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Zucchini Pesto "Noodles" & Garlic Ginger Pork Chops

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My friend Beth gave me these four zucchinis from her summer garden. Instantly, I thought of making Zucchini Noodles that look and taste like real pasta noodles. (Don't tell the kids they're really eating a vegetable!) First, mix up my basic pesto recipe . I turn the zucchini into "noodles" using this scoring tool: I bought it by mistake in a kitchen store at our outlet mall. I thought it was a regular vegetable scraper, but look close and you'll see those sharp thingies that you scrape along the zucchini. It scores the veggie into lovely "noodles". I keep the dark skin because I like the nutrition, but if you want them to look and taste more like real noodles, peel the zucchini first and you'll get noodles that look like this: (The kiddies would never know they're not eating the real thing!) If you don't have this scoring tool, simply use your regular vegetable scraper and create noodles like this: (That's how I made them before I scored ...