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    Avocado Pesto Spiralized Zucchini

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    Grab all the zucchini you can before this summer is up because you’re going to love our Avocado Pesto Zucchini Pasta recipe! The avocado pesto will be that creamy fix for your day while the zucchini pasta is packed with a wonderful crunch.

    Zucchini is a great vegetable that you can whip up in so many different ways. Zucchini is also a healthy dose of magnesium, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin C, and calcium.  You can spiralize it, bake it like chips as we have here, or even whip it into some muffins or zucchini bread.  We want to use as much zucchini as we can especially in these summer months when zucchini is growing into monstrous sizes.  Get to your farmers’ market and pick some up while they’re hot (and while they’re cheap)!

    Start by blending your avocados, basil, garlic, olive oil, onion, and lemon juice until you reach a smooth and creamy consistency.  If you need some more liquid (like we did in our video) just toss in a splash of water to thin it out a bit.  Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zucchinis at the corners until you reach the other end.  Cook the zucchini peels in some olive oil over medium-high heat for about 5-7 minutes.  You want to cook your zucchini lightly so that you save that heavenly crunch.  Pour the avocado pesto mix on the zucchini pasta and top with the cherry tomatoes and olives.

    If you need to make this pasta a bit more dense, mix the zucchini noodles with a cup of cooked, whole-wheat fettuccine noodles. Many people think that you need a fancy vegetable spiralizer to make vegetable noodles, but you can see here that you can do it with just a vegetable peeler! If you don’t have a vegetable peeler, you can even use a paring knife to get some nice, thin noodles.  How do you all feel about zucchini noodles? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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    Avocado Pesto Zucchini Pasta
    Total Time
    15 mins
     
    Servings: 4
    Ingredients
    • 3 large zucchinis
    • 1 avocado
    • 3/4 cup of cherry tomatoes
    • 2 cloves of garlic
    • 1/2 cup of basil
    • 1/3 cup of chopped olives
    • 1/4 small red onion
    • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
    • Juice of 1/2 lemon
    Instructions
    1. Blend avocados, basil, garlic, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, onion and lemon juice until a smooth and creamy consistency is reached. If you need more liquid, add 1/2 cup of water.
    2. Using a vegetable peeler, peel zucchinis at the corners until you reach the seeds.
    3. Cook zucchini peels with 1 tablespoon of olive oil under medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes. You want the zucchini to lightly cook but to stay slightly crunchy.
    4. Pour the avocado pesto mix on the zucchini pasta, then top with halved cherry tomatoes and chopped olives.
    Recipe Notes

    To make your pasta heartier, add 1 cup of cooked fettuccine pasta to the mix

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    Last month when I asked who you wanted us to inter Last month when I asked who you wanted us to interview for our habits series, 90% of you said Gretchen Rubin. Today your wish comes true. For those not familiar with @gretchenrubin, she is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature, especially as it pertains to habits. Gretchen is the author of Better than Before, The 4 Tendencies and The Happiness Project and in this episode she shares the secret to creating health promoting habits that will work for you. ALSO: I want to also acknowledge that regardless of your tendency, forming new habits may be more challenging for people with ADHD or for neurodivergent folks, and these tendencies may not be one-size-fits-all.

Listen to this episode with Gretchen Rubin to learn how to help yourself based on your personality type and tendencies. 

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What are outer vs inner expectations?
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