Vegan Bolognese with Zucchini Noodles
Vegan Bolognese with Zucchini Noodles, a delicious vegan and Mediterranean diet recipe that is perfect for dinner!
Servings: 8
Servings: 1g
Ingredients
- Zucchini- 4 large. Omit this if you are using another kind of noodle or pasta.
- Textured Soy Protein Or Meatless Crumbles- 1 cup.
- Olive Oil – 2 tablespoons.
- Onion-1 chopped
- Carrot- 1 chopped.
- Garlic- 3 cloves minced or chopped .
- Green Pepper- ½ chopped.
- Vegan Wine- ½ cup
- Diced Tomatoes– 1 12-15 ounce can.
- Tomato Sauce- 1 cup.
- Maple Syrup- 1 tablespoon or as needed to sweeten.
- Seasonings as desired.
- Water- as needed.
- Nutritional Yeast- 1-2 tablespoons ore as needed to thicken the sauce.
Instructions
- Make you zucchini noodles by spiralizing the four zucchini. Then place the zucchini in a colander and use paper towels to squeeze out the excess water. Allow the noodles to drain as you prepare the next step.
- Prepare the meat substitute as directed on the packaging. This would be the textured soy protein or meatless crumbles.
- Next, in a large skillet over medium high heat, pan fry the zucchini until they begin to soften. Stir the zucchini as needed to cook them evenly. This should take a few minutes to get the zucchini to soften, depending on the thickness of your noodles. Then transfer the noodles to a clean plate .
- Heat the oil in a large pot on medium heat for one minute. Then add the chopped onion, carrots, garlic and peppers. Cook this until the onions appear to become translucent then add the wine and desired seasonings. Cover the pot and turn the heat down to bring this to a simmer for 10 minutes, stirring as needed.
- Next, stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce and maple syrup and continue to cook for an additional 10 minutes, stirring as needed. Then add the meat substitute.
- Stir in the nutritional yeast as needed to thicken or additional water to thin out. Add any additional seasonings as desired.
- Serve over the prepared zucchini noodles.
Recipe Notes
As mentioned, we will use nutritional yeast instead of milk to thicken the sauce. Also mentioned, while this recipe is for Zucchini noodles, you are welcome to use the pasta of your choice and not the zucchini noodles.
Zucchini noodles are simply noodles made out of zucchini.
All you need to make them in this recipe are four zucchinis and a spiralizer to spiralize them in to make the noodles. Zucchini noodles really are a delicious and easy alternative to the usual pasta.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 553mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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