Creamy Bean Pasta Bake (Vegan, Wheat & Gluten Free option)
Pasta bake has long been one of my favourite winter comfort foods, providing a warming and easy cooking option at the end of a long, cold day. The only problem was when I changed to a vegan diet, I had terrible trouble finding vegan friendly pasta bake sauces. All my favourite brands were full of dairy so I went without for some time. As I tend to cook everything from scratch nowadays and that can be tiring, I went in search of vegan friendly pasta bake sauces again recently. I didn't find any. Thankfully I remember a tip from a friend years ago who told me you could basically use any jar of pasta sauce as a pasta bake if you want to. With that in mind, I bought a couple of basic, accidentally vegan pasta sauces and had a go at making my favourite dish. They were nice, but not as creamy as I remembered pasta bake being, so I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands! I've included both my versions of the recipe so you can make this completely from scratch, or using ...