I bought lowfat ricotta cheese used only 3 4 cup mozzarella 1 2 cup parmesan in the filling added 1 4 tsp. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees f. There are only a few things in this world more comforting than a carb tastic pasta dinner like stuffed shells with vegan ricotta and pasta sauce. Stuffed with my vegan tofu ricotta my vegan stuffed shells recipe is an easy pasta dinner made with 5 simple ingredients and serves 4 6 people. Be careful when adding or substituting vegetables that you drain everything very well.

Pulse 7 8 times until everything is well combined and looks like ricotta. Cook jumbo pasta shells according to instructions. Crumble the tofu by hand and add it to a food processor along with all the other ingredients. Spread about two cups of your favorite pasta sauce in a baking dish 9 11 or slightly larger and nestle in your stuffed shells open side down or up if you prefer. The tofu provides protein and nourishment and the fresh marinara sauce adds a bold savory flavor.

You can add vegan cheese on top but i don t bother. I like to fold in fresh basil or spinach for a nice pop of flavor and green color. At this point you can sprinkle a little of your favorite vegan cheese on top if you want. I recommend blending the tofu ricotta and egg until smooth before stirring in the carrot mixture and cheeses. Add about 2 tbsp of tofu ricotta into each stuffed shell and place shells on top of marinara sauce.

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I used 2 jars of spinach spaghetti sauce and pepperoni crumbles and tons more cheese. These tofu ricotta stuffed pasta shells are delicious and indulgent. Preheat oven to 400 f 205 c. Fill cooked jumbo pasta shells with tofu ricotta. Pour 2 cups of marinara sauce into the bottom of a 9 x 9 casserole dish.

Stuff your shells with your eggplant tofu mixture and place in a bed of your favorite marinara in a 9 x 13 in baking dish. Spoon shells with extra marinara sauce and vegan cheese shreds. Pair this with a light. The filling is excellent mild perfectly textured and tasty. Grab your pre cooked stuffed shells you ll need 18 20 and using a tablespoon place around 2 heaping tablespoons of the tofu ricotta filling mixture into each shell.

As i mentioned earlier this makes a lot of stuffed shells leftovers lover in the house. Spoon about 1 cup of marinara sauce into the casserole dish and spread around. Family styled dinner that you can batch make and have all week as leftovers. Make the tofu ricotta. Believe it or not i was able to reduce the fat and it still came out delicious.

Place stuffed shells on top of marinara sauce optional. A few shells will likely break but don t fret. Pour a little more marinara on top of your shells. Salt and 1 4 tsp pepper and would do that again and left off the cheese in the sauce just sprinkling a bit of parmesan after baking so it looked pretty. Cover shells with the remaining 2 2 5 cups marinara sauce and any leftover tofu ricotta.

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Cover shells with the remaining 2 2 5 cups marinara sauce and any leftover tofu ricotta. Place stuffed shells on top of marinara sauce optional. As i mentioned earlier this makes a lot of stuffed shells leftovers lover in the house. Stuff your shells with your eggplant tofu mixture and place in a bed of your favorite marinara in a 9 x 13 in baking dish. I used 2 jars of spinach spaghetti sauce and pepperoni crumbles and tons more cheese.

Salt and 1 4 tsp pepper and would do that again and left off the cheese in the sauce just sprinkling a bit of parmesan after baking so it looked pretty. You can add vegan cheese on top but i don t bother. Pulse 7 8 times until everything is well combined and looks like ricotta. I bought lowfat ricotta cheese used only 3 4 cup mozzarella 1 2 cup parmesan in the filling added 1 4 tsp.