Zucchini & Red Pepper Salad with Spinach “Pesto”
By: Roni | Posted in: 2 WWP, Food Photos, Lunch Ideas, Salad Ideas, Side Dish Ideas, Snack Ideas, Vegetarian Ideas | 6 Comments
Loosely based on a salad from an old Atkins cookbook,
Today I made it as run through before servings it to my whole family on Sunday. I’m super happy with the results. So happy, I ate my whole experiment batch today!
- 2 medium zucchini sliced really thin
- 1 red bell pepper cut into short strips
- 1 cup baby spinach leaves (~30g)
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp dried basil (I used ½ with 2-3 leaves of fresh aging basil – I was running out)
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- ½ tbsp olive oil (7g)
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- Salt & Pepper
- ½ tbsp parmesan cheese
Blend the spinach leaves, garlic, basil, parsley, oil, lemon juice, vinegars, salt and pepper in a food processor or blender. Pour over zucchini and peppers. Eat it right away or let zucchini marinate in the fridge for a bit. When ready to serve top with the parmesan cheese.
Now I’m counting the dish as 2 large servings, it can serve more then that as a side. The picture shows the entire recipe.
| Servings | Amount per Serving | Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1/2 the recipe | 110 | 4g | 4g | 2 |
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Roni,
Wow that looks great!!! I am going food shopping today I will definitely be getting the ingredients for this recipe.
Mel
We have a few Atkins/Protein Power cookbooks around too. I really like how many of the veggie dishes can still work as WW things if I just reduce the cheese or oil some. I guess that’s why we don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater, eh?
Sounds really tasty! I really like raw zucchini as a variation to cucumber.
Hi Robin – Just found your website from a link via Kalyn. Loving it! I made the zucchini and pepper salad and put the leftovers in some tacos on the next day. Thanks for the inspiration! -Deanna
I have lots of peppers and zuchs that I need to use so I googled the combo and this came up–great idea and exactly what i needed but I think I’ll roast the peppers slightly so it’ll be a little easier on my sensitive stomach.
Thanks!
You are SO welcome! Hope you like it!
-Roni