But What To Put The Ranch Dressing ON???

I recently obtained a Paderno 3-Blade Spiralizer, and despite my usual disdain for large, one-use kitchen gadgets, I LOVE IT.

In case you don't spend a lot of time on Paleo blogs, spiralizers quickly cut vegetables into twisty, curly-fry like strands. An oft-recommended use is to turn zucchini into spaghetti-shaped "zoodles," which sounds great but is misleading: nothing can make zucchini taste like pasta. However, the spiralizer does make vegetables very easy to prepare, and has encouraged me and Dan to eat a bit healthier.

For instance, by snacking on spiralized carrots with copious amounts of hippe-dippie fake ranch dressing:

The minutes this gadget saves in veggie prep = I am way more willing to cook dinner = we order less takeout = I am finally chipping away at the baby weight! Eight pounds to go.