Today we're dishing up our do-it-yourself Dino Spaghettios recipe. One of the world's most popular kid-friendly dinners can be made vegan! This has all the nostalgic flavors and sweet tomatoey goodness you remember, without any dairy or yucky processed junk. Vegan Spaghettios, here we come!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time7 minutesmins
Total Time12 minutesmins
Course: Lunch or Dinner
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2
Calories: 563kcal
Author: Michelle Cehn
Ingredients
8ouncesuncooked dinosaur-shaped pastaor pasta of your choice
15ouncestomato sauceplain
½teaspoononion powder
¼teaspoonpaprika
¼teaspoongarlic powder or granules
1teaspoonsalt
1tablespoonnutritional yeast
1tablespoonsugar
1tablespoonvegan butteroptional
2tablespoonspasta water
1tablespoonfresh sliced basil or chopped parsleyfor garnish (optional)
Instructions
Bring a large pot of water to boil on the stove and cook pasta according to package instructions. Rinse pasta with cold water immediately after cooking.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the tomato sauce, onion powder, paprika, garlic powder, salt, nutritional yeast, sugar, and butter and whisk for a few minutes until thoroughly combined and heated through.
Once pasta is done cooking, drain well, reserving 2 tablespoons of the pasta water. Add the pasta water to the sauce and mix well.
Stir cooked, drained pasta into the sauce one scoop at a time until you've reached your desired pasta-to-sauce ratio.
Serve garnished with basil (unless your kiddos request "no green stuff!") and enjoy!
Video
Notes
This dish is meant to be enjoyed hot, just after cooking! It's still delicious if it cools or you have to refrigerate it, but it will lose it's soupy saucy-ness.