Vegan Caprese Pasta Bake
This healthy pasta comes together in just 45 minutes, making it the perfect dish for any weeknight dinner with the family!
Ingredients
- 2x 750 ml containers of tomato marinara sauce
- 8 oz of noodles
- 1 block of extra firm tofu
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- juice of 1 lemon
- dried basil
- salt + pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Begin to cook pasta to al dente according to package, any noodle you prefer will work.
- Break up the tofu into chunks with your hands and put it into blender or food processor.
- Add tahini, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper and lemon juice to blender/processor.
- Process/blend until the mixture is a paste like texture.
- Layer the bottom of an oven safe pan/dish with a thin layer of marinara sauce.
- Next, layer half of the cooked pasta on top of the sauce in the pan.
- Form patties with the tofu mixture and place them on top of the first layer of noodles.
- Cover with another layer of marinara sauce.
- Spread the rest of the pasta on top.
- Add one more layer of sauce.
- Form patties with the rest of the tofu mixture and place on top of the sauce. Top with a sprinkle of dried basil.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve!
Notes
Optional Toppings: fresh basil or fresh tomato slices.