Healthy Spin on Spaghetti & Meatballs

If you didn’t know, I’m Italian which means I grew up on and LOVE spaghetti and meatballs! I made a healthier version, with half whole wheat pasta and half “zoodles”, which is zucchini spiralized. You can spiralize the zucchini yourself with a spiralizer or you can buy it already done at most grocery stores. I like doing half and half because you can barely even taste the zucchini and it secretly adds in a vegetable to your dish! If I don’t have time to make homemade marinara sauce, Rao’s Homemade is my favorite! I also swapped beef meatballs for turkey meatballs. When I want to save time, I use Trader Joe’s frozen turkey meatballs. Hope you enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 2 large zucchini or 1 package of zoodles (zucchini spiralized)

• 1 box whole wheat linguine

• 24 oz marinara sauce (I used Rao’s Homemade)

• 4-6 turkey meatballs

• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

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Directions

• Spiralize zucchini using a spiralizer (SKIP if bought as “zoodles”).
• Add Trader Joe’s frozen turkey meatballs and Rao’s Homemade marinara sauce to a saucepan over medium heat for 20 min.
• Boil water and cook pasta for about 7 min.
• Sauté zoodles with olive oil to a skillet over medium heat for about 2 min.
• Combine all ingredients and top with parmesan cheese.