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    broccoli & cheese stuffed shells

    September 23, 2015 by Lauren Toyota 14 Comments

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    Are you ready to be shown once again that you do not need dairy based cheese in your life?!

    It's so easy to make cheese sauce out of lots of vegan-friendly ingredients. It blows my mind every time! That's how this idea for broccoli cheese stuffed shells came along in an episode of RECIPE?! where I just started with a can of pumpkin puree! It's similar to how I make the nacho cheese, but how amazing that you can use pumpkin. Or you could use sweet potato, butternut squash or kabocha squash too!

    If you want even more scrumptious stuffed pasta, try out my recipe for lasagna roll ups with almond ricotta! See? Once again, no need for dairy based cheese. What a wonderful world we live in! 

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    broccoli & cheese stuffed shells

    Who can say no to pasta shells stuffed with gooey vegan cheese and savoury brocolli? This has a secret ingredient that'll keep you coming back for more.
    4.34 from 9 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Keyword: broccoli, pasta shells, vegan cheese
    Prep Time: 26 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 28 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 54 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4
    Author: Lauren Toyota

    Ingredients

    • ½ C raw whole cashews (soaked in water for at least 3 hours)
    • ½ C pure organic pumpkin puree
    • ½ C nondairy milk
    • 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
    • 3 teaspoon lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon tomato paste
    • 2 teaspoon tapioca starch
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder
    • 1 teaspoon sea salt
    • ¼ teaspoon white pepper
    • 2 ½ cup broccoli florets
    • 15 jumbo pasta shells
    • ½ C finely chopped white onion
    • 2 garlic gloves, minced
    • ¼ teaspoon chili flakes (optional)
    • 1 teaspoon olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon bread crumbs
    • ¼ teaspoon paprika

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Rinse and drain cashews from the soaking water, then add to a high powered blender with pumpkin puree, almond milk, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, tomato paste, tapioca starch, garlic and onion powder, sea salt and white pepper. Blend until really smooth.
    • Bring a large pot of water to a boil (lightly salt the water if desired). Pasta will take 14 minutes to cook to al dente. Add in broccoli florets with 4 minutes left.
    • Meanwhile, heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil over medium heat and sauté onion for 2 minutes. Add minced garlic and chili flakes, turn heat down to medium-low, and cook for another 1 minute until the mixture is softened and fragrant. Remove the pan from the heat.
    • Drain pasta and broccoli. In a 9" x 9" baking dish, pour a little bit of cheese sauce in the dish to coat the bottom. Place shells in 3 rows of 5.
    • Mince broccoli florets and combine in the pan with onions, garlic, and chili flakes, along with half of the remaining cheese sauce. Stir to coat everything well with sauce. Then stuff into shells. Pour remaining cheese sauce over the top. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and paprika. Bake uncovered for 10 to 12 minutes. Serve immediately.

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    Comments

    1. Akito

      December 25, 2015 at 6:17 pm

      This looks fantastic! I only have about 3 hours to make Christmas dinner. My sister BEGGED for this once I mentioned it. This is kind of a stupid question, but do you think I could make this without the shells? Yes I know that defeats the purpose of stuffed shells but I don't have any. Maybe I could make it with penne pasta or something?

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      • Alejandra Talamantes Ramirez

        February 22, 2016 at 8:25 pm

        I made it with other pasta and it worked out good!

    2. Pat

      January 08, 2016 at 12:47 am

      I made this and my cheese was so thick. I tried everything to thin it out, Once I had it to the consistency I wanted and put it in the oven, It came out as just as thick. I don't think I'll be using the cheese sauce recipe for this one again.

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    3. Karen Mai

      February 13, 2016 at 4:39 pm

      Gonna make it today!

      By the way, you wrote "2 garlic gloves". Just thought I'd let you know.

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    4. Alejandra Talamantes Ramirez

      February 22, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      I made this tonight! ohhh it was soo good! I added some mushrooms and sauteed them with the onions and garlic and it was tasty!

      Reply
    5. Lily Pants

      March 07, 2016 at 1:05 am

      AMAZING! I made this tonight and added some cauliflower, too. It was delicious! I cannot wait to make this again.

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    6. Sofia

      April 05, 2016 at 12:03 am

      Turned out amazing as usual! Literally every single recipe I've tried from you guys have been a hit:)

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    7. Doris

      March 25, 2017 at 11:00 am

      So considering I've been vegan for a brief time and I still recall the taste of cheesy pasta bake very well...This was epic! Actually so much better than any cow cheese sauce I've ever made, and really easy to do! I made this with your "perfect Mac and cheese" sauce cause we don't have canned pumpkin here. Amazing!

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    8. Wendy

      April 30, 2017 at 1:53 am

      Just made these for dinner tonight... they were the BOMB! I didn't want to waste any of the cheese sauce so I was using the broken pasta shells I didn't use to clean the blender HAHAHA... so good! Even my meatatarian husband enjoyed them! This cheese sauce has changed my life LOL! <3

      Reply
    9. Manufacturers

      June 06, 2017 at 3:07 pm

      Un artículo muy interesante y curioso, podemos encontrar más información en http://vegetablepuree.com/products/broccoli/

      Reply
    10. Allison Stefanich

      June 30, 2017 at 2:42 am

      OMG, I made this tonight. My husband and I were blown away! We've only been vegan for 5 months, but as a professional chef, it's been challenging and FUN trying out new things. This is vegan comfort food at its finest. Your process was fun to watch too, seemed familiar! 😉

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    11. Cathy Cintolo

      August 27, 2019 at 12:58 pm

      your recipes are no longer viewable in Chrome I can see the headings but not the recipes Please have your team fix?

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      • Lauren Toyota

        August 27, 2019 at 3:17 pm

        I'm not really sure. I see everything fine? And I've asked a number of people to check and they all see the recipes? I'm also using chrome. try clearing your browsers image cache

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