In this video we’re making 20 MINUTE VEGAN MEALS! These easy weeknight meals are vegan, healthy and require minimal chopping, minimal prep, minimal ingredients! We’re making 20 minute noodles (Asian-inspired peanut noodles) and a creamy vegan hummus pasta. LET’S GO!
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*SPICY PEA’NOT’ NOODLES* Serves 4, 565 Cal, 30g protein
(great for folks with peanut allergies, see notes!)
*for the sauce*
¼ cup hummus
2 tbsp nut butter (peanut butter or any other nut/seed butter you love)
1 tbsp gochujang (sub: sriracha or garlic chili sauce)
1 tbsp maple syrup (or any liquid sweetener)
1 tbsp mirin (sub: more maple syrup)
1 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
pinch chili flakes
10 oz ramen or rice noodles
2 cups broccoli florets, chopped
2 cups frozen damame beans, thawed
1 block extra firm tofu, chopped
1. Bring a large saute pan of salted water to a boil and cook rice/ramen noodles according to package directions.
2. While the water boils, combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk well until creamy. Thin with a bit of water if needed.
3. Chop the broccoli, and when the noodles are about 3 to 4 mins away from being al dente, add the broccoli to the noodles and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until bright green but still firm with a bit of crunch left.
4. Drain the noodles and broccoli, return to empty pan. Add the spicy sauce and thawed edamame beans and stir well to combine until all the noodles and broccoli have been completely coated in the sauce. Let the dish warm through on medium-low heat until steaming hot, remove from heat and serve.
5. Garnish with chopped green onion, sesame seeds and extra chili flakes and enjoy!
*CREAMY HUMMUS PASTA* Serves 4, 490 Cal, 26g protein
1 pound pasta noodles
*for the sauce*
1 cup hummus
1 block silken tofu
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
½ cup kalamata olives, pitted and sliced
3 roma tomatoes, diced
Handful of fresh chopped basil or parsley
1. Bring a large saute pan of salted water to a boil and cook pasta noodles according to package directions until almost al dente.
2. While the water boils, add the silken tofu, hummus, tomato paste and lemon juice to a high speed blender and blend for 30 to 60 seconds until smooth and creamy.
3. Chop the roma tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, kalamata olives and fresh herbs.
4. Once noodles are almost al dente, drain the water (reserve ½ cup pasta water in case to thin out sauce) and set the noodles aside.
5. Add the roma tomatoes to the pan and saute with a splash of water or ½ tbsp oil, for about 3 to 4 minutes over medium heat, until darkening in colour and shrinking in size. Add the noodles, sauce, sun dried tomatoes, olives and fresh basil. Stir well to combine everything into the sauce.
6. Let the dish heat through until for 4 to 6 minutes until steaming hot, then remove from the heat. Serve with extra chopped sun dried tomatoes, olives and fresh herbs and enjoy!
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When it comes to cooking meals throughout the work week for me they got to be healthy they got to be tasty and they got to have the least amount of effort as possible you know for when like the motivation is way down here but the hanger is like way up here so I’m
Going to show you how to do just that with these two super delicious 20 minute meals I’m covering two different noodly kind of recipes one is an Asian inspired noodle dish the other is a totally delicious creamy pasta they’re minimal chopping minimal prep work minimal ingredients maximal flavor satisfaction
Guaranteed or your money back just kidding this videos free it is really really easy to get restaurant quality noodle dishes from the comfort of your own home and now while this ingredients list may look a little bit lengthy I guarantee you have most of these ingredients already in your fridge and
Pantry and whatever you don’t have you can easily sub out for some super simple swaps all right let’s get right into these spicy peanut noodles what you see before you here is a lot of flavor so we’re going to start by making our spicy peanut sauce by adding a qu cup of
Hummus into a bowl this is going to add creaminess and body and then for some spiciness we’re going to add a tablespoon of goou Jang and for the Nutty Factor we’re going to add 2 tbsp of your favorite nut or seed butter now if you don’t have GOI Jang you can sub
It out for Sriracha or garlic chili sauce next we’re going to add a tablespoon of mirin which is a sweet fermented Japanese cooking liquid speaking of sweet CLE we’re going to add a tablespoon of maple syrup and then we’re going to add some salty Umami flavor with some soy sauce or you can
Use glutenfree tamari if you’re gluten-free then we’re going to add some rice vinegar to add a little bit of acidity and then for extra flavor we’re going to add garlic powder onion powder and a pinch of red chili flakes for a little bit of extra heat now we’re just
Going to whisk that all together until you have a thick creamy sauce and depending on how thick it is you can always thin it out with a little bit of water if you need to now we’re just going to cook our ramen noodles you can choose any kind of ramen noodle you like
For this recipe I chose to go with rice noodles and then once your noodles are about five or so minutes away from being done you’re going to add the broccoli to cook along with the noodles until they’re mostly cooked but still have a little bit of crunch and firmness to
Them then once you’ve drained all the water you can add the noodles and the broccoli right back into the pan pour that delicious spicy nutty sauce over top and then you’re just going to stir that all together to combine make sure every Noodle and every piece of broccol
Is well coated in those noodles and then lastly you’re just going to stir in some edamame that you’ve thought out and if you want you can add some chopped extra firm tofu and finally give everything a really good toss I like to just let everything heat through like the tofu
And the edamame in the pan for about 3 to 4 minutes until everything is nice and hot and that is it it’s a super simple quick noodle dish basically it’s done by the time your noodles have finished cooking anything that needs to be prepared like the sauce or chopping
Broccoli can be done while the noodles are cooking this makes for such an easy quick and satisfying week night meal that the whole family will totally just gobble up it is so satisfying it it’s so full of flavor and there’s just so many amazing ways that you can kind of jazz
It up to make it what you want you can add extra spices extra flavorings you can add extra veggies whatever feels good for you like carrots or mushrooms or cauliflower it’s just kind of one of those customized As You Wish kind of meals and if you like your noodles extra
Saucy you could even double the batch of sauce or you know increase it by 50% depending on how you like to eat your noodles and another healthy hack for you is that if you want to make this dish more high protein you can swap out the white rice noodles in this recipe for
Brown rice ramaa noodles which is what I usually do as I like to get lots of protein in my days especially if I’m working out a lot if you’ve got store-bought hummus or even homemade hummus in your fridge you can totally put it to good use by making this creamy
Hummus pasta whatever hummus you choose to use will be just fine and what’s great about this recipe is if you like spicy stuff you can use spicy hummus if you’ve got roasted red bell pepper hummus you can use that too any kind will do this recipe is perfect if you
Just don’t have the energy for lots of chopping there is minimal chopping and prep work you can use lots of different pantry and fridge Staples and this recipe is great if you are low on fresh ingredients another thing that I totally love about using hummus in pasta these
Days is that it almost gives off like this Alfredo creamy pasta Vibe but instead of using an alfredo sauce which is generally higher in fat you’re getting a super high protein high fiber recipe because you’re using hummus genius right let’s make this creamy hummus pasta there are so many delicious
Little bits in these ingredients here I cannot wait to show you guys so this recipe is a great one to use silk and tofu in if you have a block of silk and tofu and you don’t know what to do with it or you’re just not feeling inspired
This is your recipe now we’re going to add the silk and tofu and a cup of hummus into a blender followed by some tomato paste this is going to add a nice kind of a rosé color to our sauce and also add a little bit of flavor and
Acidity and then we’re going to follow that with some lemon juice just to kind of brighten up the sauce a bit then you’re just going to blend that all together until it is a well combined pureed sauce it’s going to look something like this nice and creamy then
We’re going to cook some pasta noodles get that water nice and salty nice and boiling and I like to use spaghetti but you could truly use any pasta noodle that you like next we’re going to slice and dice some roma tomatoes make sure they’re nice and ripe and juicy slice
Them up and then we’re going to do the same with some fresh basil if you don’t have basil you could use any other fresh herb parsley would be nice now we’re going to hop back over to the stove we’re going to taste test a noodle make
Sure it is just about Al Dente which it is yay Me Now drain your noodles I do like to preserve some pasta water just in case I find my sauce to be too thick uh it’s just always a good practice to get into when you’re making pasta once
You’ve removed the noodles we’re going to water sauté those chopped Roman Tomatoes you could use oil if you want just to kind of caramelize them and release some of their sweetness and their flavor then we’re just going to add everything back to the pan we’re going to add the sauce we’re going to
Add the noodles and we’re going to add some chopped calamada olives and chopped sundried tomatoes plus that fresh basil that we just chopped up this is like a huge huge flavor explosion we’ve got saltiness from the sundried tomatoes and the calamada olives there’s some healthy fats in there there’s so much flavor and
The fresh basil just adds the most amazing aromatic fragrance and flavor and M this is just so good so good make sure the noodles and the sauce heat through once again make sure everything is nice and hot and steamy give the noodles a toss about every couple
Minutes and then once everything is nice and cooked through and hot probably about 6 or 7 minutes later you can enjoy I always like to serve mine with a few extra toppings so if you have any extra olives or any extra chopped sundried tomatoes you can sprinkle a few on as a
Nice garnish you can top it off with some more fresh chopped basil or even if you have some vegan parmesan cheese shreds that you could put on top I wish I had some when I filmed this that would be so delicious this meal is oh my gosh
It is so filling the hummus is like so great I making this meal really really hearty and satisfying it sticks to your ribs it is so flavorful and it’s so easy and takes like literally hardly any time at all again 20 minutes is all you need to make a totally restaurant quality
Pasta dish if these 20 minute recipes are your jam you should definitely check out this next video right up here which is a high protein pastas video great if you love pasta but want to make it high protein or you can check out this video right down here which are five
Ingredient recipes which are great for when you don’t have a lot of time not a lot of effort and not a lot of ingredients in your house I can’t wait for you guys to check them out I hope you have an awesome rest of your day
Thanks for watching and I hope to see you in another video soon bye