Description
This hearty, delicious one-pot meal is easy to cook on a weeknight! A childhood comfort food favourite that’s 100% vegan.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 lb vegan ground
- 1 large onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon cayenne or chipotle
- 3 tbsp vegetable broth
- ½ cup pasta sauce (pomodoro or marinara)
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- ½ cup soy milk
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 oz elbow macaroni
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 small onion or shallot
- 4 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ¼ cup olive or capers brine
- 1 teaspoon vegan lactic acid
- 1 teaspoon liquid aminos
Instructions
- Boil: Add the chopped potato and carrots to a large pot with 2 cups of water and boil until cooked for about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Set Aside: Remove from heat and transfer the cooked vegetables and their cooking liquid to a bowl to cool.
- Sauté: Return the empty pot to medium heat, allow any remaining liquid to evaporate, then add the oil and cook onions until they start to brown.
- Brown: Add the garlic and vegan ground, breaking it into smaller pieces, and cook until browned for about 5 minutes.
- Season: Lightly season with salt and pepper.
- Simmer: Stir in the paprika, cayenne/chipotle, vegetable broth, and pasta sauce; cook for 4 minutes while scraping the pan.
- Boil: Pour in vegetable stock and soy milk, add the bay leaf, cover, and bring to a boil for about 3 minutes on high heat.
- Pasta: Remove the lid, stir in the macaroni, cover, and cook for 9 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Blend: In a blender, combine cooked potato, carrots, garlic, small onion, nutritional yeast, brine, lactic acid, liquid aminos, and ¼ cup of the cooking liquid; blend until creamy.
- Thicken: Reduce the heat to low, stir in the vegan cheese sauce, and cook for about 3 minutes until it thickens.
- Serve: Remove from heat and serve warm.
Notes
You can replace the homemade cheese sauce with 1 1/2 cups of vegan cheddar shreds. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to a month.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: One-Pot
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 693 kcal
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 1633 mg
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 73 g
- Fiber: 9 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 1 mg
Keywords: vegan, hamburger helper, one-pot meal, vegan pasta, plant-based comfort food