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Creamy Healthy Spaghetti Zoodles

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This creamy healthy zoodle spaghetti is a filling meal-zoodle ‘zucchini noodles’, Italian sausage, butternut squash sauce, cream cheese and crumbled feta. This dish can come together quickly, is delicious and a great healthy, low carb option
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 5 Servings
Calories 312 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 zucchini spiralizer (if making homemade zoodles)
  • Large skillet
  • general cooking utensils

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups zucchini noodles 2-3 medium sized zucchini
  • 1/2-1 lb browned Italian sausage amount depends on how much meat you want in sauce. Can sub with ground turkey, beef or chicken.
  • 25 Oz jar pasta sauce I used butternut sauce, can use tomato sauce too
  • 2-4 oz light cream cheese varies on how creamy you’d like. Use regular if you wish
  • 1 c Feta crumbled or mozzarella

Instructions
 

  • Make zucchini noodles OR prepare noodles per package instructions if homemade.
  • Sauté homemade noodles in a large skillet with a bit of oil. Cooke for 5-10 minutes on medium high heat until noodles are softened. Remove from pan and set aside.
  • Brown Italian sausage over medium high heat in same large skillet. Drain.
  • Add the large jar of pasta sauce to the meat mixture. Dice up cream cheese and add that as well.
  • give the sauce mixture a good stir and let it come to a simmer on medium heat until cream cheese is melted.
  • Once cream cheese is well melted in the pasta sauce-Top the zoodles with the pasta sauce and sprinkle feta on top. Enjoy!

Notes

Nutrition info: nutrition info for this recipe is an estimate. It is going to vary greatly based on brand, how lean your protein is, etc. 

Creamy Zoodle Spaghetti Substitutions and Variations

Zoodles: these can be fresh zucchini noodles OR store bought in the freezer section. You can also just use plain old spaghetti noodles- I do half and half as my kids are not usually fans of zoodles. You can find the zucchini noodles in your grocery store freezer section.
Meat: if you don't like pork Italian sausage, substitute with ground beef, ground turkey or ground chicken. You can always add your own Italian seasoning, to taste, instead of purchasing already seasoned meat. Go vegetarian for the night and leave the meat out (don't recommend, big meat eater here!).
Cream Cheese: I added about 4 oz to my dish personally, to lighten it up you can go without OR use 2 oz. Feel free to use a light cream cheese too. I think 1/4-1/2 cup of sour cream could be substituted for cream cheese- you may also try subbing half the sour cream for plain Greek yogurt to add more protein.
Cheese: I loved the Feta, but if your family does not like Feta- just use Mozzarella like a normal spaghetti bake. Feel free to add 1/4 cup of shredded parmesan to the dish, too.
Additions: I think this would taste AMAZING with some sauteed pears on top or on the side. This is a very flexible recipe but I would peel and dice 2-3 pears, sauté in a cinnamon/maple syrup mixture until softened. Sprinkle over the feta. There are a lot of pear recipes out there to look up, though!

Nutrition

Calories: 312kcalCarbohydrates: 9.2gProtein: 20.1gFat: 19.6gSaturated Fat: 7.7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5.2gCholesterol: 71.6mgSodium: 748mgFiber: 7.1gSugar: 3.9g
Keyword butternut squash, feta, healthy, keto, low carb, zucchini, zucchini noodle
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