Recipe: Vegan Cheezy Pasta Bake

Recipe made by Chris R.

This 'cheezy' pasta bake contains no animal products but is as creamy and easy to prepare.  Add vegetables of your choice in season.

Ingredients

-1 packet of tri-colour or wholemeal pasta

-1 cup of prepared 'Leahey Garden's' Cheese Sauce, prepared with soy milk 

-1 cup broccoli florets

-1 cup chopped zucchini

-1 cup fresh English spinach

-1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic

-1/4 cup vegan bacon bits ('Kinda' brand bacon or similar)

-1/2 cup of Bed and Broccoli Parmesan

-cracked black pepper to taste

Method

-Cook pasta and lightly steam broccoli.   

-Mix pasta with broccoli, spinach and zucchini in a baking dish.

-Prepare the cheese sauce, adding in garlic and pepper.  Pour over pasta and vegetable mix, mixing gently to cover all ingredients.
 -Sprinkle over vegan bacon, followed by Parmesan.

-Bake at 180C for 20 minutes, cover with foil if edges browning.

-Great with a green salad and chips.