Bright Green Zoodles in Spinach Hemp Cream
4.3(664 ratings)Hemp hearts blend into a surprisingly creamy sauce with no soaking required, which makes this one of the fastest raw mains to pull together. Baby spinach gives the sauce its electric color, and a handful of parsley keeps it fresh rather than grassy. Serve it in a glass bowl and let all that green do the talking.
- Hands-on
- 15 min
- Total
- 15 min
- Serves
- 2
- Level
- Easy
Method
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Step 1: Blend the hemp hearts, spinach, parsley, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and water on high until completely smooth and bright green, about 45 seconds.
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Step 2: Taste the sauce and adjust with more lemon or salt. It should be tangy and boldly seasoned, since the zucchini will dilute it.
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Step 3: Spiralize the zucchini into thin noodles and blot them with a towel to remove surface moisture before adding any sauce.
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Step 4: Toss the noodles with the green cream in a glass bowl until evenly coated, using tongs to lift and turn them.
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Step 5: Scatter pumpkin seeds over the top and serve immediately, before the zucchini begins releasing water into the sauce.
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