Summer is here and that means that my obsession with my inspiralizer is full-tilt right now.
I have been making zoodles non-stop for dinner lately and this past week I finally tackled what I have long suspected would be a favorite for me: sweet potatoes. First of all, I love them because they are just so firm that they make PERFECT noodles. Gorgeous bouncy orange noodles!
While I usually eat the zucchini noodles raw, I quickly saute the sweet potatoes until they are just barely tender and they still have a little bite to them so that they are a lot like normal noodles.
And then as I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with all of the beautiful rainbow chard that is growing in my garden, I decided that I would make a pesto from it. And instead of thickening the pesto with nuts, I went with tahini (another current obsession- sorry not sorry) which makes it creamy and a little rich, which is a wonderful compliment with the tart greenness of the chard and the sweetness of the noodles.
I also saved the raw stalks of the chard and finally chopped them for some color and crunch- it looked like rainbow confetti! Once the bachelor buttons were sprinkled on top I pretty much just couldn’t believe how pretty is. Then I ate it and kind of freaked out at how good it was, and then I ate the rest of it. All of it. Then I made it again for other people who loved it. So now I HAD to share it with you!
And because I love you so much and because I love my inspiralizer so much I am going to give one of you an inspiralizer! (which is my favorite brand of spiralizer) as well as a copy of Pure Delicious my new book which is chalk full of delicious healthy recipes!
This Giveaway is closed!! The winner is
| Jan Bookwalter | Oh I would love to spiralize the sweet potatoes. They are my new passion for the wonderful potassium and I too have allergies and sensitivities and am off wheat among many other foods. |
To sign up to win this inspiralizer, you just need to leave a comment and let me know what you would make with it! You have until Sunday June 26th at 12PM Pacific Time! (US residents only please) The winner will be chosen at random and announced Sunday evening! You have 24 hours to respond to the contact so use an email that you check! You can win EXTRA ENTRIES for taking a picture of Pure Delicious, you with the book or something that you made from the book or blog and post on any social media with the hashtag #puredelicious or tag me @HeatherChristo. I have been seeing so many gorgeous pictures of dishes that you guys have made and I want to see more!!
- 3 large peeled sweet potatoes turned into noodles (inspiralized)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- kosher salt
- Creamy Rainbow Chard Pesto
- 1 large bunch rainbow chard, stems stripped and set aside
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 heaping tablespoons tahini
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- kosher salt
- In a blender, combine the chard leaves, garlic cloves, tahini, olive oil and vinegar and puree until creamy. If you need to, add a tablespoon of hot water. Season to taste with kosher salt and set aside.
- Finely chop the stems from the chard and set aside.
- Heat a pot over medium heat and add the olive oil. Add the noodles (there will be a lot of them!) and sprinkle liberally with kosher salt. Toss the noodles constantly, coating them with the olive oil. Stir while they cook to prevent sticking. It should be about 5 minutes to al dente. Transfer the noodles to a bowl and toss with the pesto and season to taste with kosher salt if desired. Sprinkle the noodles with the chard stems and serve immediately or at room temperature.
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I would make spiralized sweet potato fries as my first endeavor
I would make zoodles out of all my veggies and some shoestring curly fries! I’ve been meaning to buy a Spiralizer for months but haven’t been able to pick one so winning this would be perfect.
I’ve been contemplating getting a spiralizer so I can recreate a bibimbap from a local restaurant that uses spiralized daikon radish. These sweet potato noodles look dreamy!
With the Inspiralizer, I would definitely make this beautiful, nourishing Sweet Potato Noodles with Creamy Rainbow Chard Pesto recipe.
I would definitely try this sweet potato noodle with the spiralizer. My little spiral cutter would never fit a sweet potato.
Shrimp scampi with zucchini zoodles
I would definitely make the sweet potato zoodles. I am hooked on zucchini noodles but these look fabulous!
Of coarse I would make Sweet Potato Noodles with Chard Pesto Sauce! Beginning a gluten free life and the spiralizer will be great tool.
I would make this recipe with sweet potato noodles for my first attempt at spiralizing.
I would try something with carrots. not so sure about the sauce on them maybe a little butter, brown sugar and hint of caynne.
I would try this recipe! I love all of the ingredients, so I am sure they would be wonderful together. Plus, it sounds like it comes together quickly, so it would be perfect for eating after a long day at work.
I would try this recipe for sure!
I think I would start off with zucchini and go from there!
I’d jazz up my summer salads. Before my other spiralizer met it’s untimely demise, I loved adding spiralized carrots to salads.
I looooooove veggie noodles!!!! I’d make lemon basil pasta with chargrilled corn and tomatoes with zucchini noodles. Bright, light and full of summer flavor!
Zoodles, definitely. Followed by curly fries.
Oh I would love to spiralize the sweet potatoes. They are my new passion for the wonderful potassium and I too have allergies and sensitivities and am off wheat among many other foods.
I would spiralize potatoes, zucchini, beets, and anything else I could use from my garden. I have been wanting to get one.
I would make Spiralizer Sweet Potatoes! Then I would add your pesto. I also am growing Bachelor Buttons! Beautiful!
I would make a turkey bolognese over zucchini noodles.
I’d definitely make padthai with zucchini noodles first, then sweet potato noodles! I know, not super creative, but I think it’d be a good place to begin.
I would make everything that everybody said in their comments.
I’ve been dying to try zucchini noodles using a spiralizer. I would love to have one and a copy of your new cookbook.
This dish is gorgeous! I loving sweet potatoes noodles too!
The first thing I would make is this dish! It looks amazing – a whole new approach with the humble sweet potato.
I’d try an onion-mushroom sauté with sweet potato “noodles” and thyme. Yum.
I use Pure Delicious more than any other cookbook, especially for ideas and salad dressings and interesting side dishes — and my husband is hooked on your sweet potato granola! 🙂
I’d like to try running some of our multi-colored beets through for a refreshing slaw… maybe with chard pesto! Thanks, and cheers.
Beautiful dish – I want to make this! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity 🙂
Such a beautiful and healthy dish!
This recipe looks delish with the sweet potatoes! I would try this and try zucchini zoodles as well. I’ve been meaning to buy one! Thanks:)
I love spiralizing rutabaga and using it for lasagna “noodles.” Yum!
I have laboriously hand shredded beets, carrots, jicama and Jerusalem artichokes for salads, and for “zoodles” (for those “deep purple” days, beets are great with purple pesto made from purple basil and purple chard), and would be ecstatic to win an inspiralizer and your cookbook Pure Delicious!
Zucchini and yellow squash noodles with tomatoes and basil from my garden, onion, garlic and kale
I would make sweet potato noodles to toss in a carbonara sauce!
The recipe above sounds great, I would try it & then try making zucchini noodles, and who knows? Would have to try all kinds of recipes.
Really wanting to make sweet potato noodles for my son! He LOVES sweet potatoes, so that would be so fun! Definitely need a spiralizer!
I would make zoodles with Pesto!
Thanks for recipe ideas. It is HOT and summer so I am anxious to try your fruit recipes!
Heather this recipe is so creative. I have been very curious about vegetable noodles. I love sweet potatoes but did not realize that making noodles out of them was even possible. I would have to try this recipe but would love to make an apple and pear salad using the Inspiralizer but I think that would just be the beginning! I do not have allergies in my house like you do but have been trying to move my boys in a healthier direction. The more I read about inflammation in the body the more convinced I am that good balance and proper nutrition are key. If I can teach them now – it sets them up for the rest of their life. Hope you have a lovely summer. Thank you for your daily inspiration!
I would like to try zuchinni noodles, since I have diabetes, it would be a fun way to use more veggies. Thanks so much for the giveaway.
I would make all kinds of new noodle dishes – including this sweet potato recipe, but also the zucchini noodle recipe in my Pure Delicious cookbook!
Now that zucchinis are in season, I would probably see how they taste when added to a simple pasta dish with homemade marinara.
I would make sweet potato zoodles for sure!!
Sweet potato fries, for certain!
Another gorgeous dish! Love this one Heather!
I’d definitely make this delicious dish!
I would make zucchini spiralized spaghetti.
Thank you for the giveaway.
I’d noodlify everything! I’ve never tried veggie noodles before, but I’d love to. Zucchini and squash are a given, and I’d be interested to see what else you could use (beets? parsnips?)
I found a new recipe for Zucchini Cole Slaw and the zucchini would be beautiful spiraled.
The colors of this are beautiful! Forget regular pasta, I can’t wait to try making this!
I just recently discovered your blog and as a broke college girl with severe diet restrictions, it’s safe to say I’m obsessed. I have been wanting a spiralizer for sooo long (again, I am BROKE lol) I am a bit spiralizer obsessed and even have a Pinterest board dedicated to all the recipes I have to have when I (hopefully) finally get one. Obviously this deliciousness will be added promptly…
I’ve even started dreaming up my own ideas… I’m thinking carrots, zuchinni, or cucumbers because hashtag summer…
Maybe a cucumber salad with a tatziki sauce.. Or a raw pad Thai with zuchinni or carrot noodles.. SO. MANY. OPTIONS.
I also want to try spiralizing fruit because let’s be honest, fruit salad would just be that much more fun…
Love your blog! Oh. And obsessed with your snapchat. Your daughter is a doll!
Of course I would try the classic “zoodles,” or zucchini noodles I have been hearing about everywhere!
I’ve been wanting a spiralizer recently with the hot weather. I’d like to make traditional pasta style dishes with tomato sauce but would also like to try them in Asian style recipes with Thai and Vietnamese flavors similar to pad Thai and coconut curry dishes.
Rainbow Chard Pesto…BRILLIANT, Heather!
So the FIRST dish I would make with my new Inspiralizer is THIS one – It’s beautiful!
I’d also like to try a root vegetable “tangle”, with red (or maybe golden) beets, carrots, parsnips, and maybe jicama, too,… with a creamy turmeric tahini sauce…mmm, making myself hungry! 🙂
Thai zoodles !!
I think it would be fun to try a zucchini recipe!
I think I’d make this very dish if I won! Looks amazing. 🙂
I’d love to make the sweet potato noodles with rainbow chard pesto! It’s beyond beautiful!!!
Oh my goodness! That dish is so beautiful! If I won I would make spiralized sweet potato noodles because this pregnancy I am craving them so much!
Aloha! Thank you for your awesome recipes and stories. You inspire me to cook more and be healthy! I do not have a spiralizer but if I did I would like to use it to make daikon/turnip dishes. There is a restaurant here in Hawaii that uses a spiralizer to make a salad with daikon and beets. It is a very healthy and refreshing salad which gives it a crunch. Any consideration would be greatly appreciated!
Mahalo, Kris
Zoodles! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would definitely make zoodles with pesto first, then I’d like to try the sweet potato noodles. Sweet potato anything is amazing.
I think I’d be interested in trying this recipe, and adding in some other root veg like beets. Great giveaway!
Yum those sweet potatoes look amazing! I would love to use the spiralizer on some zucchini or sweet potatoes or even carrots and use them in my version of pho! Also I would have to make a stir fry!
So excited to discover your fabulous blog! (you are very modest about it all, by the way) I’d love to try this recipe with an inspiralizer as I’ve been grating my sweet potatoes – spirals would be so much more fun! And then maybe some root vegetables or summer squash…
Well of course if I won, I’d make this lovely sweet potato noodle recipe! Was just thinking of how I could accommodate my gluten free friend for dinner, so this sounds perfect!
I would just make a simple veggie “pasta” dish to start off. So fun!
i would love to win!!!! i’d love to try making sweet potato noodles 🙂 it looks so good! i’ve only ever had zucchini noodles.
The sweet potato noodles are dreamy!
This recipe! I didn’t even know you could spiralize sweet potatoes!
Love the sound of sweet potato noodles and this looks like a great way to enjoy them!
BEET NOODLES WITH FETA, AND ARUGULA !
How gorgeous is this?! I love it and I have the inspiralizer too. My fav 🙂
I want to try and make sweet potato noodles, I have made zucchini ones with a peeler and they are awesome
I would spiralize all kind of veggies with this amazing pesto!
This recipe looks delicious!! If I won… I would make a peanut noodle salad and sub zucchini doodles for the pasta!
I would like to try to make this or your recipe with the sweet potatoes. Only have a peeler to use, which makes flat ribbons. An Inspiralizer sounds like fun to use. =>/<=
I would start with white and sweet potatoes roasted in garlic olive oil and freah rosemary keep it simple the first time next i would use for any veg to replace all pasta and rice
I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found you! I was diagnosed celiac two years ago and since then have uncovered 30plus food allergies. Although it is extremely challenging at times, I am feeling so much better by eliminating these foods. I am in the process of going through this with my kids as well to determine if they have any allergies.
I made the sweet potato and rainbow chard pesto yesterday and it was amazing. I immediately signed up for your newsletter and would love to receive the inspiralizer and your cook book! Just as the name implies, I am inspired to make many many more things out of the spiralizer! Thank you for putting yourself out there. It is nice to find someone else who has multiple allergies and enjoys good food!
Getting baseball bat-sized zucchini from our CSA, so I would star there for my first try at zoodles. The pesto sounds amazing!
I’ve been wanting to make “Savory Parsnip Noodle Chive Waffles” but don’t have a spiralizer yet. I love my mandoline, but would love this new tool!
Spiral zucchini sauté in olive oil. Add fresh lemon juice, ground pepper & himalayan salt.
Also, would love to make spiralized salads from beetroot & carrot.
Definitely more sweet potato noodles! I have a small spiralizer now that doesn’t quite get the job done with sweet potatoes (and I want to do butternut squash as well!)!
I would give it to my daughter in law. She would love it!
I LOVE spiralized veggies! I would make a breakfast dish with sweet potatoes and poached eggs if I had the Inspiralizer:)
The first thing I think I’d make is your sweet potato noodle recipe above. It looks and sounds so yummy!
What a great thing to be giving away- I have ALWAYS wanted a spiralizer! Being Plaeo (AIP) my family does not use any traditional noodles, and I am always busy slicing up zucchini and such for the sauces I make… But if I had a spiralizer- Oh my goodness, the things I would make… Starting with Butternut Squash noodles- something I once saw on a blog! Our organic garden has donned us with dozens of gorgeous squash this year- what fun we could have playing with them in new ways!! And then toss them with some of your amazing pesto sauces… YUM!
I would definitely be making sweet potato noodles and using them in my high voltage kale salad!!!! Yum yum
I would spiralize some purple potatoes to make an appetizer size potato pancake topped with smoked salmon and chevre. And now if I don’t win I’m going to be mad because just coming up with this recipe idea made me really hungry! LOL
Oodles of Noodles…
I would make Honey Sriracha Chicken Zoodle Bowls — yum!
I’ve been trying to make zucchini noodles with a cauliflower cashew sauce for dinner but without a spiralizer, my zoodles haven’t turned out that well. I would love to win! Thanks for the giveaway!
i keep seeing these zucchini noodles – would def try first! love the recipes and your photos are beautiful!
Made this tonight and it was great! I added a small handful of basil leaves (maybe a 1/4 c) – so yummy! This is definitely a keeper – thank you, Heather!
Awesome addition Rebecca! thank you!