Hearty Pasta Pronto

A quick, de­li­cious and hear­ty pas­ta sauce that’s sim­ple to pre­pare even when you’re in a hur­ry.

In­gre­di­ents

1 small Onion
3 ta­ble­spoons Soy Sauce (or Ta­mari)
250g firm To­fu
1 ta­ble­spoon Oregano or Basil (dried or fresh)
3 cloves Gar­lic
1 ta­ble­spoon fine­ly grat­ed Gin­ger
1 can italian diced To­ma­toes
2 ta­ble­spoons Red Wine or Ap­ple Cider Vine­gar
Penne pas­ta
1/2 cup chopped Conti­nen­tal Pars­ley

SERVES: 3  PRE­PA­RA­TION TIME: 20min

Pre­pa­ra­tion

Note: It’s best to use a non-stick pan to pre­vent the to­fu and other in­gre­di­ents stick­ing to the pan.

Slice the onion in half and then make thin slices – fry in a lit­tle olive oil un­til light­ly gol­d­en.

Squeeze any ex­cess wa­ter from the to­fu then crum­ble it in­to the pan with the onions – fry for about 5min stir­ring oc­ca­sio­n­al­ly – sprin­k­le soysauce (or ta­mari) over the to­fu and stir­fry for another 2 min.

Mean­while, add pas­ta to a pot of boil­ing wa­ter and stir oc­ca­sio­n­al­ly to pre­vent it stick­ing.

Sprin­k­le some basil or oregano over the to­fu, add the to­ma­toes along with the fine­ly chopped gar­lic and gin­ger and red wine (or ap­ple cider vine­gar) and stir through un­til heat­ed and the sauce has re­duced a lit­tle.

Stir through a hand­ful of chopped conti­nen­tal pars­ley and serve on top of the drained pas­ta.

For ‘Cheeze’ Lovers

You can grate Chee­z­ly over the top, a ve­g­an cheese avai­l­able from some health­food stores, or in Mel­bourne try The Rad­i­cal Gro­cery Store in Brun­swick.

Savoury Yeast Flakes are great in­stead of parme­san cheese – just sprin­k­le th­ese cheesy-tast­ing flakes over your meal. They’re avai­l­able from most health­food stores.