Not sure what to prep with your spiralizer? Here you’ll find 25 genius ways to use your spiralizer to make delicious and healthy spiralizer recipes!
Looking for the best spiralizer recipes?
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Spiralizing veggies is a great way to reduce refined carbs and add more whole foods to your diet. And all of this while enjoying a tasteful and delicious meal.
There are so many healthy and tasty spiralizer recipes to choose from! And by substituting pasta with vegetables, you will not only reduce your carbs intake but also increase the number of vitamins and fiber in your diet.
And I promise you won’t lose anything in flavor.
I know spiralizers have been around for a while, and I really wanted to resist the temptation to buy one.
After all, I call myself a minimalist. I really didn’t have any space in my tiny kitchen for another tool. Especially one that, I thought, I would probably use twice (like most of the kitchen tools we all buy…garlic peeler anyone?).
What does spiralizing mean?
Spiralizing means turning vegetables or fruits into noodles. It’s a very simple process, and it’s basically a different way of cutting vegetables. But turning veggies into beautiful ribbons makes eating them even more appealing!
By turning veggies into noodles, you can create a naturally gluten-free, low-carb paleo, keto, vegan and vegetarian-friendly alternative to pasta.
Spiralized veggies are not only filling and nutritious. They are easy to make and beautiful to see. Spiralizing is a great way to incorporate more veggies into your diet, go for low-carb options that will help you lose weight and stay healthy, and will also help you to stay on budget.
What more could you want?
Which Spiralizer?
There are many different spiralizers on the market. This 5-Blade Spiralizer is one of the top sellers on Amazon, with over 17,000 reviews and 4.5 stars.
Or, you can opt for a smaller option like the SimpleTaste Spiralizer. It’s not as sturdy as the other options, but a good alternative if you don’t have much storage space.
Another way to go, if you just want to test a recipe out, and you aren’t sure about the investment, is to use a julienne peeler. It takes a bit longer to cut vegetables with it, but you can achieve a similar result, and see if you like it.
You can have a look at all my favorite spiralizers here to find the best one for you!
The Best Spiralizer Recipes
What can you make with a spiralizer?
You can pretty much turn every pasta or noodles recipe into a delicious spiralized version. And the great thing about turning veggies into spiralized vegetables is that you’ll normally get a low-calorie, healthy version of the original dish, without losing on taste.
Here you can find some of my favorite easy spiralizer recipes!
And if you need more tips on how to use your spiralizer, simply jump at the bottom of the page or click here.
1. Butternut Squash & Sage Spaghetti with Zucchini Noodles
Full Recipe on Eat Yourself Skinny
This butternut squash and sage spaghetti are, of course, made with zucchini noodles. It’s healthy, delicious, and can easily be made in just 30 minutes using a few simple ingredients! A perfect spiralizer recipe you can cook at any time, but especially as a great fall dinner.
Try this creamy butternut squash pasta with sage for a carb-loaded alternative
2. Asian-Inspired Zoodle Flu Buster Soup
Full recipe on Cotter Crunch
This Asian-inspired paleo zucchini noodle soup is light yet rich in anti-inflammatory properties. A soothing delicious and nutritious soup, it’s one of my favorite veggie spiralizer recipes!
3. Spiralized Sweet Potato Enchilada Casserole
Full recipe on A Saucy Kitchen
Although spiralizer recipes are incredibly healthy, they can also be indulgent. This mouthwatering spiralized sweet potato enchilada casserole is loaded with veggies, black beans and soaked in a simple homemade enchilada sauce.
4. Spicy Sesame Zoodles with Crispy Tofu
Full recipe on Pinch of Yum
This zucchini spiralizer recipe is super easy to make – soy sauce, peanut butter, sesame oil, garlic, zucchini, and tofu. It’s a great vegan spiralizer recipe!
5. Kale and Falafel Bowls with Spiralized Butternut Squash
Full recipe on Inspiralized
I love falafel, they are so easy to make and are full of protein. Add some kale and spiralized butternut squash for the perfect dish. And if you love butternut squash, check out my roasted butternut squash salad. Delicious!
6. Sweet Potato Noodles Salad
Full recipe on Pinch of Yum
Amazingly good real food salad with a short ingredient list! Cilantro, spiralized sweet potato, roasted corn, pepitas, and a homemade chipotle garlic dressing. Super yummy!
7. Burst Tomato Zucchini Spaghetti with Avocado Sauce
Full recipe on Pinch of Yum
A great healthy recipe ready in 30 minutes! Burst Tomato and Zucchini noodles tossed with a simple and creamy, vegan avocado sauce.
8. Spiralized Sweet Potato & Black Bean Quesadillas
Full recipe on Cookie And Kate
These hearty quesadillas are filled with spicy spiralized sweet potatoes, black beans, and melted cheese. They go well with a creamy avocado dip on top! Perfect for a busy weeknight dinner.
9. Noodle Free Pad Thai
Full recipe on Minimalist Baker
I love how colorful this dish is! And it’s also super delicious. Ready in 30 minutes, this is the perfect low-carb alternative to your favorite pad thai recipe.
10. Zucchini Noodles with Pesto
Full recipe on Cookie and Kate
Pesto is one of my favorite sauces, and these fresh, raw zucchini noodles tossed with basil pesto and cherry tomatoes are perfect for a light, healthy lunch or dinner.
11. Carrot Celeriac Spiralized Salad
Full recipe on Cotter Crunch
If you are after something light and healthy, this marinated vegetable spiralized salad is perfect! This salad is paleo, vegan, and whole 30 friendly plus you can make it in under 30 minutes. Made with celeriac (celery root) is an extremely versatile vegetable and rich in nutrients! And if you don’t have celery root you can use turnips instead!
12. Rainbow Noodle Salad
Full recipe on Salt and Lavender
Another colorful dish for you to try! This spiralized rainbow noodle salad is healthy and made entirely of vegetable noodles with a creamy avocado and lime dressing. Delicious!
13. Rainbow Power Salad with Roasted Chickpeas
Full recipe on Pinch of Yum
This is what I call beautiful food in a bowl! One of the tastiest spiralized recipes I have tried! And I love the crunchy roasted chickpeas!
14. Golden Turmeric Noodle Miso Soup
Full recipe on Love & Lemons
This vegetable noodle miso soup is perfect on a cold winter’s day! Healthy and healing, it’s made with lemon, ginger, and turmeric.
15. Creamy Garlic Roasted Pepper Pasta
Full recipe on Pinch of Yum
This creamy garlic roasted red pepper spiralized zucchini pasta is simply delicious! With garlic, almond milk, roasted red peppers, and courgetti.
16. Butternut Noodles with Creamy Garlic Mushrooms & Lentils
Full recipe on Wallflower Kitchen
A base of spiralized butternut squash with creamy mushrooms, lentils, and sage. This recipe is healthy, grain-free, and high protein!
17. Zucchini Sweet Potato Noodles Minestrone
Full recipe on Love and Lemons
Perfect for the colder evenings! You can prep this soup in advance and reheat it when you are ready to eat it. The veggies stay firm and the broth just tastes better and better.
18. Crispy Spiralized Baked Fries
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
Another one of my favorite veggie spiralizer recipes! Not as low-carb and skinny as some of the other options, but sometimes you just need something delicious. And these spiralized potatoes are exactly what you need!
19. Creamy Spinach Sweet Potato Noodles with Cashew Sauce
Full recipe on Pinch of Yum
Creamy spinach and sweet potato noodles are the main ingredients of this dish. Topped with a creamy cashew sauce this plate is divine. Gluten-free and vegan, it’s perfect if you are on a low-carb diet!
20. Raw Avocado Pesto Zucchini Noodles
Full recipe on Simply Quinoa
These avocado pesto zucchini noodles are the perfect way to lighten up a classic dish. Packed with flavor, I promise you won’t miss the actual pasta!
21. 15-Minute Garlic Lime Cashew Zoodles
Full recipe on Salt and Lavender
These spiralized zucchini noodles are ready in just 15 minutes! They are a quick and easy vegan meal option, ideal for lunch of dinner when you have very little time.
22. Peas and Pesto Potato Noodles
Full recipe on Inspiralized
If you want to eat fewer carbs than pasta, but still looking for something to fill you up, these spiralized potato noodles are the perfect compromise! I have to say this is one of my favorite spiralizer recipes!
23. Spiralized Thai Salad
Full recipe on Salt and Lavender
This spiralized Thai salad made with spiralized carrot, cucumber, and cabbage is fresh, healthy, and has the most delicious cilantro-lime-peanut dressing.
24. Garlic Parmesan Mushroom Zoodles
Full recipe on The Flavours of Kitchen
This 15-minute garlic parmesan mushroom spiralized zucchini recipe is one pan and just made with 6 ingredients. An easy and delicious low-carb dinner for the entire family!
25. Zucchini Pasta with Lentil Bolognese
Full recipe on Minimalist Baker
No matter how you want to call them: zucchini noodles, zoodle, or courgetti, spiralized zucchini are one of the most versatile spiralized vegetables. And this lentil bolognese sauce is the perfect protein-packed sauce, for this low-carb pasta alternative.
How to use a spiralizer
1. Clean your vegetables
Wash your vegetables and peel them (if you want to). Cut off both ends to make them flat and even.
2. Chose your blade
Select the best blade for the job, based on vegetables and recipes.
Please, please be careful! No matter what spiralizer you use, the blades are always really sharp. Avoid cutting yourself (yes, I’ve been there…I’ve done that…spiralized finger isn’t fun!).
3. Place the vegetables on the spiralizer
Make sure the spiralizer is firmly and securely in place on your table or kitchen worktop. Place the vegetable on the spiralizer, and make sure the vegetable is aligned with the central blade.
4. Spiralize!
This is the fun part: turn the handle and watch your veggies transforming into noodles! Collect all your spiralized vegetables in a bowl, ready for your delicious recipe!
What vegetables can you use with a Spiralizer?
There are plenty of vegetables and fruits that can be spiralized. Zucchini is the most common vegetable used in recipes. It’s soft and easy to spiralize and with its neutral color and taste, it’s easy to substitute it for pasta in many recipes. But there are plenty of other options too!
Here are just some of my favorite vegetables and fruits you can spiralize, but feel free to try others and use your imagination!
- Zucchini (Courgettes)
- Cucumber
- Beet
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Parsnip
- White Potato
- Sweet Potato
- Onion
- Butternut Squash
- Celeriac
- Pear
- Apple
Whatever veggie you pick, use the tastiest and freshest ingredients you can find!
Here are the top tips to make sure you don’t spiralize the wrong veggie:
- Make sure the vegetable or fruit has firm and solid flesh. If it’s too juicy, it won’t work!
- You need vegetables at least 2 inches long, or you won’t be able to turn veggies into noodles.
- You need the vegetable to be at least 1.5-2 inches wide, or the spiralizer blades won’t cut through it. If you are spiralizing carrots or other “narrow” vegetables, make sure you pick the widest you can find.
How to store spiralized veggies (courgetti, zoodles, and anything else…)
1. Dry your spiralized veggies
Zucchini noodles — and other vegetables with some water weight — can get soggy. After you spiralize, dry them off with a paper towel or spiralize into a colander and let them drain while you do the rest of your prep. You might also try salting them (like eggplant), or if you’re cooking them, just toss them in the sauté pan.
Carrots, parsnips, and other root vegetables tend to be a bit crunchy. This makes them perfect for lunch because you can dress them in advance — no need for a separate salad dressing container. If you’re eating them right away, let them sit for a bit to soften.
2. Store
Preparing spiralized veggies on the go can be time-consuming, but my tip is to spiralize the veggies once on Sunday when I have a bit more time. Then store them in the fridge in a paper towel-lined airtight container or plastic bag.
They will last for 4-5 days.
The paper towel will absorb all the excess moisture and your veggie noodles will be ready for the next meal!
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25 Healthy Veggie Spiralizer Recipes
Equipment
Ingredients
Veggies You Can Use in Your Spiralizer
- Zucchini - Courgettes
- Cucumber
- Beet
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Parsnip
- White Potato
- Sweet Potato
- Onion
- Butternut Squash
- Celeriac
Instructions
- Select your favorite spiralizer recipes.
- Click on the link and get cooking.
- Prep a delicious, quick fiber-rich meal in no time!
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Do you have any other favorite easy spiralizer recipes?
Let me know in the comments!
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Jack says
Very healthy recipe, please upload more recipes.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Will do 🙂
Hunters Moon says
These recipes are an amazing resource. Thank you for posting and maintaining this! I have had great success with the Sweet Potato Enchilada Casserole and can’t wait to try the rest. This is a super way to get started with a focus on plant based cooking.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thanks so much, Hunters Moon 🙂
Annette Eddy says
Im having trouble bringing up the recipes?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Any recipe in particular, Annette?
I can see them all. You can either click on the recipe name or the link under the photo.
[email protected] says
thank you for sharing
I love spiralized veggies but I hate potato
I follow this article for my next post
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thanks, Lisa 🙂 I love spiralized veggies too!
E Matthews says
Just writing up the shopping list. Recently bought a spirilizer and as with other don’t want it to just gather dust. The recipes look great and easy to get hold of unlike so many Pinterest sites. Thank you. P.S I will be making courgetti in the UK
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
I love spiralizing veggies! I hope you will enjoy these recipes as much as I do 🙂
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Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
You can just subscribe from the homepage, Mishieka!
Hana says
These look absolutely delicious. My family and I were on a gluten-free diet for years and one of the foods I missed the most were noodles. So, when I came across spiralizing, it totally blew my mind!
Can’t wait to try these recipes 🙂
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thanks, Hana! Yes, spiralizing is such a game-changer if you are on a gluten-free diet!
I was a bit skeptical about substituting veggies to pasta, but I love it!
Brenda says
Love these recipes!
I’ve just bought a new spiralizer and can’t wait to try these out!
Thank you!
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thank you Brenda, I love spiralizing veggies 🙂
fin$avvypanda @ finsavvypanda.com says
Hey Sara!
What a smart way to replace the pasta — spiralized veggies!! I can imagine this tasting really good!
Your picture of your spiralized veggies look awesome. Was it Dan or you who took these pics?
Haha We have a tiny kitchen as well and we have tools that just sit in my cabinets that we don’t use. All the recipes here look delicious. This is a great idea to recover from all the holiday junk. And there’s so much to choose from here! Thanks for putting this stuff together!!
I hope you’re feeling better now! 🙂
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thank you for stopping by! I love spiralized veggies! But I can’t stop eating pasta too 😉
Yes, Dan took the pictures this time!
I feel much much better finally! Thank you 🙂
Natasha @ Salt and Lavender says
These all look awesome!! Thanks for featuring my recipes. 🙂
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thanks so much for checking my blog Natasha! I love your blog! All your recipes look amazing! You are such a great inspiration for me 🙂