{"id":10794,"date":"2015-02-11T20:16:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T03:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/?p=10794"},"modified":"2015-02-11T20:16:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T03:16:45","slug":"zucchini-noodles-and-shrimp-with-almond-herb-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/?p=10794","title":{"rendered":"Zucchini Noodles and Shrimp with Almond-Herb Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this recipe in a Williams Sonoma catalog (catalogs ARE good for something!) and it&#8217;s actually what made me want to buy the Paderno Spiralizer. I changed the recipe a bit from the original for my taste:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/>\n2\u00a0tbsp minced garlic<br \/>\n1\/2 cup blanched slivered almonds<br \/>\n1\/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (plus extra for topping)<br \/>\nKosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste<br \/>\n1 cup packed basil leaves<br \/>\n1\/2 cup packed flat-leaf parsley leaves<br \/>\n1\/2 cup packed mint leaves<br \/>\n3\/4 cup plus 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil<br \/>\n2 Tbs. fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n1 lb. medium shrimp, shelled and deveined<br \/>\n4 zucchini &#8211;\u00a0spiralized!<br \/>\n1\/4 cup pine nuts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br \/>\nTo make the pesto, combine the garlic, almonds, Parmesan, 3\/4 tsp. salt and 1\/4 tsp. pepper in a food processor and pulse until the almonds are finely ground. Add the basil, parsley, mint, 3\/4 cup olive oil and the lemon juice; process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in small pan and brown the pine nuts. Remove from heat after browned so they don&#8217;t burn. Then add to pesto when stirring in with the noodles.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat a pan over medium-high heat until smoking. In a bowl, toss the shrimp with the 1 tbsp olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Add the shrimp to the pan and saut\u00e9 until just cooked through, about 5 mins. Transfer to a plate.<\/p>\n<p>Toss the zucchini noodles with the pesto (not all at the same time) until evenly coated. Divide the zucchini among 4 bowls and arrange the shrimp on top. Drizzle more pesto on the shrimp and sprinkle with parmesan. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p>This was SO delicious. Actually better than I expected. Will definitely make again! And honestly, it didn&#8217;t take that long which I like :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this recipe in a Williams Sonoma catalog (catalogs ARE good for something!) and it&#8217;s actually what made me want to buy the Paderno Spiralizer. I changed the recipe a bit from the original for my taste: Ingredients: 2\u00a0tbsp minced garlic 1\/2 cup blanched slivered almonds 1\/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (plus extra for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10796,"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10794\/revisions\/10796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}