Low-Carb Pasta: The 3 Best Alternatives to Pasta

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Zoodles – Low-carb zucchini pasta

In general, you can use any vegetable that can be cut into strips for this pasta alternative.
First, wash the vegetables that you want to prepare as noodles in a pan or in water.
You can then cut narrow strips with a vegetable peeler. You can also use a spiral cutter for this.
You can now either prepare these strips in a pan with a little oil or put them in a saucepan with boiling salted water and cook for about 5 minutes. It is also sufficient if you just let the noodles soak in hot water.
Now the first pasta substitute is already ready. You can now complete the dish with an appropriate sauce.

As the name suggests, spaghetti squash is a good low-carb alternative to regular spaghetti. The preparation is not difficult at all.

First, preheat the oven to 180°C.
The first step is to cut the squash in half. It doesn’t matter whether you halve the pumpkin lengthwise or widthwise.
Now remove the core casing. You can also remove this only when the pumpkin is ready. However, it is much easier to remove the cores beforehand.
Now fill some water in an oven dish. The water ensures that the squash doesn’t burn when you put it in the oven. Be sure to place the cut side down so the flesh can be cooked while being protected.
The squash should remain in the oven for at least 40 minutes. Keep checking back to see what he looks like.
When the squash is done, scoop out the flesh with a fork and eat with your choice of pasta sauce.

Finally, we show you a very simple recipe for homemade low-carb pasta.

For 2 servings you will need 230g chickpea flour, 2 eggs, between 3 and 5 tbsp olive oil, and a generous pinch of salt. You should also have flour for the work surface, a rolling pin, and a knife ready. If you want to replace the egg, check out this article.
The preparation is very simple: you first mix all the ingredients with a mixer. Then take the pasta dough out of the bowl and knead it on a floured work surface.
Now you should put the pasta dough in the fridge for about 1 hour to rest.
After the resting time, take the dough out of the fridge and roll it out on a floured work surface.
Then use a knife to cut narrow strips out of the dough to create tagliatelle.
Then cook the noodles for 5 minutes or until al dente.
Chickpea flour contains up to 65% fewer carbohydrates than wheat flour and is therefore ideal for low-carb pasta.