More pasta? What the?
Let me explain. Kyle likes noodles. And he really likes noodles with tomato sauce. I think they’re okay, but Italian is really not my thing. I make it every so often to appease him (also it’s probably the quickest and easiest meal to make). Boil water. Congrats, your a chef!
So yeah, here’s how I cheat and make him think I’ve turned water into wine ground beef into hearty vegan sauce.
When the noodles are almost done but still al dente, I drain the water and add two frozen veggie burgers. The brand doesn’t really matter, but in this case I used SoL Cuisine’s burgers. As the burgers thaw, they break up into meat-like consistency. When they’re nearly done I add the sauce and mix everything together.
Pretty simple, no?
Kyle was dead sure that I had served him meat. He really didn’t believe that it was vegan until I ate it too.
Even though I think it’s kinda ridiculous to have a side of carbs with a meal that’s already 90% carbs, I knew he’d ask for it…so I made him garlic bread anyway.
I am constantly trying to explain macronutrients to him to make sure his meals have a semi-balanced amount of protein, fat, and carbohydrates, but sometimes it’s just a lost cause.
Bread + Earth Balance + Garlic Gold nuggets + Italian seasonings + 450 degrees.
Either watch it until it looks golden or keep your nose to the air, because it can go from bronze to charred in 35 seconds.
Bon Appétit!
Haha I never understood why people want bread with their pasta! Even since I was little! I mean, I never turned down the garlic bread… but I just didn’t get it.
What kind of noodles did you use? I ate a lot of gluten-free pastas when I was just diagnosed w/ gluten intolerance, I think it was trying to hold onto a lost cause or something… Now I almost never crave and of the GF subsitutes – unless I’m eating out/walking past a gf/vegan bakery of course!
de boles multi grain spaghetti style – http://www.deboles.com/products/gluten-free-products.php
they have a very extensive GF line, including corn and rice pastas. just make sure you buy the GF ones, because i accidentally bought their oat pasta last time at the store thinking it was made with oats (without looking at the label – stupid elise) and it has both oats AND wheat!
OMG, that looks so good! Have you tried Tofurky’s “ground beef”? I tried it for the first time last night – totally crumbly and delicious!
You gotta indulge a little. This doesn’t seem as carby as the mac n’ cheese grilled cheeses I’ve seen on the food network. Whew, now that’s extreme carbocidal.
Carbs with a side of carbs is my favorite meal ever 😉
Haha carbs with a side of carbs, when I was a kid that was my diet every.single.day. Now, I’ve changed that a lot. Carbs are definitely delicious though. I think I prefer dipping bread in pasta sauce, than the actual pasta in sauce though. Maybe I’m just weird.
You will never have to justify eating a carb heavy meal with a side of carbs to me – learned in Nutrition that carbs are fuel so we should enjoy them. Plus how can you go wrong with noodles & garlic bread 😉
Love double carb meals once in a while! I can’t eat spaghetti without garlic bread either. I like the Nate’s brand “meat balls” vegan & so good.
All men are OBSESSED with carbs!
its so true! (but better than meat i guess…)
Ummm- Are you implying my bowl of oatmeal with granola ontop is unbalanced??? 😉
ha! never!!!