Fancy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese
Servings: 3
Ingredients
Pasta
- 2 cups elbow macaroni or any other pasta
- 2 tbsp vegan butter
Topping
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- ⅓ cup finely chopped walnuts
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp thyme
Sauce
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp salt
- ⅛ cup nutritional yeast
- a garlic clove
- ½ tsp chili paste
- 1 ½ cups oat milk
Instructions
Pasta
- In a pot, cook the pasta in boiling water for about 7-10 minutes.
- Drain and pour the pasta back in the pot, and mix in the vegan butter.
Topping
- In a medium bowl, mix all the ingredients together.
Sauce
- In a blender, mix all the ingredients together.
- Pour the sauce into the pasta and mix well.
- Transfer the pasta to an 8×8 baking dish.
- Add the topping evenly on top of the pasta.
- Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes.
- You can also broil for about 1-2 minutes (be careful not to burn the top).