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Who doesn’t love Italian cuisine? However, living in Italy, I often struggle finding whole foods plant based meals. So, I took some of my favorite meals and turned them whole foods plant based. All ingredients and recipes are below. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Buon Appetito!
Lasagna
6 garlic gloves, minced
3-4 cups mushrooms
2 zucchini
2-3 carrots
4-5 cups spinach
Lasagna noodles (I’m using corn noodles)
Home made or store bought tomato sauce
5 tbs oat flour
1/2 -1 cup unsweetened plant milk
Sauté garlic in a bit of water. Cut all vegetables and add to garlic, sauté for a few more minutes, then add spinach (if big leaves, cut into smaller pieces) and sautés for a couple more minutes, then set aside.
For the béchamel sauce:
Brown oat flour in a pan, slowly add plant milk and whisk continuously. Keep adding milk and whisking until you have a thick, cheese like sauce. Do not worry about a few clumps.
In a dish, add a layer of vegetables, sauce, béchamel sauce and noodles, repeat. Top with the left over sauces and bake at 400 F for about 40 min
Enjoy!
Pasta Alle Verdure
4-6 garlic gloves
1 green and 1 yellow bell pepper
Portobello mushrooms
Brussels sprouts
2-3 spicy red peppers or red pepper flakes
Marinated artichoke hearts
Cherry tomatoes
Buckwheat pasta
1 tbs nutritional yeast
Cut and sauté all vegetables.
Cook pasta
Mix pasta and vegetables and add nutritional yeast.
Enjoy
Pizza
1 cup buckwheat flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup water
For the toppings
Tomato sauce
Vegetables of your choice
2-3 inches of Tofu
Arugula salad
Mix oat flour and salt and slowly add water to form a dough. On a lined baking sheet, form pizza crust and bake for 10 min at 400 F
After 10 min, add sauce, vegetables and crumble up the tofu
Bake for another 15-25 min, depending on your oven.
Top with arugula salad.
Enjoy
Spaghetti Lentilnese
6 garlic gloves, minced
1 onion, cut
2-3 cups mushrooms, cut
1/2 cup red lentils
2 cans cherry or small tomatoes, or fresh tomatoes
A bit of fresh basil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tbs nutritional yeast (optional)
Spaghetti ( I am using lentil spaghetti)
Saute onion and garlic, add mushrooms and cook for a few more minutes. Add tomatoes and spices as well as basil, mix well and cook for a few minutes. Add lentils and cook for about 20-25 min, or until lentils are done.
In the meantime, cook your spaghetti.
Once lentils are done, add nutritional yeast (optional), mix well and serve on top of spaghetti .
Enjoy
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