~ Think your spiralizer’s just for zucchini noodles? Well, not anymore! These delicious, healthy spiralizer recipes go way, waaaaay beyond zoodles, featuring veggies like sweet potatoes, carrots and cucumbers, and even fruit like apples and pears! Lots of great inspiration … just in time to help you use up that garden bounty that’s on its way this season! ~
Let me hazard a little guess …
You’re here because you own a spiralizer, and you’d love to find some great new spiralizer recipes so you can actually use it more, right? (Ok, that was a pretty easy guess to make, wasn’t it?)
But would I also be correct if I said that maybe you’d gotten that spiralizer last summer, or as a gift for Christmas, and now it’s found its way to a dusty shelf where it stares glumly (accusingly!) down at you?
Uh-huh.
You feel a tinge of guilt, remembering all the recipes you meant to try with it, the mounds of gloriously spiralized, healthy fruits and veggies you were gleefully going to create.
Yep. I hear ya.
My spiralizers had that same experience all winter. They had a lonely couple of months while I got all crazy over my Instant Pot and went through my “Let’s Learn to Use a Pressure Cooker” phase.
But it’s ok! We’re going to fix all this today!
No more dusty shelves for our spiralizers, no more guilt for us!
With summer just around the corner, heaps of gorgeous produce are on their way … and thanks to all these beautiful recipes from my food blogging buddies, we’ll all know just what to do with them!
But wait …
Why Aren’t There Zoodle Recipes Here?!?
You’re right. Something’s missing here, isn’t it?
The first, obvious thing that most everyone makes with a spiralizer is … zucchini noodles (aka zoodles). So where are they?
It’s not a mistake. No, no! And they really aren’t missing at all.
Actually, we have an entire, separate post on 33 Game-Changing, Healthy ZOODLE recipes. Zoodle casseroles, soups, salads … even spring rolls and lettuce wraps. (When zucchini season really gets cranking later this summer, you’ll be beyond-ready to wrangle that bumper crop!)
Of course, I always recommend that one of the very easiest ways to get your family on board with the whole zoodle thing is to start them off slowly, with our recipe for Zucchini Noodles for Beginners.
A mix of zucchini noodles with traditional pasta makes this particular recipe seem more familiar and approachable for picky eaters and veggie-suspicious family members. It’s a great starting point for new spiralizers!
But, what if you …
Don’t Have a Spiralizer? (No Problem!)
First, I’d encourage you to consider buying one, because they really are a lot of fun!
Plus, they open up a whole new way of preparing produce (and MORE fruits and veggies is ALWAYS a good thing). Those cute spirals really amp up the kid-appeal, too, so if your little ones are struggling with certain vegetable flavors or textures, trying some sproingy curlicues just might be the magic solution!
I own three spiralizers, and would happily recommend two of them, the Spiralizer 5-Blade and the Mueller 4-Blade.
Also, if you’re just dipping your toes in the welcoming waters of Lake Spiralizer, not quite ready to dive right in there – it’s good to know that many of the recipes below can even be made without a spiralizer. With some good knife skills, you can get pretty close to the same results on some of these recipes (although probably not the ones where you’re attempting to create long, thin, even noodles).
But watch out … once you discover all the possibilities, and get that spiralizer kicked into full-on production mode, trips to the farm market will never be the same …
33 Fruit and Veggie Spiralizer Recipes
Spicy Roasted Sweet Potato Spirals with Guacamole from Danielle at The Creative Bite
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Sesame Beef Squash Noodle Bowl from Maggie at Omnivore’s Cookbook
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Spiralized Cucumber Salad with Wasabi Cucumber Avocado Dressing from Jenn at Peas and Crayons
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Garlicky Butternut Squash Noodles with Spinach and Ricotta from Gina at Running to the Kitchen
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Healthy Sweet Potato Noodle Salad with Chickpeas and Rocket from Elena at Happy Kitchen.Rocks
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Thai Papaya Salad (Som Tam) from Smruti at Herbivore Cucina
(Interesting note: Smutri says that Som Tam, the Thai variation of a spicy green papaya salad eaten throughout Southeast Asia, was included on a list of the World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods {compiled by CNN Travel in 2011, updated in 2018}. If that doesn’t make you curious to try this recipe, I don’t know what would!)
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Shrimp Salad Bowl with Mango Salsa from Maggie at Omnivore’s Cookbook
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Green Curry Sweet Potato Noodle Bowls from Julia at The Roasted Root
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Spiralized Gluten-Free Pear Ginger Crumble from Annemarie at Just a Little Bit of Bacon
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Spiralized Raw Beet Salad with Blood Oranges from Natasha at Salt & Lavender
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Sweet Potato “Noodle” Pad Thai from Aysegul at Foolproof Living
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Spiralized Apple Cranberry Salad from Danielle at The Creative Bite
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Thai Prawn Spiralizer Salad from Nicky at Kitchen Sanctuary
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Roasted Asparagus and Sweet Potato Noodles from Letty at Letty’s Kitchen
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Spiralized Indian Waldorf Salad from Melanie at Melanie Makes
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Baked Tofu Bowl with Carrot Noodles from Smruti at Herbivore Cucina
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Cucumber Noodle Tzatziki Salad from Marcie at Flavor the Moments
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Cinnamon Apple Noodle Breakfast Bowl with Candied Nuts from Bethany at Athletic Avocado
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Sesame Sweet Potato Noodles from Sara at The Organic Dietitian
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Daikon Salad with Green Apple and Pepitas from Sandi at Fearless Dining
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Butternut Squash Noodles with Spinach and Mushrooms from Kelly at Tasting Page
(You’ve heard me say it before: browned butter is magical stuff! If you loved my recipe for Spaghetti Squash with Sage-Browned Butter *swooning at the memory* then you’ve gotta try this Butternut Squash Noodles recipe! Just a tiny bit of butter goes a loooong way with some yummy fresh sage – and Kelly even has a suggestion for how to make it vegan!)
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Cucumber Noodle Prawn and Mango Salad from Richa at My Food Story
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Coconut Curry Soup with Sweet Potato Noodles from Jenn at Veggie Inspired
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Low Calorie Healthy Onion Bhajis from Samantha and Dominic at Recipe This
(Note that this recipe requires an air fryer, in addition to a spiralizer.)
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Paleo Turkey Chili (Over Sweet Potato Noodles) from Liz and Tyler at The Clean Eating Couple
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Asian Spiralized Cucumber Salad from Rachael at Rachael Hartley Nutrition
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Butternut Squash Noodles (with Chives, Sunflower Seeds and Pumpkin Seeds) from Kelly at My Organic Diary
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Bacon & Asparagus Faux-sotto {Risotto} from Dianna at The Kitchen Prep
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Spiralized Purple Carrot Salad with Cilantro from Sandi at Fearless Dining
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Vegan Coconut Curry with Sweet Potato Noodles from Taylor at Food Faith Fitness
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Spiralized Butternut Squash Flatbread with Arugula Pesto from Jamie at A Sassy Spoon
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Spicy Chicken and Apple Sweet Potato Stir Fry from Randa at The Bewitchin’ Kitchen
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Chickpea Noodle Soup with Spiralized Celeriac from Kathy at Healthy Slow Cooking
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So many scrumptious fruit and veggie spiralizer recipes … so much inspiration! No doubt, that handy little appliance will go from lonely and forgotten to kitchen hero, in no time!
