Zucchini "Pasta" - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 roasted peppers
    1 medium eggplant
    3 medium zucchini
    1 medium onion
    4 garlic cloves
    1 hot red pepper or 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
    15 ounces tomato sauce
    3 large tomatoes
    1 large lemon, Zest and Juice
    10 basil leaves
    1/8 cup parmesan cheese
Preparation
    Roast peppers by charing peppers under the broiler and putting them into a bowl covered with saran wrap until cool and then remove skins.
    Roast eggplant at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
    Make Zucchini \"pasta\" by using a vegetable peeler and making thin strips of zucchini. Cut strips length wise to make them resemble fettuccine. Or use a julienne peeler and make spaghetti style strips. Put Zucchini is a colander and salt heavily. After 20 minutes rinse zucchini and squeeze out any extra water.
    Start sauce with a spray of cooking spray and add onion and garlic (and hot pepper if desired) cook until soft.
    Add tomato sauce and cook 10-15min.
    Add zucchini \"pasta\", fresh tomatoes and let simmer together for 5 minutes.
    Add basil, lemon zest and juice.
    Top with cheese and enjoy!

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