Spaghetti with vegetables and tofu cream

We continue today with a healthy recipe, great for vegans: Spaghetti with vegetables and tofu cream.

spaghetti crema di tofu

Ingredients for 4 people:

320 g spaghetti

350 g mixed vegetables carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, celery, peppers ….

190 g tofu NaturaNuova

20 g golden sesame

extra virgin olive oil

30 g tahini (sesame cream)

salt

Clean and wash the vegetables. Cut into fantasy, but on a regular basis.

In a cylindrical container, put the tofu, tahini, 20 ml extra virgin olive oil and blend with the blender adding a little ‘of water to obtain a creamy density.

Cook the pasta in salted water and 4 minutes before draining dip the vegetables in the same pot.

Drain and divide among 4 plates. Drizzle with sauce and tofu.

Anchovies Pasta Onion and Bread

My refrigerator is always empty. I go food shopping day by day, so I decide at the time what I want to eat.

Today I was late …. What I found in the home is:

1/4 onion
2 anchovies in a jar Nostromo
a touch of brown bread dry
a clove of garlic
extra virgin olive oil of my friend Jimmy (what I do not miss ever)
paccheri

This is the result … lunch more than satisfactory!
paccheri acciughe

If you also find yourself in my situation you can proceed as follows:

bring to boil water for cooking pasta. Salt the water and pour the paccheri. In a frying pan put a little ‘oil, a clove of garlic and onion cut into thin strips. Sauté over low heat, add the anchovies dissolve and crushing them on the bottom of the pan. Add the coarsely grated dry wholemeal bread and make toast slightly. Add a little ‘cooking water and stir well, then let it dry again so that the mixture is Shell. Remove most of the seasoning obtained and set aside. When the pasta is cooked, drain and toss in pan by adding cooking water and extra virgin olive oil.

Serve and sprinkle the topping that had been put aside.

Tofu, seeds, olives, radishes and Cinnamon

Soybeans together with Seitan is the vegetable product that contains more protein, (about 36 g of protein per 100 g of product); only seaweeds, such as Spirulina, contain in higher quantities, (about 65 g of protein per 100 g). Thanks to cooperation with NaturaNuova we have the opportunity to try many of their products and having fun to prepare new recipes. Today we start with tofu.

Tofu-Semi-Cannella

Tofu, seeds, olives, radishes and Cinnamon

Ingredients for 4 people:

360 g Tofu  NaturaNuova

black and golden flaxseed QB

sesame seeds QB

sunflower seeds QB

100 g of field radicchio

60 g olives

4 radishes

10 g ground cinnamon

extra virgin olive oil

salt

Cut the tofu into slices 1 cm thick.

Passarne on some sesame seeds, other than of flax and other on sunflower seeds, pressing lightly to make sure that they remain stuck to tofu.

Wash the radicchio, drain and dry, and then finely cut.

Wash the radishes and cut them into thin slices.

Pit the olives and cut them into small pieces.

Heat a non-stick pan; add a little extra virgin olive oil and lay the slices of tofu. Leave on low heat until brown the seeds are lightly toasted, then turn gently all slices and finish cooking.

Arrange the radicchio in the dishes. Arrange the tofu slices. Distribute in any order the radish slices and olives.

Season with an extra virgin olive oil, salt and complete with a sprinkling of cinnamon powder.