Spiralized Zucchini Noodles With Roasted Eggplant Sauce and Crispy Bacon

What's for dinner tonight? It's zoodles aka zucchini noodles again! See I told you I was an addict! Luckily my hubby likes them too, 'cause we eat them a lot. Cooked or raw!

Ingredients (serves 2)

• 4-6 slices of bacon, coppa or prosciutto (we used bacon)
• 2 big zucchini, spiralized
• 1 big eggplant
• 5 tomatoes, halved
• 8 cloves of garlic, skin on and lightly crushed.
• 3/4-1 cup onion, chopped
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• ½-1 cup freshly chopped parsley

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F or 200°C.
2. Cut eggplant in half lengthwise.Score the flesh with a sharp knife. Cut deep into the flesh making a diamond pattern. Do not cut through the skin. Add tomatoes and garlic to the baking sheet, drizzle with a little oil and roast until softened and browned.
   
   When eggplant is ready, push garlic out of the skin and add to a blender together with the tomatoes, and eggplant. Mix well. Add a little water if needed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
   
   
3. Meanwhile, spiralize zucchini. Set aside.
   
4. Place a large skillet over medium heat and coat with cooking spray. Lay in the bacon slices and cook for 3-5 minutes or until crispy (depending on the thickness of your bacon). Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside.
   
   
5. In large pan or pot, heat cooking oil over medium heat. Saute onion for a few minutes or until softened.
6. Add spiralized zucchini noodles and cook, frequently tossing, for about 3-5 minutes or until zucchini noodles are al dente.
   
7. When ready, add tomato-eggplant sauce and cook until heated through. Last minute add crumbled or chopped crispy bacon. Stir well to combine. Taste, add salt and pepper if needed.
   
8. When ready, garnish with fresh parsley and serve.

Recipe notes

If you don't have a spiralizer, you could use a vegetable peeler or julienne peeler too. Hold the sweet potato down on a flat surface and slide from top to bottom to make noodles or ribbons. A vegetable peeler will make flat fettuccini-like strands/ribbons while a spiralizer (or julienne peeler) will make spaghetti-like strands. We used a spiralizer for this recipe.

Click here for more info on how to spiralize veggies.

Enjoy your meal! Until next time!

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