Not Just a Man's World

This is an incredibly simple vegetable replacement to pasta that is particularly helpful when you are eating something with a lot of sauce – in particular a creamy sauce.  Most people who follow a Paleo diet will have already come across these, but I wanted to include them here for the sake of completeness.

My preference is to use courgettes but you can also use any member of the squash family for this.

Paleo noodles

Ingredients:
1 large courgette per person

Directions:

1. Remove and discard the ends of each courgette.
2. Some people peel the skin off the vegetable.  If it is marrow or squash, which has a thicker and tougher skin, I would do this, but with a courgette the skin is relatively soft and I like the slight green colour added by leaving the skin in place.  If you would like to peel the vegetable, peel it at this stage.
3. Thinly slice each courgette lengthways, then split the slices into two piles on the chopping board and thinly slice lengthways again across the previous cuts, leaving a pile of thin strands of courgette flesh.
4. Place the strands in a pan, cover with boiling water (or bring a pan of water to the boil and add the strands once the water is ready) and simmer for 4 – 5 minutes until the strands are tender.  How long it takes will depend on how finely you managed to cut the courgettes!

When ready, drain the strands and serve up like noodles or spaghetti.

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