To say that spiralizing vegetables is a trend would be an understatement. Everywhere you look there are spiralized fruits and vegetables. As pasta, salads, entrees, desserts. So many possibilities! When Amazon had Prime Day in July (can we say huge disappointment) the one deal I found was on a spirilizer. So I bought one.
I actually had a really old one that I had purchased in 2009 or 2010 but I never could get it to work correctly and after I moved it for the third time it went into the donate pile. Hopefully someone who shopped at Goodwill could actually figure the darn thing out…
Anyway. Now that it’s a huge trend again I figured it was time. We’ve had a few people close to us recently go gluten free for health reasons and I am often bringing fun salads and sides to parties and I figured this was a good excuse. After reading many, many reviews I opted for the Paderno. I liked the variety of blades that you stored with it. Although I have no clue where I am actually going to store the thing. It might get put in the hall closet with the other awkward size and shaped items. Soda stream anyone? (All things we use but where the heck do you put them).
These cold, cucumber peanut noddles are awesome. I brought these to our nephews 2nd birthday party and a few people didn’t even know that it was cucumbers and not real pasta! If you want to spice these up a bit add even more red pepper flakes and some jalapenos or thai chili’s into the dish. The one downside to this dish is that cucumbers can be really watery and you may need to drain it a few times. But to reduce your carb intake, eliminate gluten (read your sauce labels carefully, I had gluten free versions of all of mine) or just get more vegetable in your life a spiralizer is so worth it.
- 3 English cucumbers, peeled
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- Salt/Pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- Use a spiralizer to create a noodle shape, place in a strainer with salt and let sit at least 20 minutes (this helps drain all the water).
- Mix together the ginger, peanut butter, fish sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
- After the noodles have been sitting add to a large bowl and pour on sauce. Stir together.
- Top with the peanut sauce, salt/pepper and sesame seeds.
- Serve immediately or chill. You may need to drain excess liquid before serving.
