Making a wide variety of food in your own kitchen can be fun, but what happens if you don’t have a specific tool to cut a vegetable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it comes to courgette coils, also called fresh zucchini spirals, raw zucchini noodles, and zoodles, you would usually use a large electric spiralizer appliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But not every kitchen has room for an electric spiralizer on its countertops. Luckily, you can use a few smaller options for alternative tools to get a very similar result in your zucchini noodles. This can include a handheld spiralizer, mandoline slicer, potato peeler, vegetable peeler, or even a standard cheese grater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whether you are cooking zucchini noodles as alternatives to pasta dishes or want raw zucchini cut into sticks or noodles that you can enjoy as a quick snack, being able to cut zucchini noodles without a spiralizer is a great way to increase the amount of vegetables you get in your daily diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s take a closer look at the various ways you can cut veggies of all types without a spiralizer. From courgette and aubergine to carrots and squash, being able to create unique vegetable garnish or pasta alternatives is a great way to improve on your favourite recipes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don’t own a spiralizer<\/a> but have a mandoline slicer, you can easily use this standard kitchen tool to get similar results for coils and raw zucchini noodles or zucchini ribbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A julienne blade <\/strong>is the best option for making zucchini noodles without a spiralizer, but you can also experiment with other blade types. Some may work better with different sized zucchini or different vegetable types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the benefits of using a mandoline slicer is that you can adjust the thickness of the cuts<\/strong>, which is great for zucchini noodles as you will normally want them thick rather than thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thick zucchini noodles will hold their shape better and cook more evenly whether you sautee, fry or blanch them. The mandoline is a great option when you want to cut zucchini noodles without a spiralizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When using the julienne blade on your mandolin, push a medium zucchini lengthwise in order to get long strips of the vegetable. These zucchini cuts will not be spiralled and will instead be straight zucchini noodles, but if you do prefer getting the spiral shape, press one end of the zucchini into the blade and slowly twist it as it cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This method will give you a perfect courgette coil or zucchini noodle that you can enjoy raw or cook to your preference on medium-high heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today\u2019s #homeschool<\/a> #snack<\/a> was spiralised courgette with a squeeze of lemon juice. Vitamin C in the lemon, and the courgette is packed with many different nutrients, and a source of fibre. If you don\u2019t have a spiraliser you could just use a potato peeler to make ribbons. pic.twitter.com\/TzHNkt2u8w<\/a><\/p>— The Cooking Shed (@thecookingshed) March 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>The Mandoline Option<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Potato Peeler Option<\/h3>\n\n\n\n