These delicious zucchini noodles with parsley pesto and eggs make a gorgeous appetizer great for any occasion - Easter and beyond! They are healthy, refreshing and super quick and easy to make.
These zucchini noodles with parsley pesto and eggs make a fun and delicious Easter brunch starter, which can be thrown together in minutes. Save time by preparing the ingredients in advance and take the stress out of hosting an Easter brunch. Plus you can get your kids to help you arrange the little nests, which is fun to do and I am sure they'll enjoy it.
Easy zucchini noodles pesto appetizer
There are 3 components to this recipe: the eggs, the zoodles and the parsley pesto. The eggs and the pesto can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge until you are ready to make the recipe.
Ingredients
Eggs
I recommend that you keep the hard-boiled eggs, unpeeled, in the fridge. Peel them just before putting the recipe together (they might get a little dry otherwise).
Parsley pesto
The parsley pesto contains basically the same ingredients as the popular basil pesto (except you swap basil for parsley). The only other difference is that I used rapeseed oil rather than traditional olive oil. I did this to tone down the bitter notes of the parsley. I find that olive oil can also be a little bitter so sweet, nutty tasting rapeseed was ideal.
The proportions used in this parsley pesto recipe make enough pesto for 5 portions of zoodles with eggs but you can double the ingredients and refrigerate any unused pesto in a jar. Drizzle it over pasta, grilled vegetables or salad (it will stay fresh for 2-3 days).
If you are looking for more pesto recipes you might also like caprese orzo salad with pesto, roasted asparagus pesto pasta, avocado pesto and easy sun dried tomato pesto recipe.
Zucchini noodles
The zoodles should be made when you are ready to assemble the recipe. You do need a spiralizer for this (unless you have another clever gadget that can perform the spiralising task) but they only take a minute to make.
Drizzle the pesto over the zoodles, mix well and using a fork form neat little nests. Arrange on a plate, top each nest with an egg half, drizzle with a little oil and serve.
These zoodle nests with pesto make a gorgeous and healthy Easter brunch appetizer, sure to put a smile on everyone's face. Enjoy!
If you like this recipe you might also like spiralized potato and zucchini noodles nests with eggs.
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Zucchini Noodles with Parsley Pesto & Eggs
Ingredients
- 5 large eggs hard-boiled
- 3 medium zucchinis courgettes
- 20 g parsley remove the harder stems, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup vegetable oi or mild tasting olive oil
- 2 tbsp pine nuts lightly toasted
- 3 tbsp parmesan finely grated
- ½ garlic clove chopped
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- To make the Parsley Pesto place the parsley, oil, pine nuts, garlic and parmesan in a processor and blend until all the ingredients have been mixed together well, with small pieces of the parsley still visible. Season to taste and set aside (you can make the pesto ahead and refrigerate until you are ready to use it).
- Spiralise the zucchinis, place in a large bowl and pour over the pesto. Mix well as you would regular spaghetti. Form 10 small nests using a fork and large spoon and arrange on a large plate.
- Peel the eggs and cut in half widthways. Place one half on top of each nest. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
*Nutritional information is automatically generated and should be considered as an estimate.
Hi, I am Monika, welcome to Everyday Healthy Recipes! This blog is all about creatively simple recipes with a healthy twist, old classics with a modern take, and an occasional Polish dish thrown into the mix - all easy to make, healthy and delicious, perfect for everyday cooking.
Such a perfectly presented dish. It looks really tasty and unusual. Pinning for later
Thanks Jacqui! I do love my spiralizer!
It sounds delicious and would be a brilliant brunch recipe! I need to make some zoodles again as I haven't used my spiralizer for ages.
Thanks Corina! I find the spiralizer so handy when it comes to making spring time dishes.
This is just so out-of-the-box amazing! Personally, I'd eat this for breakfast on any given day and feel like a queen at a spa.
Thanks Michelle! I never thought of it as a breakfast dish but it's eggs so why not...
This looks so pretty and I'd happily eat a plate of it all up!
Thanks Kat!
So creative! And looks very tasty too!
Thank you! It was also very quick and easy to make:)
So simple but they look so clever! I haven't had my spiraliser out for a while..... But this may be the dish to rectify that! xx
Thank you! My spiraliser sat forgotten in my cupboard for a while but ever since I rediscovered it I've been using it at least once a week. Love this little gadget:)
Thank you for all of the egg inspiration Monika! These are another must try! x #CookBlogShare
Thank you Kirsty! Hope you like it if you do make it:)
Going to make it for my family. Hopefully, I make it as great as it looks, fingers crossed!
Great! I am sure it will look beautiful! Enjoy:)