If you have waaaaaaay too much zucchini or squash then pay attention!
Last week I cleaned, cut, and steamed a lot of too much broccoli, yellow summer squash and green zucchini. I ate it for several meals but my boys just were not interested. I had an idea, maybe I should make it into a sauce they could eat on pasta.
I started cooking some gluten-free spiral rice noodles (they were organic too, aren’t I fancy); then threw some steamed veggies into my Magic Bullet
The end result was a delicious and somewhat spicy sauce that was the perfect consistency for pasta eating or pita dipping. I could also dip veggies in this sauce, as a matter of fact I think it would be a decent stand-in for a creamy spinach and artichoke dip. Oh, be next time I’ll add spinach and artichoke too.
When my 3-year-old asked me what I was making I raised my hands in the air like a referee signalling a touch down and said, “Special Green Sauce.” There was quite a bit of excitement in the air as I served up this green sauce on the spiral noodles. I cut one noodle in half and told my 3-year-old it was hot. He blew on it once then shoved it in his mouth and exclaimed, “Oh Thank You Mommy!!!” My 1-year-old like it too. He was two-fisting them into his mouth.
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Holly,
What ingredients did you use? (You mentioned spicy and you only mentioned broccoli, squash, and zucchini.) I’d like to try this “un”recipe; I tried hummus dip last night and – at least for this recipe – I was not impressed. But I’m not giving up on homemade sauces, so please share!) =)
I listed the spices like garlic, onion powder, salt, and nutritional yeast. I used A LOT of garlic that gave it a “spicy” flavor. I know you and your family don’t like food as spicy as our family so I’d recommend adding just a little, maybe half a teaspoon at a time of the garlic and onion powder and work your way up from there. I probably used about a tablespoon of garlic powder and at least 1/3 cup of nutritional yeast.
Also, I’ve noticed sometimes when I make hummus I can’t get the flavor just right but the next day it taste much better.
I think that is what you would call a veggie victory 😉
I put zucchini and yellow squash on pizza so tonight I going to take this “unrecipe” and use it as my sauce on my pizza. Thank you
Sound DELISH! Thanks for sharing Deb!