Vegetarian Pasta Bake (with TVP) 🍝

Name: Vegetarian Pasta Bake (with TVP) 🍝
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8-10 oz pasta; 24 oz marinara sauce; 1 cup TVP; 1 cup mozzarella cheese; 1/2 cup taco blend cheese; 1 tspn of taco seasoning; 1 tspn of italian seasoning; 1/2 tspn of pepper flakes; 1/2 tspn of salt; 1/4 tspn of pepper; 4 tbsp olive oil

Veggie K @VeggieK

Easy family recepie packed with protein and flavor.

Veggie K @VeggieK

Easy family recepie packed with protein and flavor.

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4-6 servings

8-10 ozpasta
24 ozmarinara sauce
1 cupTVP
1 cupmozzarella cheese
1/2 cuptaco blend cheese
1tspn of taco seasoning
1tspn of italian seasoning
1/2tspn of pepper flakes
1/2tspn of salt
1/4tspn of pepper
4 tbspolive oil

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Assemble all ingredients and preheat oven to 475°F
2

Cook pasta according to package instructions.
3

Meawhile, mix 1 cup of TVP and 1.5 cups of warm water in a container. Cover and let it sit for at least 10 minutes or until the TVP has expanded and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
4

Once TVP is ready, heat over medium heat 4 tbspn of olive oil and add TVP along with the Italian seasoning, taco seasoning, salt,pepper and pepper flakes. Mix and let it sit for 2 minutes.
5

Add marinara sauce, mix and let it sit for 5 minutes or until the sauce is bubbling.
6

Get a 9 x 11 baking tray and mix pasta along with TVP sauce. Top off with mozzarella and taco blend cheese.
7

Bake in the oven for 7 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Serve warm and enjoy !