All covered in cheeze…
I created this NEAT sauce…
and hubby said ‘Yes Please!’
It’s been stuck in my head all day! :mrgreen:
Presenting my newest quick and easy vegan recipe…
Spaghetti with ‘Neat’ Sauce and Cheeze
Ingredients:
- 1.5 bottles of spaghetti sauce (or make your own)
- One 450 gram package of green lentils
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Seasonings (I used parsley and PC sun-dried tomato)
- Salt, to taste
- Vegan Parmesan cheeze
- Spaghetti noodles
Directions: Cook 1 bag of lentils according to directions on package. Rinse and drain. Stir in 1.5 bottles of spaghetti sauce, minced garlic, salt, and seasonings. Serve over your favourite noodles along with 60 second Vegan Parmesan cheeze.
It makes a HUGE amount! A great make-ahead meal. I’m sure this would work in the slow cooker too- I am just not sure on the liquid amounts.
In just 1 cup of cooked green lentils there is a whopping 23 grams of protein and 26 grams of fibre!!! Talk about satiety. :)
60 second Vegan Parmesan cheeze. Eric LOVES this stuff- he sprinkles it on everything and said he will never buy regular parmesan cheese again!
The lentils give this sauce amazing texture just like meat would.
This batch makes so much I freeze about 4-5 servings in Pyrex containers. It makes for some quick and easy dinners! Great for lunches for the week too.
In other news, I changed the colours on the Glo Bar labels! I wanted them spiffy looking for the store shelves. :) They scream EAT ME, don’t they? ;)
Updates:
- New post on Foodthinkers is up- Juice for the WARRIOR in you!
Tonight’s question- Are you a pasta lover? What is your favourite dish or type of pasta?
I’m not a big pasta fan, but my two favourite kinds are angel hair and spaghetti. I also want to make a vegan version of linguine alfredo some day! That would be a challenge…
Have a great night! :)
Not the hugest pasta fan, the gluten makes me loagy. However, I love Ancient Harvest’s Quinoa pasta, IT’S AMAZING!!! Love the curls for chilled pasta salad!
Eh, I’ll take or leave pasta. It all comes down to the sauce! I’d LOVE to put your lentil sauce on some quinoa though!
Just wondering, do you ever see yourself shipping the glo bars to the UK cause they look so yummy!
i’m a pasta lover…more on the cream base pasta though…but i try to avoid it because i’m still a baby when it comes to embracing a healthy lifestyle=)
My Mum used to make something like this as her vegetarian alternative to meat sauces :)
What a great dish! I love lentils =D
I can give or take pasta. I don’t make it very often because it is SO easy for me to overeat it, I don’t think it’s very filling. However, topped with a lentil sauce it may just fill me! I love a good pasta primavera!
xo
K
That sauce sounds fantastic!!! And your new labels look great :)
I love pasta, although I’m not a huge cream sauce fan. I go for tomato sauce every once in a while, but I love a drizzle of good olive oil and some roasted garlic or basil. I like thicker pastas like penna, and really love filled pastas. I like the chewy, thick taste.
You might want to try http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/ for a good vegan cream sauce. She’s got lots of modified recipes there that are delish, and you might find something you can tweak. I think she did dairy-free au gratin potatoes once.
I think I want to try making this sauce. For some reason I am always scared to try to cook lentils. I don’t know why!
I have always loved pasta, but after going gluten and dairy free for 5 months, I cannot eat my old favorite (creamy chicken alfredo) without feeling like it’s wrong. I love some gluten free penne pasta, zucchini, and edamame tossed together with olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and paprika. It’s my go to meal.
I’m loving Green Monsters I have them almost every morning :) great new site too…I’m almost ready to move on from the original one.
Hi Angela,
I’ve just recently started to read your blog and I love it! What a great idea to use lentils instead of having to use meat! I’m going to have to try this sometime soon. Also, where did you get the napkin from? It’s so colorful!
Love that sauce! Lentils are awesome and your pasta looks so yummy!
I like your glo bar labels…lots of color:)
I’m Italian so I think loving pasta is in my genes. My favorite kind is angel hair with roasted veggies tossed in garlic and oil. MMMMmmmmm…..
Hm..I tried to leave a comment yesterday but it didn’t work! Sadface. It was my first comment, so I was all blah blah blah, I love your blog, etc. etc. etc. ;-) but I recommend the vegan alfredo from the cookbook Yellow Rose Recipes. Sooo good and easy. The Vegan YumYum version looks good too, and there are a whole bunch on the blog “Yeahthatveganshit” (just do a search for alfredo, I’m too lazy to dig up the links that I tried posting before!) Also, Vegan Dad made a version as did Happy Herbivore.
Your pics looks great in this post!!!! Even greater than the usual great pics :-)
I adore pasta. I could eat it everyday forever. Spaghetti is my number 1.
My favourite pasta is either ‘pulse’ spaghetti, made out of chickpeas – it’s DELICIOUS or spelt/hemp pasta. My favourite thing to do with pasta is cook it, then load it with raw broccoli, steamed asparagus, cherry tomatoes, caramelised onions, sesame seeds, nutritional yeast and a hemp oil/garlic/lemon/red wine vinegar/tamari marinade.
OMG… it’s so good.
Sounds really good, I will see if i can get hubby to try, WAY outside of his comfort zone
Your spaghetti looks delicious … I’ll definitely give it a try.
Here’s a spicy vegetable pasta dish you might like:
http://www.vegrecipes4u.com/spicy-vegetable-pasta.html
I made your recipe yesterday and my husband and I LOVED it. We ate it on spaghetti squash. Delicious. And thank you for including freezer info.