Vegan Baked Ziti
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Recipe type: Vegan
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 8
 
*Recipe adapted from Nora Cooks
Ingredients
  • 1 pound whole wheat penne or ziti pasta, cooked
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 white onion, diced
  • 1 (15 oz) can lentils, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (24 oz) jar of pasta sauce (we love Pizza Girl Marinara)
Vegan Cheese Sauce:
  • 2 cups cashews, soaked in very hot water for 10 minutes
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ½ teaspoon salt
Vegan Parmesan Cheese:*
  • ½ cup cashews
  • ½ cup nutritional yeast
  • ½-1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. In a sauce pan, saute garlic and onions with olive oil, 3-5 minutes. Add lentils and marinara and cook for another 5 minutes.
  3. Combine all cheese sauce ingredients in a high-powered blender and puree until smooth.
  4. In a blender or food processor, pulse cashews, nutritional yeast, and salt until flakey.*
  5. Combine pasta + lentil marinara mixture.
  6. In a baking dish, layer half the pasta, half the lentil/marinara sauce, and half of the cheese sauce. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
  7. Top with vegan parmesan.
  8. Bake for 25 minutes.
*Make vegan Parmesan ahead of time and store in fridge for up to 6 months.
Recipe by Whitney E. RD at https://www.whitneyerd.com/2019/10/vegan-baked-ziti.html