zucchini pasta with parsley pesto

Sometimes a farmer needs to stop and smell the parsley. And then get inspired to cook something really tasty! We currently have summer squash and zucchini flooding the farm. And with the arrival of tomatoes I knew I needed to make something that would highlight a few of my favorite things. When I first told Taylor that I was going to use zucchini in place of traditional pasta noodles he looked at me like I had two heads. I reassured him that I had made zucchini pasta in the past and that he loved it. He told me I must be mistaken because there was no way he enjoyed "fake" pasta.  At this point I did what any wife would do in this situation. I poured him a beer and told him to leave the rest up to me. The best part about this "pasta" dish is that there is ZERO cooking involved. Taylor gobbled his up and still couldn't get over the fact that I didn't use "real" noodles. I did however use this spiral cutter from Amazon. However, you don't need one. A sharp knife will do the trick.