Spiralizing is a great way of creating light and colourful dishes as well as including more vegetables in your diet. In today’s post I will show you how to make simple and delicious Root Vegetable Noodles Nests.
Root vegetable noodles
Root vegetables are especially popular during winter months as they make fantastic ingredients in warming, hearty soups and stews. But they are more versatile than you might think. And there are so many of them around!
In this recipe I used a selection of the most popular and easiest to come by root vegetables: carrot, rutabaga swede, sweet potato, beet, celeriac and white potato. (I believe biologists refer to potatoes as ‘tubers’ but I think they can be considered root vegetables in the culinary context:).
Other root vegetables you can use in the same way are parsnips (pick large ones as they will spiralize better), turnip and basically any other root vegetable you can think of that’s big enough to spiralize.
How to Use Root Vegetable Noodles Nests
These Root Vegetable Noodles Nests make a delicious as well as fantastic looking side dish, and can be enjoyed as they are. With 6 different vegetables in one tray (make more if you use a larger tray!) there’ll be something for everyone, even the most fussy eaters (you can use as many or as few vegetables as you like!).
Try combining them with a low fat, easy alfredo sauce (see my Skinny Zoodle Alfredo recipe I posted a few days ago). They will also work with other sauces, such as roasted eggplant sauce, parsley pesto or white sauce.
For a light dinner idea try adding these to a pasta dish. Use a little less pasta than normally and as much of the root vegetable noodles as you like. Here is a recipe idea for using spiralized carrots – Spiralized Carrot Wholewheat Noodles.
Make these nests suit your individual preference by sprinkling with herbs (before popping in the oven), grated parmesan or perhaps serving with a mushroom pasta sauce. (Or try this other low fat mushroom sauce recipe).
Spiralizing is a great way of creating light and colourful dishes as well as including more vegetables in your diet - in today's post I will show you how to make simple and delicious Root Vegetable Noodles Nests.
- A selection of root vegetables: 1 medium carrot 1 medium beet, 1 small sweet potato, etc (similar size so they cook evenly, peeled or unpeeled), spiralized
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
- Olive oil 1 tablespoon per nest
- Onion and garlic granules to sprinkle on top
-
Preheat the oven to 375 F/ 190 C/ gas mark 5. Arrange the vegetable nests on a baking tray. Season to taste, sprinkle the onion and garlic granules over the whole thing, drizzle with olive oil (1 tablespoon per nest) and bake for 20-25 minutes (halfway through raise the temperature to gas mark 6 to crisp them up on top).
-
Serve as a side dish, add to stews and sauces.
Great as a side dish, in soups, salads, stews and casseroles.
Pin Root Vegetable Noodles Nests!
MORE SPIRALIZED RECIPE IDEAS
If you are a fan of spiralizing you’ll find LOTS of inspiration with these easy veggie noodles recipes.
KEEP IN TOUCH!
If you like this blog you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for regular recipe updates! Or you could subscribe to this blog and receive all my latest recipes right into your mailbox!
RECIPE LINK PARTIES
I am bringing these easy, vegan (it is #veganuary after all) Root Vegetable Noodles Nests to #CookBlogShare, hosted this week by Eb@Easy Peasy Foodie. Also sharing with Recipe of the Week, and Fiesta Friday, co-hosted this week by Diann @ Of Goats and Greens and Shinta @ Caramel Tinted Life.
What a great idea! It looks vibrant with all the different vegetables and it sounds delicious 🙂
Thank you Petra!
What a great and simple idea Monika. I have not used my spiralizer in a couple of months so going to brings it out today!
Thank you Zeba, glad you are a spiralizer owner:0)
So pretty! What a clever idea, Monika, thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday!
Thank you Shinta!
They look so delicious, can’t believe I never thought of doing this as Iove roasted veg!
Thanks Kat! It is a simple idea, isn’t it?
Some great ideas – I am amazed at how many spiralized veggies I can buy at the grocery. One doesn’t need to invest in a spiralizer (even though I have two) you can have it already done for you.
But it’s so much fun to make your own! There aren’t that many ready made ones here in the UK so you pretty much have to make your own.
These are so pretty, Monika! Such an amazing idea! Happy FF!
Thanks Jhuls! Happy FF:)
Whaaat…that is the best idea ever!! And so beautiful! Applause, applause ??
Thanks, glad you like it:)
I haven’t tried spirialising celariac which is one of my fav root vegetables but thanks to you i shall soon
Celeriac tasted so good prepared like this, if you like celeriac I am sure you’d love it spiralized and baked.
What a genius idea! And so pretty – I really want to try them all. Which one was the best tasting in your opinion? Thanks for linking them up to #CookBlogShare 😀 Eb x
Thanks Eb! I really liked them all, but I think my favourite has to be the celeriac as it is just so much better baked than raw.
These are so beautiful and fun! What a great idea! Sadly, I broke my spiralizer not 2 weeks ago, so I’m on the hunt again! When I do get my mitts on a new one, this is going onto my ever-growing list of things to spiralize!!
Thanks Michelle! Shame about your spiralizer (good excuse for purchasing a new kitchen gadget:)
Hi Monika, those nests look so so good. I am so inspired to take out my spiralizer from the kitchen cupboard. Happy New Year!
Love this idea! Gorgeous and tasty looking!
Thank you!
I love love these! Always looking for more creative ways to cook with my spiralizer – pinning!
Thank you! You can create so much with this handy little tool:)
These little nests look amazing! I’ve got to get a spiralizer asap!
Thank you! It’s great to have a spiralizer in the kitchen