Recipe Round-Up: 1000 Vegan Recipes

Another mini-round up for 1000 Vegan Recipes (by Robin Robertson). Doing a post with just a few recipes seems much more manageable right now, though I do have so many other books waiting for their regular-sized round-ups. But for now, let's dive back into a few more recipes from this might tome. Today's are all pasta recipes! You can see all the other posts about this book here.

Pasta Arrabiata: Oh boy, and I late posting about some of these recipes. This photo was taken 10 years ago! Good thing I take photos and keep notes in my books! Anyway, this is pretty simple mox of garlic, tomatoes, and red wine. This was back in the day when I still had some form of tolerance for chilli, however I did remark that using a whole tsp of chili flakes made it quite spicy. Question for my US friends, are red pepper flakes the same as chilli flakes? Or is this yet another thing we don't quite have here in Australia? Anyway, I only used half the amount of pasta,as per usual, and I used a fancy pasta called cesarecce rather than gemelli. Served with a Fry's Schnitzel and a green salad.
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Radiatore with Aurora Sauce: I've never been able to find radiatore pasta here, so I just used some spirals, and again I only used half the amount of dry pasta. I like my pasta saucy. This is a tomato based sauce, but with cream cheese mixed in (there is also the option to use blended soft tofu as well) to give it a creamy taste and a more 'blush' appearance. I also stirred in a tin of kidney beans and half a bag of baby spinach to make this a more complete meal.
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Fettucinni with Puttanesca Pesto: I love puttanesca, so I was excited to try it in pesto form. The pesto has pinenuts, basil, tomatoes, olives, and capers in it. However, that bold punchy puttanesca flavour didn't quite translate as well into pesto form. It was still good, just not as much flavour as I was expecting. I used half the amount of pasta and added a tin of kidney beans to this. I also did not need to add any extra pasta water to thin the sauce out, which would have diluted the flavour further.
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Gemelli with Green Beans, Potatoes, and Basil Pesto: Pasta and potato together is just such a lovely combination of carbs and carbs, and the green beans and a bit of crunch and sweetness. This has a pretty traditional basil pesto on it. I decreased the oil and used some water to make up the rest of the liquid for the pesto. Because I also halved the amount of pasta, I didn't need to use any extra pasta water to thin out the pesto when I mixed them.
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(% 1000 Vegan Recipes blogged: 30.3%) - over 30% now blogged, whoo hoo!