Pasta with Vegetarian Meat Sauce
This recipe – if I could even call it that – is basically cheating. It’s more like throwing things together quickly to make a meal.
Regardless of what you want to call this pasta with “meat” sauce, it is delicious, filling, quick, plant-based and a complete protein source.
Pasta with Vegetarian Meat Sauce
An easy, quick and satisfying meal – basically a cheat recipe.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tablespoons avocado oil (or other high-heat oil), for sautéing
- 1 small onion, chopped (½ cup)
- 1 medium red pepper, chopped (1 cup)
- 1 tomato, chopped (1 cup)
- Dash of black pepper
- One 12-ounce package of Trader Joe’s Beef-less Ground Beef, crumbled
- One 15-ounce can tomato sauce
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high flame.
- Sauté onion with a wooden spoon until translucent. Add red pepper and continue sautéing until soft. Add black pepper and tomato. Mix. Sauté until tomato juice runs.
- Crumble Trader Joe’s Beef-less Ground Beef into pan. Mix with vegetables. Continue to sauté for several minutes, until “beef” reaches desired texture.
- Lower flame. Mix in tomato sauce. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour “meat” sauce over whole wheat or brown rice pasta, farro or brown rice. Serve immediately.
Notes
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