This pasta with bacon, onion and tomatoes is such a tasty meal. It is LCHF, healthy, can easily be Paleo if you leave out the cream and the cheese. I just can't think of eating regular pasta now that I have experienced how amazing this zucchini works as a pasta alternative.
Ingredients for 2 servings:
8 zucchini / courgettes / baby marrows
Olive oil for frying
4 rashers of bacon, chopped into bits
1 x 410g tin of chopped Italian tomatoes
15ml dried basil (or some fresh basil leaves)
1 onion
1 teaspoon of crushed garlic
1 teaspoon of chicken stock powder
Salt and pepper
A pinch of cayenne pepper
50ml fresh cream
Parmesan cheese
Begin by preparing the zucchini to make "spaghetti". You can find the instructions on how to make it here. Don't cook the zucchini until you have made the sauce, otherwise they will go soggy.
In a little olive oil, fry one chopped onion together with the bacon bits.
In a microwaveable dish, add the tomatoes, basil, stock powder, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic.
Cook the tomato sauce with a lid on in the microwave for 10 minutes on high.
Then fry the zucchini in a little olive oil until they are just starting to get warmed through and slightly less crisp.
To serve: arrange the zucchini pasta followed by a generous helping of the tomato sauce. Then add the onion and bacon. Drizzle about 25ml fresh cream over the toppings and finish off with some grated Parmesan. The cream cuts beautifully through the tart tomato taste.
