8 Awesome Vegan Pasta Dishes!
8 Awesome Vegan Pasta Dishes! The title says it all. 😉 I’ve collected my top 8 pasta recipes and compiled them all into one post for your ease and delight. They’re packed with flavor and loaded with crazy healthy ingredients. Think like a fatty, but eat like a fit f***. Side note: I feel like that should be a quote on a tee-shirt. Onwards… What’s better than that?! Short answer? Nothing. Food is life! Hence this crazy blog. Food shouldn’t taste like shit to be healthy as shit. Food should taste like delectable dopeness and be healthy as shit! I’ll stop now so as not to subject you to a ‘Heather’ diatribe. You’re welcome. 😉
Ooohhh pasta. Yesterday was National Pasta Day, which inspired today’s post. I f’in’ love pasta more than Bradley Cooper AND Brad Pitt combined. Say wha?! Yeah, I said it. And I meant it. The most challenging thing in the world for me is cutting back on carbs. However, I just have to do it when I’m not working out very much. It’s a fact. A shitty fact, but fuck, my thighs don’t lie. I literally find it more difficult to quit my carboholic ways than I did to quit my pack-a-day smoking habit. 🙁 #addictionisreal LOL. Now, with all of that being said, these 8 Awesome Vegan Pasta Dishes! are a much better alternative to their dairy partners. And remember, there are always zoodles to substitute for the grains! I’m a big fan of my spiralizer for that very reason. And of course, my thighs are its biggest fan. 😉 On that note, mangia! -FGG
PS- Feeling guilty about wanting carbs? Take a note from our musical selection below. Call up your pusherman, have a toke, and I promise, you’ll be chowing down on carbs guilt free. 😉 Similarly, I used to be super poor, go to the mall, swig down 2 well-mannered martinis from the Cheesecake Factory, as I knew this would easily open my wallet up for business, and then shop for clothes – guilt free. Until I came home, and hid them in the trunk of my car so my all-to-astute boyfriend wouldn’t notice that I had new clothes but somehow, couldn’t pay the rent. Oh man… from days of old!
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Creamy Rigatoni with Lentils & Fresh Oregano – Vegan!
Vegan Kale Pesto Spring Primavera!
Creamy Vegan Macaroni and Cheese!
Crazy Creamy Pesto (Vegan)!
Creamy & Cheesy Pasta Bake (Vegan)
Vegan Kale Pesto Lasagna with Veggie Tofu Ricotta
Creamy Vegan Pasta with Shiitakes and Veggies!
Vegan Fettucine Alfredo
Vegan Kale Pesto Spring Primavera!
Vegan Kale Pesto Spring Primavera! will be your next favorite spring pasta dish! Crazy colorful, flavorful, and incredibly healthy… not to mention quick and easy to make. This is one of those meals where I sometimes say, “if you could purchase it in a store and didn’t absolutely love it, I’d give you a refund in full.” Dem be powerful words, pasta lovers! A rainbow of deliciousness awaits you. I found this rainbow array of veggies in my fridge left over from my Organics to You delivery and had to use them before they went bad. I had also purchased Trader Joe’s Vegan Kale, Cashew, and Basil Pesto. However, if you don’t wanna go out and spend too much dinero on that bad boy, I have an AMAZING recipe on my blog for a pesto just like Trader Joe’s – in the search box, type – crazy creamy pesto (not sure why my hyperlink wasn’t working).
On this fine and fabulous afternoon, I went nuts-o cooking dishes for the week and for the blog. Breakfast toasts, red pepper hummus, a spaghetti marinara with peppers and chard (recipe coming soon), and of course, the one and only Vegan Kale Pesto Spring Primavera! I was a cooking machine. It was sunny, I had the door and windows wide open, and I listened to some My Bubba. If you don’t know these super hot, folk-esk, Scandinavian duo, get to know their music asap. They’re freakin’ amazing! So amazing, that I feel the need to add one of their recording sessions from a totally dope hostel in Iceland to this very post. You’re welcome. 😉 To sum this short post up (well, for me, haha), if you like incredible pasta and fantastic tunes, I implore you to make this recipe asap whilst listening to these superb ladies serenade you. Mangia!
PS- There’s a gigantic gap b/w my last photo and the video and recipe card. I can’t fix it! UGH! WordPress woes… 🙁
- 1 lb fusilli pasta (I used Trader Joe's Brown Rice Pasta Fusilli) - cooked
- 8 oz of kale pesto (I have a recipe on the blog for this but I used TJ's Vegan Kale, Cashew, and Basil Pesto)
- 1 1/2 C purple broccoli florets
- 3/4 C broccolini or something similar - diced
- 3/4 C small red cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 C carrot - diced
- 3/4 -1 C thin aspargus - cut into approximately 1 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/2 of a lemon
- 6 large basil leaves (or the equivalent) - chopped
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Olive oil for pan
- Heat a large pan with olive oil over medium heat
- Add the carrots and asparagus stirring occasionally for about 8 minutes
- Add the purple broccoli, broccolini, tomatoes, salt & pepper, and squeeze the lemon on top of the veggies - stir occasionally for about 5 minutes
- Add the basil and stir for approximately 2-3 minutes more
- Your veggies should be crisp but cooked - don't over cook
- Remove from heat
- Pour pesto over your pasta and mix well
- Pour the veggie mix from the pan over the pesto pasta and still well
- Done!
- Sauvignon Blanc, dry riesling, or Fiano di Avellino
