This veggie pasta is DELICIOUS! My kids demolish it every single time, without a doubt, they gobble it down without taking a breath in between. I sit there with a big smile on my face because this pasta dish is packed with vegetables, basically, that’s what it is… one big bowl of vegetables #winning
You can even make your own vegetable stock paste and chicken bone broth if you liked!
We hope your family loves it as much as ours.
TIP: If you don’t have any bone broth use chicken stock, just make sure it’s MSG and preservative-free.
TIP: You can also leave out the yeast flakes, however, it won’t go as creamy or have a cheesy type taste. You could add in some shredded cheese (approx 50g instead).
TIP: Instead of pasta, you could use fresh zoodles.
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Ingredients
- 800 g pumpkin
- 2 carrot
- 1/4 head of cauliflower
- 20 g nutritional yeast flakes
- 40 g vegetable stock paste
- 400 mL tin coconut cream
- 100 g chicken bone broth or chicken stock
- 6 rashers nitrate-free bacon
- 500 g pasta (gluten-free works well)
Instructions
Thermal Cooking Method
- Add all ingredients (except bacon and pasta) into the mixing jug. Place diced bacon into the steaming tray on top and cook for 20 minutes/100°C/speed 1 or until vegetables are cooked through.
- While that is going, cook the pasta as per packet instructions.
- Once all the vegetables are cooked, puree for approx. 1 minute/speed 8. Be sure to turn the dial up slowly.
- Gently combine the cooked pasta, bacon and veggie puree together and serve.
Traditional Cooking Method
- In a large frying pan, fry off the diced bacon over a med-high heat, then set aside.
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil and cook the diced pumpkin (skin removed), roughly chopped carrots and cauliflower until soft. Drain the veggies, then puree them.
- Add the nutritional yeast flakes, chicken stock and coconut cream to a pot. Bring this mix to a simmer then cook for 5 - 8 minutes. Add cooked veggies to the pot and puree until smooth.
- Cook the pasta as per packet instructions.
- Gently combine the cooked pasta, bacon and veggie puree together and serve.
Very creamy. All enjoyed. Can add other vegies to mix it up (before or after puree).
OMG! Don’t let all those veggies deceive you, the kids will love it. The recipe makes so much sauce, we use half and freeze the other half. The kids don’t even know it has so many veggies. We call it Mum’s Mac and Cheese!
OMG this is so yummy and so easy to prepare. A hit with all my kids. They think its mac and cheese yet they dont realise its full of vegies.
Other bonus is it makes alot of sauce so I freeze and when I have nothing for school lunches I pull it out, heat, and boil some pasta and voila instant kids lunch.