15 minute Raw Peanut Zoodle Salad with spiralized zucchini, shredded carrots and a simple peanut dressing. | Gluten Free + Vegan + Paleo Option
Salty + Crunchy + Slightly Tangy
Spiralized zucchini mixed together with shredded carrots and fresh herbs tossed in a creamy, salty Thai inspired dressing & topped off with a handful of crunchy, roasted peanuts. No salad is complete without the crunch component.
Welcome to the salad of my dreams!
Altogether this salad takes about 15 minutes of prep max. The joy of making complete raw salad: the process of transferring food to mouth is that much faster.
Though I’m just now considering the fact that this may not be fully raw because of the roasted peanuts. Whoops! Feel free to use un roasted nuts if you’re a stickler for that kind of thing. I love my salty Costco peanuts too much to give them up.
The base of this recipe is simple enough – spiralized zucchini mixed together with shredded carrots. If you’re wondering why this recipe calls for shredded carrots instead of spiralized carrots it’s because carrots can be difficult to spiralize unless they are very large and thick. They just don’t fit on the spiralizer as well – though it can be done. If you’d prefer to make it that way feel free! If not, shredding only takes a minute.
After your veggies are fully prepped just mix in your green onions & cilantro and toss everything together and pour over the peanut dressing. Once everything is coated, sprinkle over your peanuts and serve!
There is so much fibre and protein packed in here – a generous serving of this would be filling enough for lunch or possibly even a light dinner. It’s certainly fast & easy enough to make as a quick last minute dinner side if you need to pack more veggies into your day.
Enjoy!
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Raw Peanut Zoodle Salad
15 minute Raw Peanut Zoodle Salad with spiralized zucchini, shredded carrots and a simple peanut dressing. | Gluten Free + Vegan + Paleo Option
Ingredients
Peanut Dressing
- 2 tablespoons | 30 ml sesame oil
- 1/2 cup | 125 g peanut butter (can use tahini for a peanut free option)
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 3 tablespoons | 45 ml tamari or coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon | 15 ml rice vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper + more to taste
Salad
- 2 large zucchinis, , spiralized into spaghetti-like noodles
- 1 large carrot
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup raw, un roasted peanuts, chopped
- 1 tablespoon | 15 ml tabasco sauce (optional)
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together the sesame oil, peanut butter, sugar, tamari/coconut aminos, ginger, vinegar and pepper. Set aside.
- Use a grater and shred the carrots.
- Add the zucchini and carrot to a large bowl. Add the sauce and toss everything together. Sprinkle over the cilantro, green onions, peanuts and tabasco sauce and serve immediately.
Notes
If you use coconut aminos you will need to increase the amount of salt you use. Season to your taste preference.Â
Make it paleo:Â Use cashews instead of peanuts, almond butter in place of peanut butter and coconut aminos instead of soy/tamari.
This is best eaten the day it's made.Â
Keisha says
I just made this tonight. Amazing! My sauce was a little more thicker than what’s pictured due to my peanut butter coming right out the machine. Nonetheless, this was delicious. The peanut sauce tasted amazing and was full of flavor. I was concerned that the sauce would have an overpowering peanut taste, but it doesn’t. This was the perfect recipe for my newly adopted raw-eating lifestyle. Very filling! Thanks for the recipe.
Sarah says
Yay! Thanks Keisha – so glad you liked it!!
Kristen says
I want to use this recipe to food prep for the week. If I freeze a portion, do you think it would defrost okay for my lunch that day?
Sarah says
Hi Kristen! You can store spiralized zucchini in a ziplock bag or air tight container for up to 5 days but I wouldn’t recommend freezing it. Zucchini has got such a high water content – once defrosted from frozen it just becomes soggy mush. If possible, you can make a freeze the dressing here and prep that vegetable noodles closer to time to keep everything a little more fresh.
Hope that helps!
Anmarie says
Hello! Is this really raw? I thought roasted peanuts don’t fall under the raw category . Thank you
Sarah says
Hi Anmarie! You’re totally right! I’ll make a note of that in the recipe
Anmarie says
Thank you !! I am new to raw eating so I’m just trying to get the hang of it . Made a super simplified version of this and it was DELICIOUS
Sarah says
So glad you liked it! Thanks Anmarie!
Linda says
If I buy the zucchini already spiralized and the carrots already shredded, how many ounces of each should I get? Thanks!
Sarah says
Hi Linda – that would be about 7 or 8 ounces for the zucchini and the ounces of shredded carrot. Hope that helps!
Kathy says
Just made this. This is THE BEST spiral recipe I have ever had!! Delicious! This will be a staple. Thanks
Sarah says
Thanks Kathy! So glad you liked it!
shelly johnsen says
what is the carbs in a servong
Sarah says
17 grams per serving if you divide this into 5 servings
Sherry says
What is coconut sugar and what are coconut aminos?
Sarah says
Hi Sherry! Coconut sugar is basically just sugar made from coconut sap – because of how it’s processed it retains more nutrients than regular white sugar and has a lower glycemic index score. Coconut aminos is a soy sauce alternative that is also made from coconut sap – it’s completely soy free which is great for people with soy allergies. If you don’t have access to these items you can always use regular white/brown sugar and soy sauce/tamari with very little difference to the recipe!
Ruthie says
You mention ginger in the instructions but not in the ingredients How much ginger do you use in the dressing?
Sarah says
So sorry about that! 1 tablespoons fresh ginger. Thanks for pointing that out to me, Ruthie!
Kim Beaulieu says
This is absolutely stunning.
Michelle says
This sounds so good to me! I love peanut dressing!
Sarah says
Thanks Michelle!