Some Pasta Solutions

In addition to using spaghetti squash as a pasta substitute, here are some pictures of my other ideas!

Lasagna
Using a mandolin, I sliced zucchini lengthwise into very thin strips and used in place of lasagna noodles:

The result was that all the water in the zucchini made the dish watery, but after draining it off, it tasted just as good as any other lasagna I've ever made!

In the future: 'sweat' the zucchini slices by salting them liberally and leaving them on a cooling rack for an hour before assembling the lasagna

Spaghetti
My dear son, who will try any new food with good cheer, just does NOT like any squash option. He has begrudgingly eaten spaghetti squash twice, but put his foot down at the zucchini lasagna! He loves carrots, however, so I decided to try and cut carrots into a long noodle shape.
The attachment on the mandolin left the strips too thick, so I abandoned it in favor of cutting the strips myself. I cut each carrot in half then painstakingly cut long, thin strips. I tossed these in the steamer and cooked them till very soft.

I make a red meat sauce based on Trader Joe's Organic Marinara Sauce No Salt Added. It's a fantastic base for any tomato sauce!! It's sweet and tomatoey with very little added flavor. I browned ground beef, deglazed the pan with a lot of red wine, then added the sauce and a lot of spices: fresh ground kosher salt, fresh ground tri-color peppercorns, dried basil, parsley and oregano, red pepper flakes, and some ground ancho chili pepper for smokiness. I also put in a dash of red wine vinegar because I think the sauce base is overly sweet.
The result was a MASSIVE HIT with the entire family! The sweet carrots tasted delicious with the spicy, smokey sauce.

Best of all, my boy was happy :)

Have any other pasta substitute ideas? Please share them!!!