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Spiralizer Cookbook

Spiralizer Cookbook: Turn Vegetables into Delicious Noodle Meals, 2019

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Introduction

People today are becoming more health-conscious and more aware that embracing a healthy lifestyle is the best way to reduce health risks to ensure a longer life. With almost all health articles and blogs emphasizing the importance of a good diet for healthy living, people are finding ways to prepare healthy meals at home. Ideally, this involves incorporating more fruits and veggies in your meals, but what can you do when you hit obstacles to this goal, such as:

Eating traditional grain-based noodles, like pasta or ramen, which can add more to your weight.

Trouble getting your kids to eat vegetables that they don't want.

Finding more exciting ways to prepare vegetable and noodle dishes.

If you are facing any of these issues, then it's time for you to invest in this handy cookbook and learn some tips and tricks for solving these problems, plus so more!

Its a common fact that vegetables and fruits are an essential part of a balanced diet, but unless we can teach our children to appreciate and eat them, they will always be lacking the proper nutrients and minerals that are so badly needed for a healthy body.

And its no secret that food preparation and cooking can be a difficult task for parents especially mothers with picky children and we could all use a little help sometimes. Thats why its time for you to buy this handy and useful kitchen gadget that will surely make your children appreciate the vegetable dishes they usually despise.

Aside from its practical use and affordability, the idea of preparing meals using low-carb pasta made from fruits and vegetables is gaining more acceptance by health and fitness enthusiasts. When the difference between a hundred grams of carb-based pasta and 100 grams of zucchini is about 300 kcal, and with considerably less cooking time, is there still any reason not to choose a fruit and veggie spiralizer when you wish to cut down on carbs?

What is Spiralizer?

The ability to shred and slice vegetables and fruits into ribbons has previously been made possible using a julienne peeler, but the by-hand process is time-consuming, often produces imperfect cuts, and is quite inconvenient. Now, the julienne technique is much more appealing and hassle-free with the introduction of the spiralizer. It originates from Japan and because it is handy and reasonably priced, it has started to be accepted more and more into the mainstream.

Essentially, a spiralizer cuts vegetables into spiraled noodles or ribbons. With this rather new and creative way of jazzing up your healthy meals, children are sure to find them exciting and colorful, excited to dig in! This handy gadget comes with removable blades that create a variety of cuts -- thin or thick slices of noodle, or wide ribbons which can add delight to every dish.

Benefits of Using a Spiralizer

There are just too many reasons why you need to keep a spiralizer in your kitchen, aside from being a kitchen tool that you can use for a healthier, more exciting, and inventive way of cooking. With a spiralizer, meal preparation will never again be a boring and dry kitchen task as it enables you to turn fruits and vegetables into noodles that you can use to make creative and delicious meals.

Spiralizing is simply a new food preparation method that is getting more popular every day because of the many benefits it provides. Keep reading to learn more about these exciting and useful benefits.

Spiralizing Makes It Easy to Sneak Vegetables into Your Kids Favorite Dishes

Do your kids love eating pasta but hate vegetables? With spiralizing, you can easily sneak vegetables into their pasta. You will be amazed by how much they love to eat a classic Italian pasta dish with veggies. Since spiralized vegetables have the same consistency and texture as regular pasta noodles, their palates and taste buds won't recognize that they're eating a veggie-enhanced version of their favorite pasta dish. By the time your kids realize that they're eating more than a handful of vegetables, theyll see that vegetables are not so terrible after all.

Moreover, its a delightful way to bring more healthy ingredients into your meal plan. With more fruits and vegetables incorporated into your favorite dishes, it is a surefire way to make healthy meals that you and your family will love.

Spiralizing is Quick and Easy

Here is one major reason you will love spiralizing: It takes just a few seconds to prepare ready-to-cook noodles and pasta out of fruits and vegetables. Once you start spiralizing, you'll be creating healthy, mouth-watering dishes in no time. Plus, this is an easier and quicker way to prepare pasta compared to the traditional cooking method. You don't need to boil water or worry about your pasta going soggy. And you certainly don't have to study culinary arts before you can perfect your classic pasta dishes with spiralized veggies -- anyone can do it easily and quickly!

Spiralizing is Family and Kid-Friendly

We all know how children love colors and shapes. The creativity involved in producing these kid-friendly meals is guaranteed to encourage your kids to accept nutritious foods in their meals. Children even enjoy helping spiralize vegetables to create magical noodles and zoodles out of them. While it is easy to produce these ingredients in bulk, it is also family-friendly, as you can spend more time with your family and less time in the kitchen.

You Get More Out of Your Fruits and Vegetables

When preparing fruits and vegetables for your meal the old-fashioned way, you are most likely going to chop, dice, or cube them, all while barely getting a cups worth for every kind. However, when you use a spiralizer to cut them into fluffy, spiral pieces, one small vegetable can yield more than a cup! With this incredible process, a fruit or vegetable can go a long way. So, while consuming just a small portion, you will feel like you have eaten much more simply because of its spiral shape. In fact, a medium-sized potato can give two people a hearty noodle dish!

Spiralizing Helps You Lose Weight in a Fun and Healthy Way

When you can feel full on fewer calories, then you will have no trouble losing or maintaining weight. A bowl of spiralized noodles from vegetables can make you feel more energized, light, and satisfied for longer periods. When eating more fruits and vegetables, you get more dietary fiber, which helps you in your digestion, and also assists your body in getting rid of toxins. This leaves you hydrated and refreshed. Some vegetables, like zucchinis, are especially high in folate.

Spiralizing Makes It Easy to Adopt Vegan, Vegetarian, Paleo, and Gluten-Free Diets

For people adopting healthy diets, such as vegan, vegetarian, paleo, and gluten-free, spiralized fruits and vegetables are valuable ingredients. Likewise, they are helpful to those with autoimmune diseases, like diabetes, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Spiralized foods are basically perfect for everyone, but they are even more useful to those who are sensitive to gluten, as vegetables and fruits are naturally gluten-free. For pasta lovers who need to regulate their weight, noodles made from clean and unprocessed fruits and vegetables can be your best diet solution.

Spiralizing Advocates Reduction of Carbon Footprints

Spiralizing encourages us to patronize products by local farmers. Aside from the health benefits provided by walking to the nearest farmers market, or through the fruits and vegetables stands looking for something to spiralize, this behavior naturally reduces our carbon footprints.