Protein Packed Vegan Pasta - Three Ways
Three ways to serve ZENB's yellow pea pasta, to suit the whole family
Equipment
- 1 large saucepan
- 1 knife
- 1 high-speed blender I use a vitamix, but a good food processor will do the trick too!
Ingredients
For the pasta
- 1 packet ZENB pasta I used penne this time
For the simple tomato pasta
- 1 packet ZENB pasta sauce I used Cherry tomato
- 1 small handful cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 sprinkle nutritional yeast
For the warm pasta salad
- 50 g vegan feta cubed, I love Violife!
- 1 small handful cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 splash balsamic vinegar
For the quick green pesto
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 bunch basil
- 4 tbsp ground almonds
- 4 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp vegan cream cheese again, it's Violife for me!
- 1 small avocado
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside
- Mix 1/3 of pasta with ZENB pasta sauce, and top with nutritional yeast, cherry tomato halves and a few basil leaves
- Mix 1/3 of pasta with vegan feta cubes, cherry tomatoes, and a splash of balsamic vinegar
- Place all pesto ingredients in a high-speed blender and pulse until smooth. Stir through final 1/3 of pasta
- Get everything served up and dig in!