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Sharing a seasonal zucchini ribbon salad recipe

If you like easy recipes you are in the right place.

Regular readers of Everyday Edits you likely stumbled upon one of my recipes. You also know that it’s rare for my recipes to not go off the rails somewhere between “preheat the oven” and “let cool.”

So I was psyched when I made this zucchini ribbon salad without any ingredient mishaps.

Zucchini is in the final stretch for the garden season here in Colorado. My dad dropped off zucchinis which weighed more than my 3rd child at birth.

I could not make one more of these cakes. keep baking this cake.

So when I found this recipe in Stanley Tucci’s cookbook (a gift) and it had only four ingredients it was like Stanley whispered to me, “you got this.”

What I loved about this zucchini salad was the short list of ingredients (salt, pepper and lemon juice).

The hardest part was not having a fancy peeler and grabbing the only peeler I had in my kitchen drawer.

I suggest transferring the zucchini ribbons to a paper towel before plating them to soak up the excess moisture.

I don’t know if it would make the zucchini perkier a little longer. If you have suggestions on perkier zucchini please leave me a comment.

ZUCCHINI RIBBON SALAD RECIPE

Also, this is a last minute prep salad. You don’t want to leave this out for long or it starts to get “tired.”

ZUCCHINI RIBBON SALAD

Stanley Tucci

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Course Salad

Ingredients

3 ZUCCHINI
1 LEMON JUICE OF 1/2 LEMON
1 DASH KOSHER SALT + GROUND PEPPER
1/4 CUP OLIVE OIL
`1 PIECE PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO OR PECORINO SHAVINGS

Instructions

PEEL THE ZUCCHINI + DISCARD DARKER SKIN
USE A POTATO PEELER TO SHAVE EACH ZUCCHINI INTO RIBBONS
DISCARD THE SOGGY INTERIOR
SET ZUCCHINI RIBBONS IN A BOWL.
IN SMALL BOWL OR MEASURING CUP WHISK LEMON JUICE, SALT + PEPPER
ADJUST AS YOU LIKE.
TOSS ZUCCHINI WITH DRESSING + SHAVE PARMIGIANO TO TASTE
SERVE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE RIBBONS GET "SOGGY."

Thank you for stopping by today. I would file this under a perfect recipe for beginners-like these desserts.

We are not a gluten-free family, but I loved this gluten-free pasta salad recipe so much I took a chance with my family. And they loved this brown rice based recipe. Of course, I might have kept the gluten-free detail quiet until I got a thumbs up.

Does anyone else wait to disclose to the family the ingredient list to the picky eaters in the family? I am married to the pickiest eater in our house!

A girl on my tennis team brought this gluten-free pasta salad for the post-match mixer. It is never a good sign when I start to think about food during the match. Let’s just say some of us inhaled this salad. There was not a big enough spoon to scoop up the fresh veggies and tangy salad dressing clingy to the pasta.

The pasta salad was my first gluten-free anything. I could not tell the difference. It turns out I am an equal opportunity pasta lover.

It was an easy recipe with the only difference to say “regular” pasta salad, was the pasta was made from brown rice. Who knew? The brown rice pastas are in the same aisle as the regular pasta. If you can’t find, just look for it in the more expensive section of pastas. I usually shop in the dollar pasta section. It is a little pricier than my usual pasta bags and boxes. I found more options at Trader Joe’s and for less money.

GLUTEN-FREE PASTA SALAD RECIPE

The flexibility of this pasta salad was what I loved about it. I used a variety of veggies and I varied the list of veggies each time I made this recipe. My go-to veggies for this salad included cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli and red peppers.

This is my new favorite go-to summer pasta salad. It’s easy to prepare and looks so pretty on the table. What do you think? I have you cooked with brown rice pasta? I couldn’t tell the difference which I think is the best compliment!

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Gluten-Free Pasta Salad

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Ingredients

1 box brown rice pasta
1/2 bottle Fat Free Zesty Italian
1/4 cup sugar or sugar substitute
assorted veggies: broccoli, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, peppers and any favorite veggies

Instructions

Cook pasta per instructions. Drain.
Mix Salad Dressing & Sugar.
Add assorted vegetables. Chill before ready to serve.

Here is another gluten-free recipe I tried out with my family.

Shhh… the family did not know the main ingredient was in the recipe’s title.

Let me know if you have tried gluten free pasta in the comments.

ZUCCHINI RIBBON SALAD RECIPE

ZUCCHINI RIBBON SALAD

Ingredients

Instructions

GLUTEN-FREE PASTA SALAD RECIPE

Gluten-Free Pasta Salad

Ingredients

Instructions

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