33 Spiralizer Recipes (That AREN'T Zoodles) (2024)

~ Think your spiralizer’s just for zucchini noodles? Well, not anymore! These delicious, healthy spiralizer recipes go way, waaaaay beyond zoodles, featuring veggies like sweet potatoes, carrots and cucumbers, and even fruit like apples and pears! Lots of great inspiration … just in time to help you use up that garden bounty that’s on its way this season! ~

Let me hazard a little guess …

You’re here because you own a spiralizer, and you’d love to find some great new spiralizer recipes so you can actually use it more, right? (Ok, that was a pretty easy guess to make, wasn’t it?)

But would I also be correct if I said that maybe you’d gotten that spiralizer last summer, or as a gift for Christmas, and now it’s found its way to a dusty shelf where it stares glumly (accusingly!) down at you?

Uh-huh.

You feel a tinge of guilt, remembering all the recipes you meant to try with it, the mounds of gloriously spiralized, healthy fruits and veggies you were gleefully going to create.

Yep. I hear ya.

My spiralizers had that same experience all winter. They had a lonely couple of months while I got all crazy over my Instant Pot and went through my “Let’s Learn to Use a Pressure Cooker” phase.

But it’s ok! We’re going to fix all this today!

No more dusty shelves for our spiralizers, no more guilt for us!

With summer just around the corner, heaps of gorgeous produce are on their way … and thanks to all these beautiful recipes from my food blogging buddies, we’ll all know just what to do with them!

But wait …

Why Aren’t There Zoodle Recipes Here?!?

You’re right. Something’s missing here, isn’t it?

The first, obvious thing that most everyone makes with a spiralizer is … zucchini noodles (aka zoodles). So where are they?

It’s not a mistake. No, no! And they really aren’t missing at all.

Actually, we have an entire, separate post on 33 Game-Changing, Healthy ZOODLE recipes.Zoodle casseroles, soups, salads … even spring rolls and lettuce wraps. (When zucchini season really gets cranking later this summer, you’ll be beyond-ready to wrangle that bumper crop!)

Of course, I always recommend that one of the very easiest ways to get your family on board with the whole zoodle thing is to start them off slowly, with our recipe for Zucchini Noodles for Beginners.

A mix of zucchini noodles with traditional pasta makes this particular recipe seem more familiar and approachable for picky eaters and veggie-suspicious family members. It’s a great starting point for new spiralizers!

But, what if you …

Don’t Have a Spiralizer? (No Problem!)

First, I’d encourage you to consider buying one, because they really are a lot of fun!

Plus, they open up a whole new way of preparing produce (and MORE fruits and veggies is ALWAYS a good thing). Those cute spirals really amp up the kid-appeal, too, so if your little ones are struggling with certain vegetable flavors or textures, trying some sproingy curlicues just might be the magic solution!

I own three spiralizers, and would happily recommend two of them, the Spiralizer 5-Blade and the Mueller 4-Blade.

Also, if you’re just dipping your toes in the welcoming waters of Lake Spiralizer, not quite ready to dive right in there – it’s good to know that many of the recipes below can even be made without a spiralizer. With some good knife skills, you can get pretty close to the same results on some of these recipes (although probably not the ones where you’re attempting to create long, thin, even noodles).

But watch out … once you discover all the possibilities, and get that spiralizer kicked into full-on production mode, trips to the farm market will never be the same …