Easy vegetarian recipes and vegan ideas: pasta for a plant-based diet

Vegetarian and vegan food is packed full of plant-powered nutrients, making it super healthy for a well-balanced diet. And with so many easy vegetarian recipes out there, there’s no need to give up favorite foods, such as fresh pasta! Here we’ll show you how to make vegan pasta with some easy vegetarian dinner recipes that are sure to become new favorites that the entire family and friends will love.

Healthy cooking: vegetarian and vegan

Before we get into the pasta, let’s address the question that many people often ask: is vegetarian food healthy? The answer is yes, when it’s prepared the right way. When cooking with many different types of vegetables, vitamins can actually be lost if you don’t pay attention to how you cook them, particularly vitamin C, which is water soluble and heat sensitive.* Try these four different, yet tasty ways to cook vegetables while preserving their nutritional goodness:

Steam: Instead of cooking vegetables in water, steam them gently on a low temperature for a short amount of time to help preserve their original nutrients.
Grill: Grilling is perfect for summer dishes and extremely easy to do. Simply drizzle your chosen veggie in a little olive oil and season accordingly. To avoid using foil, place under a medium grill in a cast iron skillet or a similar piece of metal cookware.
Roast: Preheat your oven to 400°F, before placing your veggie on a baking tray. Season and drizzle your vegetable with oil and place it in the oven for 45 to 55 minutes.
Stir-fry: All you need is a little olive oil! Simply toss the vegetables in the pan over a high heat, for around 2 to 3 minutes.

Tip: For a delicious taste while only using a mere tablespoon or less of oil, consider an air fryer as a healthy alternative to traditional frying. The Philips Airfryer XXL comes with a grill master kit to guide you when grilling generous amounts of veggies at the same time – ideal if you’re making vegan pasta recipes or other dishes that require lots of vegetables!

How to make vegan pasta dough

• 1 cup all-purpose flour

• 2 cups semolina flour

• 1 cup hot water

Simply combine the flour in a food processor while slowly pouring in the hot water until it forms a dough. To make things both quicker and easier, use a machine such as the Philips Pasta and Noodle Maker. Reduce the mess and increase taste bud satisfaction as you watch your homemade vegan pasta extrude from the machine in as little as 10 minutes. Use the spaghetti shaping disc and attachment on the Philips Pasta and Noodle Maker, then cook in boiling water for seven minutes.

Vegan pasta recipes and vegetarian pasta recipes

So, you’ve mastered how to make vegan pasta dough, now it’s time to spice things up with some more ingredients. Use your newfound pasta-making skills to enjoy either entirely vegan dishes or a vegetarian pasta meal. Whether it be vegan or vegetarian, your pasta never has to be boring! Try some easy vegetarian dinner recipes that combine nutritious veggies with delicious vegetarian spaghetti and fresh pasta!

Feta and avocado vegetarian pasta salad
Feta and avocado vegetarian pasta salad
Creamy, tangy and delicious, this super simple feta and avocado pasta salad has all the good fats you could want in vegetarian pasta recipes!

You need (for 2 portions):

0.5 cup feta cheese (fat reduced) (substitute with vegan feta cheese for a vegan pasta dish)

1 cup water

1 avocado

1 lemon

1 red paprika

3 spring onions

Fresh mint leaves

0.5 tsp. honey (substitute with maple syrup for a vegan pasta dish)

Cumin, salt, pepper

Olive oil

2 cups of fresh pasta

Method:

Clean, wash and chop the spring onions and dice the avocado, before plucking and washing the fresh mint leaves.

Mix the lemon juice, olive oil, cumin, honey, red paprika, salt and pepper to make the dressing.

Combine all the ingredients with the fresh pasta.

Finally, spread on two plates and serve with feta cubes. Easy vegetarian dinner recipes don’t come much more simple or delicious than this!

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Healthy vegan recipes
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To ensure a nutritious plant-based diet, it’s important to replace animal protein with healthy alternatives. Here are a few tasty dishes to try at home:

Spinach and beetroot with vegan spaghetti salad

Vibrant and rich in iron, this vegan spaghetti salad is as fresh as they come.

Ingredients for the salad (2 portions):

9 cups baby spinach

1 large, cooked beetroot

1 cucumber

3-4 tbsp. pomegranate seeds

2 tbsp. dried mulberries

2 tbsp. mixed kernels or seeds, such as pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and soybeans

For the dressing:

4 tbsp. soy yogurt (natural)

1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

1 tsp. sweet mustard

Salt, freshly ground pepper

Method:

Wash and dry the spinach. Wash, peel and slice the cucumber, before slicing the beetroot into small sticks.

Place everything on a plate and top with pomegranate seeds, kernels and mulberries.

Mix all the dressing ingredients together and pour over your freshly prepared salad, before setting this aside.

Combine your freshly made pasta with your spinach, cucumber and beetroot salad.

For extra vegetable goodness, why not make a vegetable pasta dough? Have a look at our gluten-free beet pasta for a simple, yet effective method on how to make vegetable pasta dough. The most effective way to add veggies to a vegetable pasta dough is by puréeing them into a smooth consistency. After adding the dry ingredients, simply add the mixture to your Philips Pasta and Noodle Maker. If you’re using your hands, the purée can be added with the egg yolk. You may need to use extra flour to ensure your dough doesn’t become too wet.

Tip: In addition to beets, spinach is an effective way of ramping up the natural color of your vegetarian pasta recipes – better yet, it tastes delicious!

*Source: ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/

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