20+ Healthy Spiralizer Recipes

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Enjoy more versatile vegetable dishes and low-carb, gluten-free creations with these healthy spiralizer recipes, including salads, low-carb pasta and ramen, zoodles, waffles and more.


Spiralizer Recipes Using Vegetables

I love my spiralizer! It makes preparing vegetables quick, easy, and fun. There’s also something very attractive about a pile of colourful vegetable spirals on a plate.

Spiralized fruit and vegetable noodles (or zoodles) can be used to make delicious raw salads, low-carb and paleo-friendly pasta and ramen alternatives, used in stir-fries, soups, waffles and pancakes. You can even make baked spiralized veggies like sweet potato curly fries, onion rings, or crispy apple chips.

I’ve compiled some of my favourite spiralizer recipes below (all healthy, of course) but before we get started, I will answer some common questions about this kitchen gadget.


What Can I Spiralize?

You can spiralize all kinds of vegetables: zucchini/courgettes (known in the spiralizing world as “zoodles” or “courgetti”), carrots, cucumbers, sweet potato, pumpkin, beetroot, radish, turnips, even onions, cabbage and that broccoli stem you never know what to do with. You can also spiralize firmer fruits like apple and pear. The possibilities are almost endless, so get creative.

Spiralized vegetable recipe

Which Spiralizer Should I Get?

I have the classic version of the spiralizer, which I love, but there are many others on the market. Some are bigger and come with different attachments, while others are simple hand-held versions.

Spiralizer recipes

 

Don’t Have A Spiralizer?

If you haven’t yet invested in a spiralizer, don’t worry. You can use a julienne, mandolin, or a plain old vegetable peeler (you’ll get ribbons rather than spaghetti). If you have a lot of time on your hands, you can even recreate the same effect by slicing the vegetables thinly with a sharp knife.

How To Use A Spiralizer?

When spiralizing something like zucchini or sweet potato, choose a straight, thick vegetable so it stays centred when fitted between the two ends of the spiralizer, and to make sure the noodles don’t get cut too short. Here is a little video on how to use a spiralizer to make zucchini noodles, potato curly fries and apple chips.

 

Spiralized Salads & Raw Dishes

Raw vegetables are full of fibre, live enzymes and antioxidants and the spiralizer can make them into delicious creations in a matter of minutes. Best raw vegetables to spiralize include zucchini, carrots, cucumber, beets and celeriac.

1.Raw Beet Salad With Walnut Dressing & Goat’s Cheese

Spiralizer beetroot salad

2. Creamy Zucchini Pasta With Artichoke & Turkey

Raw Zucchini Paleo Pasta With Creamy Artichoke Sauce & Turkey

3. Raw Carrot Pasta With Ginger Lime & Peanut Sauce

Spiralized carrot salad

4. Greek Salad With Cucumber Noodles 

Spiralized Greek cucumber salad
 

Spiralized Pasta & Noodles

Craving warming pasta or your favourite noodle soup? Cut down on carbohydrates and satisfy your cravings by using spiralized veggie noodles instead. 

5. Prawn Arrabbiata With Zucchini Noodles

Prawn zucchini pasta

6. Beef Ragu With Sweet POtato Noodles

Beef Ragu With Spiralized Sweet Potato Noodles

7. Spiralized Celeriac Carbonara Casserole

Paleo carbonara casserole

8. Chicken & Chickpea Broccoli Pasta

Best spiralizer recipes: zucchini chickpea pasta
Making noodles from the stem of broccoli (which sometimes gets discarded) is a great way to use up the whole head of broccoli without wasting anything. Because of their firm texture, broccoli noodles (broodles?) make a great substitute for pasta or noodles.

 

9. Slutty Low-Carb Pasta Puttanesca

Low-carb zucchini pasta putanesca

10. Butternut Squash Noodles In Sage Butter

Spiralized butternut squash noodles

11. Zucchini Noodle Ramen With Crispy Tempeh

Zucchini noodle ramen

12. Ginger Zucchini Noodle Egg Drop Soup

zucchini egg drop soup

13. Zucchini with Garlic, Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Parmesan 

Zucchini pasta with feta and sun-dried tomatoes

14. Garlic Butter Meatballs With Zucchini Noodles 

Zucchini noodles with garlic meatballs

Baked/Roasted Dishes

You wouldn’t associate spiralizer with roasting or baking BUT there are some pretty creative dishes you can make with root and other vegetables that have been spiralized into ribbons and noodles. Spiralized vegetables can be shaped and formed in unexpected ways.

15. Sweet Potato Noodle Buns

Spiralized sweet potato noodle buns

16. French Onion Zoodle Bake

French onion zoodle bake

17. Baked Sweet Potato Curly Fries

Sweet potato curly fries
 

Sweet Treats & Breakfast

Continuing with creative ways to use spiralized vegetables, I had to include a few breakfast ideas and sweet treats. These go to show that you can use the spiralizer for more than just the zucchini pasta alternative.

18. Spiralized Apple Crumble 

Spiralized apple crumble

19. Zucchini Noodles Egg Nests

Zucchini noodle egg nests

20. Sweet Potato Noodle Waffles

Spiralized sweet potato waffles

21. Savory Parsnip Noodle Chive Waffles

Savoury spiralized parsnip waffles
What’s your favourite way to use a spiralizer? Share your ideas in the comments.

Irena Macri
By Irena Macri

About the author: Hi, I’m Irena Macri. I share easy, delicious recipes with a healthy twist. I’ve been food blogging for over 10 years and have a Diploma in Nutrition & Weight Management. I believe in a balanced diet with an occasional cookie and cheesy pasta. More about me here. Sign-up for my newsletter and subscriber freebies.

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10 Comments
  1. Just bought a spiralizer for my kitchen aid mixer can’t wait to use. Was inspired by looking at all the neat recipes, thanks for sharing.

  2. I thought the beetroot salad with walnuts looked really appealing. When I tried to print the recipe it listed 9 pages for an A4 document. Another acre of rainforest for a easy recipe. I have just bought a spiraliser and I thought several of your recipes sounded good but I don’t want pages upon pages of irrelevant adverts.
    Regards
    Keith

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