Spiralizer Recipes You Need to Try! (2024)

FAQs

What foods are good for spiralizer? ›

Pears & Apples

We love making apple or pear chips with the red ribbon-cut blade of our spiralizer to get paper-thin slices. First, core the pear or apple, then make a slice down the side so that each crank spits out a chip.

Spiralizing is an easy way to get more veggies into your diet and doing so will save you time in the kitchen – always a lovely bonus. If you're celiac or gluten-free (as I am) or simply avoiding grains, vegetable noodles make for delicious and nutritious meals replacing beige pasta with all the colors of the rainbow.

Veggiespize 5 Blade Spiral Slicer

You might be able to make cheese spirals, but soft cheese would likely shred and hard cheese would likely break.

The pro is that it's inexpensive and it doesn't take a lot of room. The cons outweigh any purchase thoughts you might have. It wastes a lot of veggie that is easily used up in other models and it takes a lot of time to make enough for a family meal.

To avoid soggy and limp noodles, I recommend cooking for only 3-5 minutes (5 if you're cooking more than 1-2 spiralized zucchinis) and tossing frequently. You want a slightly al dente noodle.

Did you know that you can spiralize onions? If you've never spiralized an onion, let us tell you: it's life- changing! Ditch the knife, grab the Inspiralizer!

As the Hemsley sisters say, 'the spiralizer is the secret weapon for the health-conscious cook'. Making zoodles couldn't be simpler. You can choose from a variety of vegetables (be adventurous!) but I've found that courgettes (zucchini), carrots, butternut squash, cucumber, beets, yellow squash and celeriac work best.

The Best Vegetables for Spiralizing

During our testing, we found that vegetables with solid cores were a must for spiralizing—hollow vegetables like acorn squash or very soft vegetables like tomatoes do not spiralize well.

Can you Spiralize a bell pepper? ›

Bell pepper

After you remove the stem and seeds, spiralize the widest part of the veggie. Whether green, red, orange or yellow, curly bell peppers can be used raw, sauteed or roasted and added to pasta salads, noodle dishes and salads, or served as a side dish.

A: Yes, of course! Just before placing the potato in the device, cut a slit nearly half way into it, all the way down, lengthwise. This way when you use the ribbon blade (single straight blade) at each full turn you end up with a single slice.