How to make a pasta ‘fakeaway’: Vegetable Ribbon 3 Cheese ‘Pasta’. This healthy dish is perfect for a quick lunch and actually uses no pasta making it gluten free.

It actually uses courgette instead and because I’m on the Slimming World plan, I have worked out what the Syn value is per serving. To make the courgette ribbons you will need a spiralizer. I used my Pampered Chef Spiral & Slice which is fantastic!
Here are the ingredients: Serves 2
30g Parmesan
A handful of fresh basil (I used approx 12g)
100g Light Soft Cheese (70% less fat)
100g Turkey Bacon
Canola Oil spray (I get this from Costco)
1 medium courgette
1 tin cannellini beans, drained
25g Feta Cheese, crumbled
Method:
Finely grate the parmesan and place it into a food processor with the basil
Take the light soft cheese and melt it in the microwave for 20 seconds on HIGH to soften
Add it to the food processor and chop and blend the cheeses and basil until well combined
Then, chop turkey bacon into 2cm strips
Spray your pan with canola oil and put on the hob -medium heat
Add the bacon to the pan for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally until lightly browned
Meanwhile, cut the ends off the courgette and cut the courgette in half
Take one half, insert into the spiralizer and twist in a clockwise motion until the courgette is spiralled! See the photo below for how it comes out!
Do the same to the other half of the courgette
Remove the pan from the heat, add the beans and the cream cheese mixture and stir until the bacon is well combined
Add the courgette to the pan, stir then put the mixture into a microwave safe bowl
Microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes
Then add the Feta to the bowl, stir well until a sauce begins to form
Serve immediately

The whole amount is 13.5 Syns on Slimming World’s Extra Easy plan. Therefore per serving, it is 7 Syn per portion (I rounded the 6.75 Syn up to 7). However you could use some of the cheese as your A Choice thereby reducing the Syn value. 30g of Parmesan counts as one A Choice and you can have 75g of reduced fat soft cheese as an A choice too so you’d have to work out what that meant for your half of the dish with regards to Syns to count. To keep it simple I have counted the whole dish as Syns.
It makes a tasty and filling lunch. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Wow that looks amazing. I really want a spiralizer. x
They are the ‘hot’ accessory at the moment!!
I have been thinking of getting a spiralizer in hope of getting more goodness into my stroppy teens diet. This meal looks lovely xx
O what a fabulous idea! I will have to give this a try!
We really want to try courgetti but have been looking for an amazing recipe to trial it. This looks amazing and I will substitute the turkey bacon for ‘fake-on’. Oooh I can’t wait to try this now, thanks #seasonalkitchen
Ooh ‘fake-on’… I like that!!
This looks so great! I want a spriralizer too! x
I’m another one who wants a spiraliser 🙂 I’d also replace the turkey, probably with some mushrooms, and then I’d wolf it on down! Visiting from #seasonalkitchen.
This looks amazing , move over Nigella 🙂
Turkey bacon aside, something I don’t like, this looks and sounds amazing x
Thank you! You could just substitute the turkey bacon for something else you prefer – I’m sure it would taste just as good!
Oh yum this sounds delicious – I could definitely see myself tucking into it 🙂
Thanks for linking up, this sounds delicious
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Sounds interesting! Would you still call it a pasta 🙂
I’d say it was a ‘fakeaway’ as it’s like a fake pasta!! But having no pasta would be great for some people