Serve up a hearty vegetarian pasta bake for a filling family supper. Vegetable baked pasta recipe loaded with veggies, pockets of ricotta cheese, and topped with melty mozzarella. Our meatless baked pasta will please vegetarians and meat lovers alike.

If you love your veggies, then you need to try this delicious meal! How's the long weekend going for everyone? Vegetarian student recipe: An easy veggie packed pasta bake dish.

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, veggie pasta bake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Serve up a hearty vegetarian pasta bake for a filling family supper. Vegetable baked pasta recipe loaded with veggies, pockets of ricotta cheese, and topped with melty mozzarella. Our meatless baked pasta will please vegetarians and meat lovers alike.

Veggie Pasta Bake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It's easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It's enjoyed by millions daily. Veggie Pasta Bake is something that I have loved my entire life. They're fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook veggie pasta bake using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Veggie Pasta Bake:

1. {Get 750 g of Penna Pasta.
2. {Prepare of Olive oil (max 3 tablespoons only), plus extra for drizzling.
3. {Get of Salt.
4. {Prepare of Sauce.
5. {Make ready 2 cans of plum tomatoes (400g each).
6. {Prepare 1 jar of pasta bolognese sauce (500g).
7. {Take 1/4 cup of water.
8. {Make ready 1 tsp of Italian herbs (rosemary, oregano, thyme).
9. {Make ready 3 of Garlic cloves, finely chopped.
10. {Get 3 of green chillies halved, lengthwise (medium spice level).
11. {Make ready 1-1.5 tbsp of sugar.
12. {Get of Fresh basil (leave some for garnish).
13. {Make ready of VEGGIES + SAUSAGES (dry-fried/grilled & baked).
14. {Get of Vegetarian sausages (I used Cauldron brand).
15. {Get 1 of courgette/zuchinni, chopped round then into half moons.
16. {Take 1 of Aubergine (medium-large), cut vertically- see pics below.
17. {Prepare 1 pack of button mushrooms, washed and medium chopped.
18. {Take 120 g of pack Spinach, washed.
19. {Get 1 of large red onion.
20. {Take 1 tsp of balsamic vinegar.
21. {Prepare of Toppings.
22. {Make ready of Fresh basil.
23. {Get of Cheddar and mozarella, shredded/grated.
24. {Get of Olive oil for drizzling.

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Steps to make Veggie Pasta Bake:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius- for sausages and courgette later.
2. For the sauce. In a pan on medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil. Then add chopped garlic, 3 green chillies, halved. Cook until garlic is browned.
3. Turn up heat slightly. Add in 2 cans of plum tomatoes, 1 jar bolognese sauce, pinch of salt, italian herbs and fresh basil. Add 1/4 cup water. Mix all until sauce comes to a boil. Then lower heat, cover and let simmer over low-medium heat for 25 minutes. Stir occasionally..
4. Cook pasta as per pack instructions with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Drain when ready..
5. While pasta sauce is simmering for the next 25 mins, put sausages in pre-heated oven. Bake as per pack instructions (mine were 20 mins). Cut courgettes into half moons. Bake for 10 mins. (I put mine in the same baking pan as the sausages and just removed them earlier, allowing sausages to finish baking). Once baked, cut sausages. Set courgettes and sausages aside..
6. Cut your aubergine lengthwise. In a separate pan, on medium heat (NO OIL), place aubergine and allow to dry-fry for 7-10 mins on each side, turning occasionally, until they become slightly charred- see pic. Remove and set aside..
7. Slice red onion thinly. In same pan, on medium heat, add half tbsp oil and sliced red onions. When they start to wilt, add 1tsp balsamic vinegar (see pic). This will give them a sweet taste! Allow to caramelise slightly. Remove and set aside..
8. In same pan, cook your mushrooms until no longer watery. Set aside..
9. Pasta tomato sauce should be ready and reduced by now. Add 1tbsp sugar to balance the taste. Mix. Add drained pasta to sauce together with the courgettes, mushrooms, sausages. Mix all. Add spinach, cover for 2 mins to allow it to wilt. Uncover. Stir all for 1 min. Remove from heat..
10. Assemble! Grease your baking dish with a spray of olive oil. Pour the mixed pasta. Top with the caramelised red onions and charred aubergine. Finish with grated cheddar and mozarella all over. Add basil for garnish. See pic..
11. Drizzle the top lightly with olive oil. Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 15 mins, until golden. Enjoy and bon appetit!.

You absolutely need this vegetable pasta bake in your life right now! It's also both vegetarian and vegan, making it ideal if you're taking part in Veganuary or want a sneaky veggie boost. Once you've got your veggies, pasta and cream sauce taken care of, you This is easy to prep ahead of time and just bake when you're ready, but it's also easy enough to put together on a weeknight. This baked ziti with spinach and ricotta filling is vegetarian-friendly, easy, and delicious! Chop and fry your chosen veggies in some olive oil until they soften and start to brown.

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