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Plant-Based Baked Ziti
Calories: 454kcal
Get ready for the cheesiest, heartiest meal in your WFPB rotation! This is The Ultimate Plant-Based Baked Ziti, topped with a velvety, blended plant-based cheese sauce that bubbles up perfectly in the oven. Forget the processed shreds, this sauce is made from whole food ingredients and packs all the savory, gooey satisfaction you crave without a single drop of oil. We’re combining al dente pasta with a robust marinara and smothering it in that liquid gold topping for a bake that looks and tastes just like the classic.
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Ingredients
- 10 ounces pene pasta
Sauce
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 ½ cups cabbage diced
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 ½ cups lentils cooked
- 1 ½ cups spinach frozen, chopped or 2 cups fresh
- 14 ounces tomatoes diced
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp oregano
- ½ tsp thyme
- ½ tsp rosemary
- 2 tsp parsley
- ½ tsp cracked pepper
- 1 tbsp tamari low sodium
- ½ cup vegetable broth low sodium
Cheese
- ½ cup almond flour or cashews
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp arrowroot powder or tapioca starch
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp tamari low sodium
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cook the penne pasta just to Al dente.
Sauce
- Sauté the onion for about 4 minutes using just a little bit of water if the onions start to stick.
- Add the garlic and cabbage and cook for 5 minutes.
- Make a bare spot in the center of the pan, pushing the onions, garlic and cabbage to the sides of the pan. Then add the tomato paste and stir it lightly while cooking for 1 minute.
- Add the remaining ingredients and cook on medium for about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the penne pasta.
- Ladle mixture into a 9 x 9 baking dish and smooth the top.
Cheese
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until silky (about 30 seconds)
- Pour cheese over the pasta.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
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Nutrition
Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 475mg | Potassium: 1015mg | Fiber: 20g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1191IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 6mg
