VEGAN BAKED FETA PASTA
If you’ve been on social media or just TikTok lately, you’ve defs seen a lot of “Baked Feta Pasta” .The TikTok- famous recipe went so viral, that I just had to try it for myself. This day I ended up having chickpea pasta and vegan feta, so I thought why not make a vegan-friendly recipe for my followers if it passed the test… and lemme tell ya, it defs passed!
This recipe has no *actual* feta cheese in it. Instead, we use a mock feta cheese made out of tofu, cashews and a few extra flavours. If you are not vegan, you can just use regular feta!
Cheesy, simple, vegan, and good for you pasta!
INGREDIENTS
1 350g extra firm tofu
1/2 cup cashews Soaked overnight or boiled for 30 minutes
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 cups Banza Chickpea Rotini cooked, drained
1 handful spinach or basil
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Add all the vegan feta ingredients to a food processor or high-speed blender, including the tofu, cashews, sea salt, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and apple cider vinegar. Blend until a smooth sauce is formed.
Add the tomatoes to a baking or casserole dish, I used a cast-iron skillet…along with a drizzle of olive oil and salt and pepper. Pour the tofu “feta” in the middle, and top with more salt and pepper. Pop in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes burst.
Stir with a spoon until the tomatoes and “feta” meld together, and add a handful of spinach into the mix. Pour in the pasta, and mix until coated with the sauce. Enjoy with more freshly cracked pepper and red chili flakes. or greens.
note: I refrigerated some leftover “veganized feta” and crumbled it on top of the pasta!
