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    Home » recipes » entree » pasta » Mac and cheese » Mac and Cheeseless Pasta. Baked.

    by Kathy Patalsky · updated: Mar 23, 2020 · published: Dec 11, 2012 · About 4 minutes to read this article. Leave a Comment

    Mac and Cheeseless Pasta. Baked.


    This Mac and Cheeseless Pasta is pretty dreamy. Editing these photos, all I wanted to do was take a dive, face first, into this cheezy deliciousness. Luckily, I had plenty of leftover cheezy mac in my fridge. And lucky for you, if you want to try this bowl for yourself, the recipe is pretty simple. No, it does not taste exactly like real dairy-containing “Mac and Cheese” but maybe even better! Nutritional yeast cravings DO exist!

    Today’s recipe uses nutritional yeast, sweet potato, butternut squash, olive-oil-roasted garlic, a touch of Earth Balance and more to give it a rich, creamy, buttery, cheezy, savory flavor to crave. Take it one step more and bake your pasta into pure fluffy bliss..

    Mac ‘n Cheese is a favorite comfort food dish. It can be served as an indulgent main entree or as an accent side dish. A few other vegan version recipes:

    Chipotle Mac/Cheez with Field Roast Spicy Chipotle Sausage
    Fake-Out Mac/Cheez
    Cheese, Peas and Pasta
    Easy Cheezy Peasy Pasta Balls (kid-approved!)
    Speedy Cheezy Protein Pasta Bowl
    Acorn Alfredo (another style of creamy pasta dish)

    Today’s version is pretty simple to make. All your do is blend up the sauce, cook your pasta and toss. You can take it one step further and bake the pasta in the oven to make it extra amazing.

    There are soooo many ways to many Mac/Cheez without cheese. Some people use basic vegan cheese as the base (such as Daiya or Follow Your Heart brands.) And other recipes include a creamy bean or nut base. But my favorite is a blend of nutritional yeast and a veggie puree. Butternut squash, sweet potato or even pumpkin will work.

    If you do not mind a slight sweetness, go with the sweet potato. But if you like a more savory pasta, leave out the sweet potato and just use butternut squash or pumpkin. Or a mix of both.

    Mac and Cheeseless Pasta
    vegan, makes 6+ servings

    cheeseless sauce: (note: if you like A L OT of cheese and want leftover sauce, double this recipe)
    1 small sweet potato (to make about ¾ cup mashed)
    ¾ cup canned butternut squash puree*
    *I used half butternut squash and half pumpkin
    ¼ cup Earth Balance vegan buttery spread, melted
    ⅓ cup nutritional yeast (or more..)
    1-3 tablespoon roasted garlic (you roast it, see below)
    ½ cup plain soy creamer or milk (almond varieties work too)
    ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
    1-5 pinches of cayenne or red pepper flakes
    ¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste)

    For the roasted garlic: 1 head of garlic + 1-2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

    *sweet potato, pumpkin or butternut squash can be used

    Pasta:
    tube or macaroni pasta (make as much as you would like to serve.**)
    **Upon serving, add about ½ cup on cheeseless sauce for every ¾ -1 cup of cooked pasta. Easy to modify based on how thickly sauced you like it.

    serving garnish: freshly chopped parsley (optional)

    Directions:

    1. Roast the garlic: Heat your oven to 400 degrees. Slice off the top of your head of garlic and place it in a large piece of tin foil. Drizzle olive oil over top garlic, close foil tightly around garlic and place in the oven to roast for about 25 minutes. When done, remove garlic carefully (hot!) and squeeze out the roasted garlic pieces. You will have leftover garlic – this can be used to make garlic rubbed toast to pair with your pasta. Or store leftover garlic wrapped in fridge to use in soups or other dishes. I love it slathered on toast.

    2. While your garlic is roasting, you can also be baking your sweet potato. Bake in the oven until tender. This usually takes about 35-45 minutes for a small potato. The oven can be set anywhere from 375-400.

    3. Make your sauce. Add all the ingredients to a food processor or blender (Vitamix) and blend until smooth and creamy. Taste test and add more nutritional yeast if you’d like. Adjust other seasonings as well as desired.

    4. Boil water in a large pasta pot and cook pasta until tender. Drain and transfer to a large mixing bowl.

    5. Fold the sauce into the warm pasta until well coated.

    6. Serve as is or transfer to a large casserole dish and bake the pasta at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. I topped mine with some fried onion bits. Bread crumbs, extra vegan cheese (try Daiya!) or other toppings can be added before baking.

    Serve hot. Some freshly chopped parsley over top is a nice touch.

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    About Kathy Patalsky

    Hey there! I'm Kathy, lover of kitty cats, weekend baking, 90's movies, travel, beach fog and foamy lattes. Since 2007, I have been sharing my vegan recipes and photos. My goal is to make your cooking life a little easier, delicious - and plant-loaded - while sharing some LIFE and conversation along the way.

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