CHEESY VEGAN PASTA BAKE

CHEESY VEGAN PASTA BAKE

Cheesy pasta bake

By Ange

Prep time: 20 minsĀ 

Cook time: 50 mins

Serves: 5

Cals 404/ C 52g/ P 23g/ F 14g

Ingredients

  • 1tbsp olive oil
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • 2 medium carrots, diced
  • 1 cup pumpkin, diced
  • 2 medium zucchini, diced
  • 100g button mushrooms, quartered
  • 400g tinned cannellini beans/white beans
  • Ā½ cup peas and corn, thawed if frozen
  • Ā½ cup vegetable stock

For the sauce

  • Ā½ cup cashews, soaked in vegetable stock for 1hr or boiling water for 20 minutes
  • 1 Ā½ cups coconut milk (canned)
  • 25g nutritional yeast
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • Ā½ tsp smoked paprika
  • Ā½ tsp salt
  • 250g Barilla Red Lentil Pasta

Method

  1. Put the cashews in to soak.
  2. In a pan, fry the onion in the olive oil for 5 minutes, add the garlic and salt to taste and cook for a further 2 minutes.Ā 
  3. Add the carrot, pumpkin and stock and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the vegetables soften.Ā 
  4. Add the zucchini, mushrooms, peas and corn and cook for a further 5-10 minutes.Ā 
  5. Add the cashews and all ingredients for the sauce to a blender or nutribullet and blitz until smooth. Add cornstarch to thicken or water/stock to thin as required.Ā 
  6. In a pot cook the pasta per instruction.
  7. Combine vegetables, pasta and sauce in an oven proof dish. Bake at 180 for 10-15 minutes.

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