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A delicious winter recipe ready in less than 30 minutes and a fun giveaway (be sure to read to the bottom of the post)!
Spiralized Roasted Spicy Sweet Potato Noodles in Garlic Cinnamon Brown Butter - BoulderLocavore.com

I can say without a doubt one of the favorite additions to my kitchen this year is my Spiralizer.  I originally purchased it out of sheer intrigue.  I loved the idea it could turn ordinary produce into ribbons of faux pasta or nests of tangled deliciousness.  I always love an open ended proposition and the chance to step out of the box.  In my mind the Spiralizer offers an invitation to experiment and see what I could create from vegetables and fruit.  A few favorite creations so far are Butternut Squash Noodles with Sage Brown Butter, Zucchini Ribbon Mediterranean Salad and Cucumber Melon Spa Salad (this Freaky Halloween Salad was pretty fun too).

I also love the idea of making vegetable pasta out of vegetables, not pasta flavored with vegetables and colored like them.  It’s naturally gluten-free which is fantastic.  The speed with which vegetable pasta can be made fits well into my speed meal needs on busy school nights or when I’m feeling lazy.  Vegetables are turned into noodles in minutes, and by roasting squash noodles (or sweet potato in this case) for less than ten minutes the texture is that of traditional pasta.  Winter squashes are perfect for this and when complimented by the right topping or sauce truly can be mistaken for flour pasta.

Spiralized Roasted Orange and Purple Sweet Potato Noodles - BoulderLocavore.com

While I’m sounding like an infomercial I’ll add were you have told me I’d be happily turning squash into pasta I would have laughed, especially that I’d be gobbling it up faster than my family could get a share.  I love the texture, the full flavor when roasted, the nutritional content and the lower calories.  At this time of year the Spiralizer is a fabulous tool to keep meals fast and healthy.  There are loads of options to try that provide a great result with good structure.

Spiralized Roasted Garlic-Cinnamon Sweet Potato Noodles - BoulderLocavore.com

It was feeling like a Spiralizer opportunity recently between the parade of holiday sweets in the Boulder Locavore house.  When shopping I snatched up a traditional sweet potato and a purple variety.  I truly feel, especially when coaxing younger eaters into trying new things, that novelty is your friend.  A wound pile of orange and purple noodles is not something to be easily ignored!  After roasting the noodles I tossed them in a fragrant garlic brown butter with red pepper flakes, cinnamon and nutmeg.  The butter is intense in flavor and spice which is imparted to the sweet potato noodles for a warming, irresistible dish!

Spiralized Roasted Garlic-Cinnamon Brown Butter Sweet Potato Noodles - BoulderLocavore.com

Spiralized Roasted Spicy Sweet Potato Noodles in Garlic Cinnamon Brown Butter - BoulderLocavore.com
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Spicy Spiralized Garlic-Cinnamon Sweet Potato Noodles

Spiralized Sweet Potato noodles pass for traditional grain pasta with loads more flavor, nutrition and fewer calories. Tossed in a simple garlic, red pepper flake and seasonal spice browned butter makes a richly flavored filling option in less than 30 minutes.Recipe can be doubled or tripled keeping the ingredient proportions the same. See the Notes section for a link to an Spiralizer alternative.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 2 -2 cup main dish portions or 4-1 cup side dish portions
Author Toni Dash

Ingredients

  • 4 cups Spiralized Sweet Potatoes* , regular or mixed orange and purple (using the 1/8-inch 3mm noodle blade)
  • 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
  • 3 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
  • 1 large Garlic Clove , minced
  • ¾ teaspoon Red Chile Flakes (more can be sprinkled on the finished dish if you prefer it really hot!)
  • ½ teaspoon ground Cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground Nutmeg

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine the red chile flakes, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl, stir to blend together and set aside.
  2. Place spiralized sweet potato noodles in a large mixing bowl. Add the olive oil and toss to coat. Note: if using both colors of sweet potato, the pigment of purple sweet potatoes may transfer to the orange noodles when raw. To keep both colors intact, I toss them in separate mixing bowls each with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Place on the prepared baking sheet, spreading them to a single layer.
  3. Bake noodles for 7 minutes. Remove and set tray aside to cool (sweet potato noodles will continue to soften as they cool).
  4. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. When the butter is melted, add the minced garlic and saute for a minute.
  5. Add the spices and stir constantly to blend. The butter will darken and brown; stir an additional minute and remove from the heat.
  6. Add the sweet potato noodles to the spiced brown butter and toss to fully coat the noodles. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

*To prepare sweet potato noodles without a Spiralizer, try this method.

There is nothing I love more than sharing my favorite things with YOU!  Boulder Locavore is sponsoring a giveaway of 2 3-Blade Spiralizer devices (2 winners), the same model as used to make this delicious recipe! This fast-and-furious giveaway runs through midnight Saturday December 20, 2014 (technically that’s Sunday December 21, 2014).  The winner must respond within 24 hours or a second winner will be selected.  This might even arrive by Christmas (however that cannot be guaranteed)!  Spiralizer photo in giveaway widget below courtesy of Amazon.com.

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  4. That looks delicious. The spirals look like great fun and it sure cuts down on cooking time! I love sweet potatoes and squash and they would both be great spiralized!

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  9. I love sweet potatoes in any form and this would be a fun new way to try them. My gluten free grandson might like them, too! Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Lately I’m seeing a lot of recipes incorporating spiralized vegetables and I’d love to join in on all the fun! I would like to try sweet potatoes, and zucchini, and carrots, and anything else that spiralizes. Thanks for this chance to win the best spiralizer out there.

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    • It’s easy to get into a rut isn’t it? Especially if I find something I love I tend to make it so often I really tire of it. This zesty dish will bump you out of the rut for sure!

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    • You hit the nail on the head Amy. I think being able to turn vegetables in particular into a new and unexpected form goes a long way to getting people excited about eating them. It’s so easy and fast to do so as well.

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  39. Oh the possibilities ! What a great gadget ! I am going to make this recipe asap….looks fabulous . The gadget must be good and strong to be able to do sweet potatoes . Impressive ! Regular potatoes , carrots , daikon, zucchinni even cucumbers and radishes.. Yo have my wheels turning !

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  47. YUM!!! I like the sweetness here. So many options when you spiralize!! I want to try diakon with some sort of peanut soy vinaigrette… I love to sprialize, now if I just had one myself!!

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  55. Ahh, I’d love this! I’d make so many french fries! The good kind, no more of the ones frozen in the bag.

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  65. I would love to win this giveaway and experiment with different vegetables to see which one worked the best with this tool. This is intriguing for a very big salad eater like myself.

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    • Yay! Isn’t it so good?! You would not imagine something this simple could be so delish. Thanks for letting me know you made it Antonia and about how you changed it up!

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