Enjoy gluten-free: sweet potato pasta
Vegetable noodles are trendy
Whether macaroni, spaghetti, farfalle or rigatoni: pasta is available in a variety of shapes and colors. What they have in common: They are mostly durum wheat semolina. But those who are eager to experiment can also try a healthy pasta alternative? so-called vegetable noodles. In contrast to classic pasta, they have little carbohydrates, no gluten and hardly any calories. And certainly not only supporters of the low carb diet are looking forward to it!
Spiral cutters turn numerous vegetables into beautiful, colorful noodles? and much more than just a side dish. Suitable cucumbers, carrots, beetroot, zucchini or even? and here is the name program? Spaghetti squash. There are several recipes for Zoodles, a word combination of zucchini and the English Noodles, which you can combine with different sauces. A special highlight in autumn, however, are sweet potato spirals: Although this form of vegetable noodles is not particularly low in carbohydrates, it tastes at least as delicious as classic pasta.
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Spirali: This is how it's made
Sweet potato spirals have a consistency similar to normal pasta? and in principle they taste almost exactly the same. The vegetable noodles are made with a commercially available spiral cutter, which you can buy in the shop or in the online shop. If you want, you can also use a normal peeler or a knife? then the noodles just do not look so pretty. They are prepared like normal pasta: The sweet potato spirals are first cooked and then served with a sauce.
What advantages does the sweet potato have?
In terms of fat content and calories, potatoes and sweet potato hardly differed. With potatoes, you consume about 70 calories and hardly any fat per 100 grams, with sweet potatoes about 40 calories and insignificantly more fat. Main difference is in the consumption, because: You can eat sweet potato also raw with leaves. Otherwise, can it be cooked, baked, fried, baked or roasted? the aroma remains well preserved. The best thing about the tuber, however, is its variety of nutrients, vitamins and phytochemicals, which makes it the absolute superfood for your body.
