Vegan Macar'oat'ni and Cheese
When we need a bit of comfort food, can we make a delicious meal that will warm up the whole family? Yes, we tOATally can.
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Cooking time40 min![]()
Prep time15 min![]()
ServingsPortions 6
Ingredients
Macaroni and Cheese
- 3 tablespoons (45 mL) Becel with Oat M!lk
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) salt
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 tablespoons (45 mL) all-purpose flour (or oat flour)
- 2 cups (500 mL) unsweetened oat milk or almond milk
- 1 package (227 g) Violife Cheddar Style Shreds or non-dairy cheddar shreds
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) Violife Creamy Original
- 2 tablespoons (30 mL) nutritional yeast
- 8 ounces (227 g) rotini pasta, cooked according to package directions and drained *
Crumb Topping
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) panko bread crumbs *
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons (60 mL) hemp hearts or flax seed (optional)
- 2 tablespoons (60 mL) Becel with Oat Beverage margarine
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon (15 mL) chopped fresh parsley
Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F ( 200°C).
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt Becel with Oat Beverage margarine. Add onion and salt and cook 5 minutes or until tender. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
- Stir flour into saucepan and continue cooking over medium heat, 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in oat milk. Simmer, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes or until thickened.
- Remove pan from heat and stir in non-dairy cheddar shreds, cream cheese and nutritional yeast.
- Arrange cooked pasta in 1-1/2 quart (1.5 L) shallow baking dish. Pour sauce over pasta and stir gently until pasta is evenly coated.
- Combine all ingredients for crumb mixture and sprinkle evenly over pasta. Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
* To make this gluten-free: substitute gluten-free pasta for regular pasta; use oat flour instead of wheat flour; use 1/3 cup coarsely chopped oats instead of bread crumbs.
