Meaty Vegan Bolognese with TVP (No Lentils)

Pierre Van Zylpasta

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This meaty vegan Bolognese sauce uses TVP, rather than lentils or mushrooms, for authentic texture and a big boost of plant protein! The sauce is also made with onion, carrot, celery, strained tomatoes, and a touch of cashew cream. This Bolognese is less tomato-driven than many others, so it’s not overly acidic, and you’ll truly taste its vegetables. As a pasta lover who is also a longtime plant-based eater, I’ve experimented with many vegan Bolognese recipes. This vegan Bolognese with TVP is my…

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Light and Creamy Vegan Zucchini Pasta

Pierre Van Zylpasta

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My creamy vegan zucchini pasta is a light, fresh, and dairy-free take on the classic spaghetti alla Nerano. Rounds of zucchini are lightly pan-fried in olive oil, then half of them are blended with pasta water, lemon, and garlic. This creates a beautifully creamy sauce! Top this simple pasta dinner with homemade vegan parmesan, lemon zest, or chopped herbs. I’ve come up with a few original and creative vegan pasta recipes in the years since I’ve been writing about food. As time goes…

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Fresh Spinach Pasta Salad with White Beans

Pierre Van Zylpasta, Salads

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This spinach pasta salad is a light and colorful vegan pasta dish that’s meant to be served cold. It’s dressed with a zippy red wine vinaigrette and packed with fresh spinach leaves, sun-dried tomatoes, pickled red onions, and white beans for plant protein. Best of all, the recipe is so easy to make! This fresh spinach pasta salad is undeniably a pasta salad. Yet it leans more heavily in the direction of veggies and beans than pasta itself. In that sense, you can…

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Creamy 8 Ingredient Vegan Pumpkin Pasta

Pierre Van Zylpasta, Recipes

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This easy vegan pumpkin pasta is made with only eight ingredients—including plant-based cream cheese, which gives it a lovely, creamy consistency. It’s a small batch recipe, which serves two people, and it’s the perfect thing to make when you have a half cup of pumpkin purée left over from baking! At this point in the fall—after thirty-one days of October—you may be ready for a break from pumpkin themed recipes. But I’ve got another for you. Hear me out? If you spend the…

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Vegan BLT Pasta Salad

Pierre Van Zylpasta, Salads

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This vegan BLT pasta salad is a fun spin on traditional creamy pasta salad. It’s also a way to enjoy crispy tempeh bacon, sweet cherry tomatoes, and crunchy romaine lettuce. The dressing for the pasta salad is a homemade vegan mayo, made with cashews, but you can substitute store-bought vegan mayonnaise if you prefer. This recipe pays homage to two of my favorite things: a BLT sandwich, and a bowl of creamy pasta salad. These just so happen to be two of my…

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Cozy Vegan Tortellini Soup

Pierre Van Zylone pot, pasta, quick and easy, Recipes, soup, Soups, stew, Stews, tortellini

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This vegan tortellini soup is so cozy and satisfying. Store-bought, plant-based tortellini makes it easy to prepare the soup in 30 minutes. The addition of beans, greens, and vegetables make the this one-pot meal as wholesome as it is comforting! There are many plant-based product innovations that I’m happy to see in the world, yet don’t often use. A bottle of vegan Caesar dressing, for example. I love the stuff, but I’m more than happy to make my own. I could probably get…

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Vegan Pasta Bake with Ricotta

Pierre Van Zylcasserole, comfort food, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, pasta, Recipes, Vegan

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This delicious vegan pasta bake uses vegan ricotta cheese to create layers of creamy, comforting goodness. It’s a cozy, baked pasta dish that you can make with homemade staples, and it’s the epitome of wholesome comfort food! This vegan pasta bake is proof of how helpful it is to have homemade staples in the fridge and freezer. The pasta bake came about when I was testing out that 20-minute marinara sauce that I shared on Saturday. I had tested a few batches, as…

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Vegan Eggplant Baked Rigatoni

Pierre Van Zylcomfort food, eggplant, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, pasta, Recipes, Vegan

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This vegan eggplant baked rigatoni is the most perfect pasta dish for early fall. It’s a cross between Pasta alla Norma and baked ziti, and it’s a delicious way to use up your eggplant while satisfying your comfort food cravings. I’m sort of embarrassed to admit how tired I feel of cooking right now. In the early weeks of quarantine last spring, I was hooping that the stay-at-home time would inspire me to get especially creative in the kitchen. That hasn’t happened at…

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Simple Vegan Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta

Pierre Van Zylbasil, easy, herbs, Main Dishes, pasta, quick, Quick & Easy, Recipes, summer, tomatoes, Vegan

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Less is more when it comes to summer produce. I think that this is especially true of ripe, sweet tomatoes. Today’s simple vegan burst cherry tomato pasta is proof. A couple years ago, I discovered Marcella Hazan’s famous tomato sauce via Food52. I was skeptical of how only four ingredients could lead to a flavorful sauce. As soon as I tried it, I understood. The sauce isn’t bold like many traditional marinaras, but it’s a classic in its own way. It has an…

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The Best Vegan Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola

Pierre Van ZylGluten-free, ina garten, Main Dishes, pasta, Recipes, Soy-free, tomatoes, Vegan, vodka sauce

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This recipe is delicious for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with me. It’s a vegan spin on Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola, a Florentine recipe that’s been brought to many places around the world, including and especially Nick & Toni’s restaurant in East Hampton, where it’s been on the menu for twenty plus years….

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Protein Packed, Awesome Mushroom Kale Pasta

Pierre Van ZylMain Dishes, pasta, plant meat, product review, Quick & Easy, Recipes, sweetearth foods, Tree Nut Free, Vegan, weeknight cooking

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  This pasta dish is awesome, but the title isn’t meant to be quite that self-celebratory 😉 It’s a reference to the new SweetEarth Foods Awesome Grounds, which are responsible for most of the plant protein in this very nutrient-dense meal. There’s no easier or more comforting dinner than a vegetable-packed pasta dish, but the…

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Caramelized Cabbage & Onion Pasta

Pierre Van Zylcabbage, easy, Gluten-free, onion, pasta, quick, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soy-free, student life, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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I’d originally thought of this as being a St. Patrick’s Day dish, thanks to the cabbage, but since that day has come and gone I’m just going to file it as another simple, flavorful, internship-inspired dinner idea. I realized as I was making this caramelized cabbage & onion pasta that I make much more pasta…

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Easy Vegan Sausage Mushroom Marinara Pasta

Pierre Van Zyleasy, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, No Oil, not recipe, pasta, quick, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan, weeknight

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Hi friends! Sending you into the weekend with one of those meal starter ideas that I keep mentioning this month. This easy vegan sausage mushroom marinara pasta isn’t a recipe (and I’m not sure that this share even constitutes a proper blog post!), but it’s one of the re-heatable dinners I’ve made most often for…

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Favorite Winter Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Pasta

Pierre Van ZylGluten-free, Main Dishes, Meals, No Oil, pasta, Recipes, roasted vegetable pasta, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan, winter pasta

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I’ve done some amount of regular batch cooking for a long time: since I started my dietetics program and even intermittently during my post-bacc, though I was much less organized about food prep back then. I’ve always tried to weave variety into the routine, but I’ve also relied heavily on the same set of dishes…

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Creamy Vegan Skillet Lasagna

Pierre Van Zylcomfort food, Gluten-free, lasagna, Main Dishes, pasta, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soy-free, Vegan

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This is another one of those recipes that had me feeling tripped up over terminology. Lasagna, even a skillet lasagna, is typically made with layers of melty cheese. This one forgoes those layers for the addition of cashew cream, which makes the whole thing creamy/cheesy/etc., but makes it a departure from anything resembling traditional lasagna,…

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Tofu Bulgur Vegan Meatballs

Pierre Van Zylbulgur, comfort food, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, No Oil, pasta, Recipes, Sides, Snacks, tofu, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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At this point, I’ll be writing from midway through my first week as a dietetic intern. In many ways, I spent the whole summer anticipating it; in other ways, the whole transition has snuck up on me. One part of it that I’ve been well prepared for is getting back into a weekend batch meal…

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Creamy Vegan Zucchini Corn Summer Pasta

Pierre Van Zylcorn, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, pasta, plant milk, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soy-free, summer, Vegan, zucchini

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Yep, another pasta dish—but this one’s definitely a departure from pasta salad. A while back, I saw my friend Ali’s recipe, adapted from an Alice Waters pasta dish, for toasted orecchiette with zucchini and corn. It looked wonderful, and I made a note to try it, or something like it. It took me a whole year to…

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Tahini Pesto Pasta Salad

Pierre Van ZylGluten-free, July 4th, Main Dishes, No Oil, pasta, pasta salad, pesto, potlucks, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Salads, Soy-free, summer, tahini, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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This is one of those recipes that felt incredibly obvious once I’d made it; given my love of tahini and love of pesto, how is it possible that I hadn’t thought to combine them before? My curried tahini pasta salad proved to me that tahini is a great creamy base for pasta salads—a little more…

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Creamy Vegan Carrot Mac with Walnut Herb “Parmesan”

Pierre Van Zylbrussels sprouts, carrots, comfort food, easy, Featured, Gluten-free, mac n' cheese, Main Dishes, No Oil, pasta, quick, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soy-free, Vegan

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  This creamy vegan carrot mac with walnut parmesan is what happens when you’ve got a strong hankering for comfort food, but a fraction of the time it would usually take to whip up a bubbly, baked, mac n’ cheese masterpiece. It’s quick and untraditional, but for me, so many of the key components are…

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