Vegan cheese & Veg Pasta Bake

Vegan cheese & veg pasta bake

Vegan cheese & veg pasta bake

Course: MainDifficulty: Easy
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

25

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 garlic cloves

  • 10g fresh basil

  • 200g vegan cheese

  • 1 large courgette / 2 small ones

  • 125g cherry tomates, or 125g tomato

  • 150g pasta – I like protein-packed pea pasta

  • 1tbsp dried basil

  • 15ml balsamic vinegar

  • 1 vegetable stock cube

  • 16g tomato paste

  • 210g finely chopped tomatoes

  • 1tsp sugar

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 240°C / 220°C (fan), and boil a kettle.
  • Peel and finely chop or grate the garlic. Grate the vegan cheese (or buy it already grated!), finely chop the basil, including stalks.
  • Add the pasta to a pot of boiled water with a pinch of salt, bring to the boil over a high heat and cook for 10 minutes (or follow instructions on the packet) until cooked with a slight bite. Once cooked, drain the pasta and set aside.
  • While the pasta is cooking, chop the courgette into quarters lengthways, then slice finely.
  • Heat a large pan with a drizzle of olive oil over a medium-high heat, and reboil a kettle (100ml)
  • Once the pan is hot, add the sliced courgette with a pinch of salt and cook for 4 mins or until beginning to soften.
  • Meanwhile, disolve the stock cube, dried basil, balsamic vinegar, tomato paste and 1 tsp sugar in 100ml boiled water – this is your stock.
  • Cut the cherry tomatoes in half – or if you’re using whole tomatoes, cut into pieces.
  • Once the courgette is beginning to soften, add the chopped garlic to the pan and cook for 30 seconds. Next, add the stock, the halved cherry tomatoes, and finely chopped tomatoes, and bring to the boil over a high heat. Season with a pinch of salt and a generous grind of black pepper and cook for 4 minutes further.
  • Add the drained pasta to the sauce with some chopped basil (save some for garnish!) and mix it up.
  • Add half the pasta to an oven-proof dish, and top with half the grated cheese. Add the remaining pasta on top, along with the rest of the vegan cheese and put the tray in the oven for 10 minutes.
  • Serve, with extra chopped basil and black pepper on top!

Notes

  • Instead of normal pasta I like to use protein-packed pea pasta, like the ones from ZenB. It’s also gluten free!
  • Because of the many different types of pasta and vegan cheese, I haven’t added calorie or macros for this recipe.
  • If you’re a fan of Nutritional Yeast (nooch!), add this to the top before baking for extra crispy and cheesiness!

27 reactions to “Vegan cheese & Veg Pasta Bake

  1. @shauny Looks great, tho that’s a lot of vegan cheese!! ? Haha.As an aside, Mrs Runt (who does the majority of the cooking at Chez Runt) often uses lentils in the sauce to up the protein content.Great recipe, tho. Cheers Shauny

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