Zucchini Noodles with Meat and Mushroom Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• Zucchini

  Summer squash, includes skin, raw

  3 large or 969g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, chopped or 160g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Mushrooms

  Portabella, raw

  1 cup diced or 86g

• Ground turkey

  Poultry food products, raw

  1 lb or 454g

• Roma tomatoes

  Red, ripe, raw. Also called Italian or plum tomato

  5 tomato or 310g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  2 tbsp or 32g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 tsp or 2g

• Basil

  Fresh

  1 cup leaves, whole or 24g

Directions

1. Run zucchinis through a spiralizer to create noodles. If you do not have a spiralizer you can carefully use a peeler. Set aside.
2. Heat a large saucepan to medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to pan then the chopped onions. Sauté until translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
3. Next, add minced garlic cloves, sauté for 30 seconds and add sliced mushrooms. Cook until mushrooms are browned, about 4-5 minutes.
4. Next add ground turkey and sauté until cooked through, about 6-10 minutes.
5. Add whole plum tomatoes and tomato paste, breaking up the tomatoes with a spoon in the pot. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Simmer sauce for 10 minutes.
7. In the meantime, heat a large skillet to medium high heat. Immediately add the zucchini noodles and flash sauté them for 2-3 minutes, stirring the whole time. Remove from pan and let sit, drain any excess water.
8. Finish off the meat mushroom sauce with freshly chopped basil.
9. Serve zucchini noodles with meat mushroom tomato sauce. Enjoy!

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