If a glorious yellowy-orange-ruby-red speckled leaf and a wiggly wobbly noodle birthed a child…it would be this.
I have made my Baked Spaghetti with Tofu Ricotta more than nearly any other recipe on this blogaboo. Why? Why NOT. Welp, mainly because it’s so easy. But, BUT…also because it tastes scrumptious times fifty nine. I’m not even that into pasta. It’s pretty much the last thing I’d order at a restaurant. But the perfectly ricotta-like tofu topping amidst dreamy tomato sauce and veggies galore…I’m salivating just thinking about it. Thus…a fall version. I have absolutely no idea why but lately I’ve had pumpkin on the brain. All the time. So naturally I added Brussels sprouts and squash to the base and pumpkin and sage to the “ricotta.” It was life-changing. It changed lives.
What could be better than a pasta dish where you don’t even have boil the noodles? The oven does it for you. Thank you, oven, for enabling me to be the lazy cook I always aspired to be. I won’t forget you. Now let’s talk filling. I loved using Brussels, squash, and spinach here but feel free to use whatever veggies you have in your crisper. Kale, mushrooms, peppers, carrots, peas, zucchini, asparagus, chicken thighs….they’re all winners in my book. As far as the tofu topping goes, you will likely think it’s cheese. Don’t skip this part. That would be oh so very terribly tragic.
Pasta is the bomb because it goes well with like, everything. I go with the 100% whole grain kind that’s packed with oodles of filling fiber, plant-powered protein, and energizing B vitamins. It’s essentially a blank canvas begging to be splatter painted with each and every edible entity under the sun and stars and moon. The other amazing part about this meal-in-a-bowl (meal-on-a-plate?) is that it’s essentially an air freshener. It will make your house/apartment/barn/tree house smell like DREAMLAND.
I go to sleep praying my dreams will smell and/or taste an eighth as good as this fall veg pasta. A girl can dream. Hashtag carbs. Print [Tweet “Dinner time! #Vegan Fall Veggie Baked Spaghetti w/ Tofu Ricotta @TheHummusapien @PastaFits #PastaFits”]
