Zucchini Pasta

Zucchini pasta is a replacement for my spaghetti noodles but has become its own unique dish.  It actually tastes really good sautéed briefly with butter first but mostly I'm pretty lazy and I'll zap it in the microwave for about a minute (to maintain an al dente texture) for eating with sauce.  As easy as it already is to make spaghetti, zucchini noodles are even easier because you barely have to cook it.  And it tastes awesome.

You can easily make zucchini noodles using this spiral slicer.  The prices on Amazon fluctuate and I waited until this was about $25 or so before I bought it.  In the mean time, a cheap (and not as good) method is to use a julienne peeler.  I picked up this same set for $5 at my local TJ Maxx at one point.  But now I mostly use my spiral slicer because the noodles come out so much longer.