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Prawn Courgetti Spaghetti

Prawn Courgetti Spaghetti is a wholesome combination of seasonal courgettes, offer a low carb version of a wheat heavy pasta. Easily vegan by removing the prawns and you can easily grow your own pea shoots on a window sill.

Prawn courgetti spaghetti summer salad

A combination of courgettes, chard and spinach give you three of your eight a day in one dish. Green leafy veg are extremely nutrient dense foods containing a huge array of vitamins, minerals and anti cancer plant chemicals.

Growing leaves at home can be a very therapeutic and satisfying way to ease these into your lifestyle. Perfect for windowsill containers and trough’s for those with small spaces for kitchen gardens.

Prawn courgetti spaghetti summer salad

This gives the added benefit of being freshly available. This is important as green leaves loose their nutrient content very quickly when they are stored and start to wilt.


RECIPE

PRAWN COURGETTI SPAGHETTI

Serves: 4

Time to create: 10 mins

Gluten Free, Nut Free

Ingredients:

Cooking Steps:

  1. First things first, pull out your spiralizer & get to work on the courgette. Quick and simple -very satisfying.
  2. Heat a tbsp of coconut oil in the frying pan, before adding the prawns.
  3. After just a short cook, as the prawns start to turn pink, add in your courgetti!
  4. Simply throw in the pesto, lemon & creme fraiche as the courgette hits your favourite texture; mine takes just 2 mins in the frying pan, decrease the heat and stir it in.
  5. Chop the leaves after rinsing them & stir them into the pan as you turn off the heat altogether. Keep stirring while you add a pinch of salt & pepper & the leaves hit a perfect mid malt.
    Serve!

Per Serving

Calories 186
% Daily Value *
Total Fat8 g ( 13 % )
– Saturated Fat4 g ( 18 % )
– Monounsaturated Fat1 g
– Polyunsaturated Fat4 g
– Trans Fat0 g
– Cholesterol0 mg ( 0 % )
Sodium381 mg ( 16 % )
Potassium334 mg ( 10 % )
Total Carbohydrate4 g (1 % )
– Dietary Fiber2 g ( 8 % )
– Sugars1 g
Protein24 g ( 48% )
Vitamin A25 %
Vitamin C14 %
Calcium1 %
Iron2 %

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