right now, am I right?! I've got some cute little baby chickens on the way, more on that in another post! I've got salads for DAYZZ. First of many, is this Italian Zucchini Noodle Salad.
The zucchini noodle or "zoodle" are not only are an amazing pasta alternative but make an excellent base for a salad! When uncooked, these veggies actually have a great little bite while still remaining tender but NOT mushy. I'm all about that! It'll revitalize some of those boring greens we've been stuck in a rut with and you'll be craving this all spring and summer.
So my mom makes this Italian pasta salad very often that has feta, Olive Garden salad dressing (because duh, we know that's the best one), cucumber, olives, and tomatoes. It's all the things my mother loves and it brings back tons of good family dinner memories. I decided to go low carb and recreate this using zucchini noodles!
Ingredients
- 3 zucchini
- 1 English cucumber
- 1 bell pepper, any color is fine!
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped green olives
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup favorite Italian Dressing, I used this one!
- 1/4 red onion finely chopped
- 1/2 cup feta cheese
Instructions
- Spiralize your zucchini using a spiralizer like any of these! (Veggetti, Kitchen Aid Spiralizer, Juliene Peeler)
- Put the noodles in a colander over a large bowl to let any water drain out, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt.
- Finely chop cucumber, bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, green olives and red onion and add to the collander with the zucchini noodles
- Shake the colander over the large bowl and discard any water that comes out.
- Combine all ingredients in the large bowl and pour over 1/2 cup of Italian Dressing.
- Serve with crumbled feta on top!
Italian Zucchini Noodle Salad
Ingredients
- 3 zucchini
- 1 English cucumber
- 1 bell pepper any color is fine!
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped green olives
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup favorite Italian Dressing I used this one!
- 1/4 red onion finely chopped
- 1/2 cup feta cheese
Instructions
- Spiralize your zucchini using a spiralizer like any of these! (Veggetti, Kitchen Aid Spiralizer, Juliene Peeler)
- Put the noodles in a colander over a large bowl to let any water drain out, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt.
- Finely chop cucumber, bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, green olives and red onion and add to the collander with the zucchini noodles
- Shake the colander over the large bowl and discard any water that comes out.
- Combine all ingredients in the large bowl and pour over 1/2 cup of Italian Dressing.
- Serve with crumbled feta on top!
