Get the whole family together for some creative cooking, and try our zucchini ‘zoodles’ with a homemade puttanesca sauce. This is a great recipe for getting kids interested in the kitchen and showing them how they can get creative and add some extra goodness to their favourite meals.
Looking for a lighter, healthier pasta alternative?
Prep time
15m
Cook time
15m
Serves
4
Ingredients
12
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 4 anchovy fillets
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 100g pitted Kalamata olives
- 100g pitted green olives
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped
- 4 large zucchini, sliced into thin noodles or spiralized
- 1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Fresh cracked pepper, parsley leaves and grated Parmesan cheese to serve
Method
Step 1:
Heat a large non-stick pan on a medium high. Add oil and tinned tomatoes and stir to heat through.
Step 2:
Add anchovies and cook down for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Step 3:
Add oregano, olives, cherry tomatoes and capers, and cook down for a further 5 minutes until the tomatoes break down slightly.
Step 4:
Add the ‘zoodles’ and toss through sauce gently, heating for a further 3 minutes.
Step 5:
Stir through parsley and lemon juice.
Step 6:
Garnish with pepper, parsley leaves and Parmesan to serve.
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