Main courses
Ground Beef Sauce with Courgette Noodles
Serve it with briefly fried courgette ribbons instead of pasta.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 500 g ground beef
- 2 zucchini
- 1 onion
- 2 dl whipping cream
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp butter
Method
- Brown the minced meat and chopped onion in butter.
- Mix in the tomato puree and cream. Season and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Cut the zucchini into strips with a paring knife or a spiral cutter.
- Fry the strips in a pan for 2–3 minutes and serve with the sauce.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 6.79 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 8.27 g
- Protein
- 26.27 g
- Fat
- 43.7 g
- GL estimate
- about 3 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- zucchini · Food group average
- whipping cream · Food group average
Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- zucchini ·
vegetables-category-mean-gi-66 · fineli-389-2026-10-24 - whipping cream ·
dairy-category-mean-gi-35 · fineli-631-2026-10-24
Carbohydrate data sources
- Kesäkurpitsa, zucchini · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Kerma, kuohukerma, rasvaa 38 % · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
GI and calculation sources
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Very broad category proxy. It may poorly represent individual non-starchy vegetables and is shown with low confidence. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Category mean, not a measured GI for the recipe's cream cheese. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
Keto and low-carb labels are editorial classifications. They have not been verified through nutrition calculations for every recipe.
Notes
- Check for doneness and finally season according to your own taste.