A few years back a friend made me a dish with zucchini pasta. We both had to be gluten free, and although I was hesitant at first – I ended up loving it! Since then I’ve been on a quest to find something affordable like she had to make my own veggie pasta. The problem I had was the cost, or finding a product that actually made noodles not just chunked my veggies into strips.
I was sent a Veggetti to try out, and yes – it is an As Seen on TV product! But don’t let that dissuade you, not only does it work, but the cost wont break the bank! It is one of those products that break the stigma that As Seen on TV products aren’t worth the money!
The Veggetti can be used on any firm vegetable. Make sure your veggies are fresh and firm in order to use it. I actually used zucchinis that were in my crisper for a few days, and it worked perfectly.
You can shred vegetables into thin spaghetti noodles, or on the thick setting your noodles will turn out into linguine style noodles. To change the size of your noodles you just flip the Veggetti over and start turning it.
So how does it work? You simply put your vegetable into the open end and start turning it with your hand. If your vegetable is fresh, it should turn with ease and you will notice strips of the veggie coming out of the opening on the side. I found it easiest for the noodles to fall right into the colander. If your veggie is too large to fit in, you can cut it into smaller pieces and then start turning it. I tried this with some giant garden zucchinis I was given, but since the cuts are square a lot of the shreds come out as short noodles instead of long pasta like ones. That doesn’t work the best for pasta, but would be great for hashes!
Once your pasta is shredded you will be left over with some odd shaped cones of the zucchini. Basically the blossom end of the zucchini and what can’t be shredded. You can either compost these, or slice them up and top them or use them in another recipe. Also, inside the removeable cap on the end you’re not using you’ll find some little chunks that are left over. For me these were destined for the compost!
The Veggetti is hand wash only – my only caution with this is the blades inside. Be careful washing around them – they’re sharp, how else do they shred so well? But otherwise a quick clean and the Veggetti is ready to use again.
I loved how easy it was to make a zucchini pasta with the Veggetti and the healthy meal option. No, it’s not pasta made from dough but it is a great alternative for someone who is gluten free or wanting to have a non-dough pasta. Just imagine all the pasta salads you could make with it! The zucchini noodles not only held up better than most gluten free noodle options, but they looked like pasta and even felt like pasta!
With my Veggetti I made a delicious and easy Zucchini and vegetable pasta dish. It’s great as a main course or even as a side. It might even be a good one to get your kids to eat their vegetables – and it wont heat up your house!
One of my readers can win a Veggetti and a $25 Visa Gift card to pick up ingredients! Read how you can win below!
The Veggetti is available online or on Amazon! You can even find it in several of your favorite stores too!
How Can You Win?
Enter to win with the form below. The mandatory entry is leaving a comment on this blog post telling me what you would make with your Veggetti! If you do not do this entry – you will not win! So make sure you leave a comment and then enter using the form linked below!
I would love to make a healthy spaghetti dish with my homemade sauce and the zucchini as the pasta of the dish!
i would make a zucchini gluten free pasta dish
I would make zucchini spaghetti.
I would also make zucchini spaghetti
I would make Zucchini and eggplant spaghetti.
zucchini spaghetti
I would use this to make a stir fry
I would make squash spaghetti!
My husband and I are going back on our healthy eating lifestyle (Due any day) as soon as our baby is born. And we LOVE my mothers homemade spagetti but pasta is too many calories. I was wondering how this would work before buying one.
I would make zucchini pasta.
I would like to try the pasta, maybe with some other veggies, like a ratatoulli(sure I misspelled that )
I’m thinking sweet potatoes and carrots with a brown sugar glaze.
I would make something having to do with zucchini.
I will make an eggplant pasta.
Thanks for the chance to win this!
I would make the zuccinni noodles with shrimp it looks so good
id love to make zucchini spaghetti
I would make a Zucchini Parmesan bake.
I’ll make squash pasta.
I’d make zucchini spaghetti
In a week or so, I am going to have zucchini out my ears because I am growing them. I have green and yellow zucchini and it would be fun to make zucchini spaghetti with this handy gadget. Thanks for a great giveaway!
zucchini spaghetti
I would love to make zucchini and carrot noodles, and little shreds of beets for on top of my salads.
I would make zucchini “pasta”
I’d make zucchini pasta and Italian mushroom marinara and Parmesan! This would be an easy healthy meal. 🙂
I will try this with carrots, and serve with a great sauce.
I would try to make zucchini and maybe try some eggplant or butternut squash.
vmkids3 at msn dot com
I would love to try zucchini spaghetti!
I want to make spaghetti squash to start with, then I would try lots of other things
I’d saute it with tons of butter.
I’d love to use the Veggetti to make a vegetable pasta with zucchini, squash, carrots and cucumber!
I would make carrots, potatoes, onion, and ground beef casserole.
I’m make vegetarian lasagna – thank you.
I would like to make yeloow squash pasta.
I’d love to make carrot, spinach, and squash spaghetti with some alfredo or marinara sauce!
I would make string potatoes
I would definitely make zucchini spaghetti!
I would make zucchini bread with the zucchini strips, or perhaps some kind of casserole
I would make zucchini pasta with a garlic lemon sauce.
I’m going to try potato spaghetti.
i would make zucchini pasta.
a cucumber salad
I’d make a zucchini linguine with marinara sauce. NOM!
I would make zucchini-spaghetti.
Potato strings first!
I would use it to make hasbrowns from fresh home grown potatoes 🙂
I think it would be fun to do sweet potatoes!
It would be spaghetti squash.
I would make spaghetti squash pasta. I have been wanting to try one of these out for ages it seems.
I want to make squash spaghetti!
zucchini spaghetti since we have so much zucchini this time of year.
i would make zucchini spagetti.
I would love to make zucchini spaghetti
I would make zucchini noodles with pesto.
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
I would make a stir fry.
I would make some zucchini spaghetti to go with our homemade sauce.
I would make an eggplant noodle pasta with homemade marinara sauce
If lucky enough to win, the first thing I would make would be the Pad Thai Stir Fry!
I would have to try to make zucchini pasta noodles.
I would make spaghetti squash.
I want to make the zucchini spaghetti
I WOULD MAKE VEGGIE PASTA W/ALFREDO 🙂
I would make some zucchini pasta.
I think some varietys of vegetables smothered in alfredo sauce would be delicious to make with this. Like a veggie string pasta dish.
I would make a vegetarian pasta dish with squash and carrots and a homemade tomato sauce with tomatoes from the garden.
I would do lots of stir frys!
If I won, I’d make zucchini noodles and serve them with sauce.
Oh course it would be fun to make a colorful swirl of vegetable noodles using summer squash, carrots, potatoes ~ or other root veggies: yams, parships, turnips, beets! ~ And lots of daikon radish/carrots garnishes! And of course having fun with all kinds of refreshing variations on cucumber salads…
I would use carrots to lower the carbs in pasta with meatballs.
zucchini spaghetti
I’d make spaghetti squash casserole!
Would have to say that would make spaghetti
I would try some carrots with melted butter and brown sugar over them.
I would make a Parmesan Eggplant 🙂
I would make pasta.
I would use the Veggetti for salads, stir frys and so much more.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I would love to make a spaghetti dish with my homemade sauce and the zucchini as the pasta.
I would love to make a vegetable stirfry with the Veggetti if I won.
I would love to try the zucchini spaghetti. Sounds fun and delicious!
I have so much zucchini right now that I would make zucchini pasta with a primavera sauce.
I would make zucchini bread
Zuchinni Alfredo with parm and olive oil. Yummy.
I love cucumber salad, actually crave it during the hot summer days. I would try this with cucumbers and hopefully it would work just perfectly 😉
I have so much zucchini this year! Would make zucchini salad and pasta. Also, love potato pancakes.
i would make zuchini noodles
I’d make zucchini pasta with maybe a tomato basil sauce.
I have already printed out some recipes that call for zucchini ribbons. One has the zucchini, along with garlic, chopped tomatoes, olive oil and basil.
zuchinie and vegetable pasta dish
I would love to make zucchini pasta with a fresh tomato sauce.
i would use this veggetti to make a chicken parmesan
I would love to try the zucchini spaghetti and see how cucumbers do!
I would use it to shred zucchini for bread.
I would use it to make carrot slaw.
I have so much zucchini in my garden I would make a pasta recipe!
zucchini noodles…sounds wonderful…and weight watcher friendly 😀
zucchini spaghetti with crusted cheese
I would make spaghetti with zucchini instead of pasta
Thanks for the giveaway…we would make a glazed carrot side dish !
I would make zucchini spaghetti as my first meal with this wonderful little gadget.
[…] a Veggetti (Don’t have one – Check out the Veggetti Giveaway – Ends 8/13/14) shred your zucchini into long noodles. I found it easier to shred it right […]
[…] you first get a vegetable spiralizer, you go towards the simple recipes like making zucchini pasta or carrot ribbons. Since your veggie […]