meatless pasta bake

Pasta Bake with Honey Butter Yeast Roll

Ingredients

4 cups uncooked whole grain penne pasta

2 6 oz. tubs Greek Yogurt/Cream Cheese

1-2 c. soy milk

2 T butter

red pepper flakes, salt, paprika,

small onion sliced

2 -3 cups of fresh spinach

browned/fried cubed tofu

sun dried tomato (used my dehydrator but you can use your oven set below 200 for up to 6 hours.

6 oz grated Parmesan cheese

1 c mozzarella, Havarti, or provolone for top

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake for 45 minutes.

Boil pasta al dente.  In a skillet with olive oil, sauté onion, garlic, dried tomato, and browned tofu.  In a sauce pot add butter, yogurt/cream cheese blend, soy milk, red pepper flakes, salt, and paprika.  Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer.  Rinse and dry your pasta.  Oil a large glass or ceramic baking dish.  Pour 1/3 c. of the cream sauce on bottom of baking dish.  Place 1 cup of spinach on top of the sauce.  Next add half of pasta, sprinkle Parmesan cheese, and then tofu/onion mix.  Repeat.  Sprinkle Mozzarella on top.  Bake covered in foil.  Toss pasta to mix cheesy sauce if necessary.  Serve hot.  It serves best when reheated.

vegetarian pasta piselli

Ingredients

Sauce
olive oil
1 c frozen peas thawed
2 T tomato paste
1 small tomato diced
1/2 c hot water
1 T sugar
salt, pepper, to taste

Veggie Meatballs
1/2 c dry textured soy protein
1/8 c minced celery & carrots
spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, basil, thyme, cumin, bay leaf
1 T ketchup
1 T mustard
3-4 T flax meal
T soy sauce
1/2 c boiling water
1/2 slice of whole grain bread (ground)
muffin tin (12 count)

6 oz dry whole grain penne pasta
Italian cheese blend

Preparation: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush tin with oil. Mix ingredients for meatballs. Add more flax if necessary. The goal is to go from crumbles to what presents as clumped together meat. With a 1/4 cup scoop, form into balls and drop into muffin tin. This mix should form between 4-6 balls.

Bake covered with foil for 15 minutes. Brush tops with oil and bake uncovered for 15-20 additional minutes.

While meatballs are baking, prepare marinara sauce by mixing paste with hot water to form soup. Oil pot or skillet with 1 T of olive oil. Add diced tomato's and stir in soup. Reduce. Add meatballs and break into pieces. Before sauce is served, boil pasta. Rinse pasta in cold water and strain. Toss pasta with meat sauce. Garnish final dish with peas and cheese. Serve with Caesar salad.