Veganuary—Stuffed Shells

Let’s start Veganuary off with some non traditional stuffed shells.

I realise shells are generally stuffed with 25 different types of cheeses, but imo that sounds horrendous, and that’s as someone who used to love cheese.

This one was easy and basically spaghetti, but with jumbo shells and cheese. This was the first time we had ever had jumbo shells as the kids are now able to have wheat (big happy dance from all of us).

It’s a super easy recipe that didn’t take long at all to make.

Ingredients:

-jumbo shell noodles

-whatever red sauce you like

-one onion

-however many garlic cloves you find appropriate for pasta

-Impossible ground

-whatever seasonings you like to add to pasta

Optionally you can also add shredded carrots to get a little more veggies in, and turmeric powder (I add turmeric every time I make pasta. It’s just too good of a health booster to not include).

I recommend a salad and some greens as a side, but do whatever side you enjoy. We did asparagus and broccoli.

In a large pot boil enough water to cover the shells.

Whilst you’re waiting on the water to boil, chop your onion and garlic and add to a frying pan with whatever oil you prefer to cook with.

You’ll want to sauté the onions and garlic before adding the Impossible ground.

When your water boils add however many shells you can fit into your baking dish. Let both of these items cook appropriately (Impossible browned, shells soft). During this time if you’re steaming any greens, go ahead and get them washed and chopped.

In my baking dish I poured a layer of sauce for the shells to rest in. I poured the rest of the sauce in my pan with my Impossible and mixed. I made sure the Impossible was cooked through before adding the sauce. No biggie either way, because it’s made of beans it’s not like you’re going to get listeria, ecoli, salmonella, parasites, or whatever else is lurking in uncooked or not thoroughly cooked meat.