Roasted Eggplant with Fontina, and more

1 eggplant
olive oil
salt
pepper
homemade spaghetti sauce
whole wheat angel hair
fontina
madrigal baby swiss
some kind of stinky cheese that began with the letter R

Preheat oven to 400.

Slice eggplant into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Lay on paper towels and lightly salt. Allow to sweat for about 30 minutes. Remove paper towels and rinse.

Lightly oil eggplant slices and place in baking dish. Bake for about 10 minutes, flip over, and bake another 10 minutes, or until slightly browned. Remove from oven.

Grate cheeses. Pour a layer of sauce into a baking dish, place eggplant slices on top and season with pepper. Cover with a layer of cheese and then another layer of sauce. Repeat with next slices of eggplant, cheese, and top with remaining sauce. Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes, until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling. Serve over cooked angel hair pasta.

The second night, we added sauted spinach to the eggplant and sauce mixture. Delicious!

Homemade Spaghetti Oh's

Half a bag of o-shaped pasta
1 can tomato sauce
1/2 white onion
3-4 cloves garlic
oregano, parsley
salt, pepper
1/4 cup old red wine
parmesean
butter

In a medium sized pot, saute onion in olive oil until translucent. Add in garlic and spices, cooking until fragrant. Add red wine and deglaze the pan. Add tomato sauce and stir well. Bring to a boil, then cover loosely and reduce to a simmer. Cook at least 30 minutes on low or medium low heat.

Boil and drain pasta. Return to pot and add in butter and parmigiana. Stir well. Add pasta to tomato sauce and let sit for several minutes before serving.

Spinach and Tofu Stuffed Shells

Adapted from Vegweb "Vegan Stuffed Shells"

1 extra-firm tofu
5 tbls nutritional yeast
nutmeg
1 onion, chopped
1 bag frozen spinach (1 lb)
4 cloves garlic
2 tbls olive oil
1 box jumbo shells
salt, pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil

Cherry Tomato Sauce
1 28 oz can cherry tomatoes (Wholefoods brand)
1/2 cup old wine
Cayenne
Salt and pepper
Basil, thyme, oregano

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Blend tofu and olive oil in food processor. Reheat spinach in microwave and press out excess liquid. Add nutmeg, nutritional yeast, spinach, onions, garlic, and spices. Blend until smooth.

Cook sauce on the stove.
Add one layer of sauce on the bottom of a large baking dish.

Stuff shells with spinach mixture and place into baking dish. Cover with remaining sauce. Cover with foil.

Bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 10 minutes.

Allow to sit for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Vegan Mac and Cheese

Adapted from Veg web "Best Vegan Mac and Cheese"

1.5 cups rice milk
1 cup water
1/3 cup tamari
1.5 nutrional yeast
1 tbl paprika
1 tbl garlic powder
1/4 block of tofu
1/2 c. olive oil
1.5 lbs pasta
1 dollop mustard

Preheat oven to 350
Boil water and cook pasta
Add ingredients to food processor (but do not overfill!!!!)
Drain pasta and add to large baking dish
Cover with sauce
Bake about 15-20 minutes, until browned on top

Baked Pasta with Spicy Tomato Sauce and Slausage Balls

We altered the slausage ball recipe, based on the ingrediants in the fridge.


1 Gimme Lean Sausage Style tube
1/2 c. nutritional yeast
1/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 tbl. oregano
6 mushrooms
1/2 white onion

Sauce:
1 32 oz. can diced tomatoes
1/2 c. red wine vinegar
1/2 c. red onion
1 tbl. minced garlic
6 mushrooms
2 tbl. red pepper flakes
2 teaspoons basil
1 teaspoon oregano
salt and pepper


Cook one pound of whole wheat fusilli, slightly less than al dente. Drain and pour into a large glass baking dish.
Sprinkle cheese (Cabot Black Wax Cheddar) over pasta (about 1/4 cup shredded). Add sauce and slausage balls. Cover with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.

New Wave Kugel (Dairy)

I was craving kugel and I wanted to use up some of the cheese in my refrigerator. I had leftover ricotta from the malai koftas and a few other odds and ends. The pasta was the vegetable alphabet pasta from Trader Joe's, which has a nice sweet flavor.

1/2 package multicolored pasta
1/2 cup soy milk
1/4 cup soy margarine
1/2-3/4 cup fat-free ricotta
1/2 cup parmigiano-reggiano and/or fontina (grated)
salt and pepper

Cook noodles until slightly less than al dente. Drain and cool. In a pot, heat soy milk and margine, add salt and pepper to taste. Melt in pamigiano-reggiano (or whatever cheeses you have in the fridge.)

In a baking dish, add pasta, cover with soy milk mixture and mix in ricotta. Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes or until slightly browned on top.

Spaghetti and Slausage Balls

8 oz whole wheat angel hair pasta, cooked

Sauce:
1 32 oz can cherry tomatoes
1/4 c. old red wine
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 red onion, chopped
1/2 tbl. each: basil, oregano, thyme
1/2 tsp cayenne
salt and pepper

Saute onions in small amount of olive oil (or lemon juice) until golden. Add in garlic until you can smell it, about 30 seconds to a minute, do not over cook. Add salt, pepper and spices, stir frequently. Add wine to deglaze the pan and reduce. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil, stir, then reduce heat to simmer, with the top cracked (or all the way on.) Cook 20-30 minutes (minimum) and stir occasionally to prevent sticking.

Slausage Balls:
1 tube Gimme Lean sausage-style tofu stuff
1/4 c. diced onion
1/4 c. diced red bell pepper
1/2 c. nutritional yeast
1 tbl. oregano
1/4 c. whole wheat flour

Combine ingrediants in a bowl, oil hands, then roll balls (1 to 1.5 inches) and lay on wax paper. (1 tube should yield about 25 balls.) Fry balls until browned, then add to sauce.

Drain pasta and serve!

Kale Vegan Alfredo Pasta

Adapted from http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7348.msg69975#msg69975

1 1/2 cup soy milk
6 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1/2-1 tablespoon margarine
1/2 teaspoon each: dill, thyme,
1 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 teaspoon flour (amount various)
4 medium/large leaves of kale

6-8 oz cooked, whole wheat thin spaghetti

1 head cooked broccoli, chopped into bite sized pieces


Add everything except the kale and flour to a saucepan and stir. Steam kale (or if you're making pasta, cook it in the boiling water before you add the pasta) for about 1-3 minutes, depending on how crunchy you like it. Remove and cut up in small pieces. Add to the sauce. Heat the sauce, and when it is fairly warm, start adding flour slowly, so that it doesn't clump. Whisk or stir constantly! When you have enough flour added, remove from heat and serve over pasta and brcoccoli.

This is good the first night; it is even better as leftovers.

I have also added mushrooms to the sauce too, either chopped portabella or cremini.