Easy Pasta Bake (no boiling required!)

This easy pasta bake (Happy Vegannie) is an original recipe, if you like pasta but not all the washing-up after, with various pots and pans. This recipe is by a chef and environmental scientist, who has come up with an easy alternative!

How does this work? You simply mix the ingredients (dry pasta, coconut milk, veggie broth, onion/garlic powder, chilli flakes and tomato paste, then pop everything into a baking dish and bake. The broth and milk ‘cook the pasta’ by soaking into the ingredients in the oven. Clever stuff!

Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (onion, garlic and spices are unsafe near animal friends).

Just bin allium scraps (leeks, onion, garlic, chives, shallots), as acids could harm compost creatures (same for citrus/tomato/rhubarb).

What Brand of Pasta to Use?

The Yorkshire Pasta Company and Northern Pasta Co are both home-grown brands that use British wheat, and sell in paper (not plastic packaging). We think either of these are a great idea to support local farmers, and avoid plastic waste.

How to Cook Pasta (like the Italians)

Bring a pan of water to a rolling boil, and salt the water before adding pasta. Unless you have a medical condition. Not salting water in Italy when cooking, makes it ‘silly pasta!’ You will notice the difference in taste.

Serve with Plant-Based Parmesan

Everything tastes better with a little grated cheese on top. But Parmesan is not even vegetarian, as by law it contains a cheese made with calf rennet.

Instead, just grate your favourite vegan cheese on top. Or learn to make plant-based parmesan! It’s very simple, and once mastered, you’ll never go back!