Vegan Baked TikTok Pasta

You may have seen the TikTok pasta that went viral early this year and understandably so. It’s incredibly easy to make and so crazy good. Of course I took the original recipe and figured out how I could make it A BIT healthier. It does not sacrifice on flavor either. I made it for my husband & I for Valentine’s Day the first time and we were so surprised at how good it was. It’s a fairly rich pasta with the cheese, garlic, olive oil, and acidity from the tomatoes, so it feels like a special occasion meal. I swapped the regular feta with SO much olive oil in the original recipe for a vegan feta with a lot less oil. I think it tastes even better (I tried the orginal)! Here is the Vegan Baked Tiktok Pasta Recipe:

Vegan Baked TikTok Pasta

Ingredients

• 16 oz grape tomatoes
• 1 package Violife Feta Cheese
• 8 garlic cloves
• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (add more for more of a kick)
• ground pepper to taste
• sea salt to taste
• large handful of basil leaves
• 1 box of Jovial gluten free pasta (or your choice of pasta) – spiral, rotini, farfalle types

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400.
2. Once the oven is preheated, bring a large pot of water to boil on the stovetop for your pasta.
3. In a baking dish, add the tomatoes and garlic and toss with the olive oil to coat. Put the Violife Feta Cheese (discarding the excess liquid in the package) in the middle of the dish. Sprinkle the entire dish with crushed red pepper flakes, a little sea salt, and some cracked ground pepper. Bake for around 15-20 minutes until the tomatoes are just starting to brown and ready to burst. Meanwhile, cook your pasta according to it’s package. Time it so everything will be done around the same time.
4. Take a fork and carefully mash the tomatoes and stir the entire mixture together for your sauce. Add your cooked pasta to the dish and stir until well combined. Stir in a handful of chopped fresh basil leaves. Enjoy!

Tip: If you overcook the feta and it’s a bit too liquidy, it’s OK. Just let it sit out of the oven for a bit and it will start to solidify more. Once it’s a bit more solid, mash down the tomatoes and stir in your cooked pasta. Overall, it is a more oily and wet pasta though. Make sure your GF noodles are more dry before adding it to the mixture as well.

Riane’s Tidbits:

Regular feta:

If using regular feta, you will need more olive oil and about a 15 min longer cooking time. The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup of olive oil. It’s too much olive oil for the vegan feta as the vegan feta already has coconut oil in it. Cut down on dairy, fat, and time by making it vegan! Original Recipe Creator Here. Also, to be clear, this cheese is not healthy or squeaky clean with ingredients. It contains “flavor” – red flag and an additive. It’s where I’m at in my journey with cutting down on cheese though. If I can figure out how to make a healthier feta myself or a better one comes out, I’ll update this.

Don’t use an excess of tomatoes:

Don’t be tempted to use more tomatoes just because you have them. Stick to the 16oz. Otherwise, I find it adds too much liquid from the extra juice of the tomatoes.

Gluten-Free pasta

The specific Jovial bowtie pasta shown in pictures takes a bit of finesse (for me at least). Cook it a few minutes less than what the box says. If it happens to overcook, drain it and spread it out onto two large plates so it dries out a bit. Otherwise I find it’s too wet for this recipe. I would just pick a noodle that you already know how to cook well. 🙂

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Vegan Baked TikTok Pasta

I took the original famous TikTok Baked Feta recipe and figured out how I could make it a bit healthier. It does not sacrifice on flavor either! It's a fairly rich pasta with the cheese, garlic, olive oil, and acidity from the tomatoes, so it feels like a special occasion meal. It's so delicious and incredibly easy!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Servings 3

Ingredients

  

• 16 oz grape tomatoes
• 1 package Violife Feta Cheese
• 8 garlic cloves
• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes add more for more of a kick
• ground pepper to taste
• sea salt to taste
• large handful of basil leaves
• 1 box of Jovial gluten free pasta or your choice of pasta – spiral, rotini, farfalle types

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Once the oven is preheated, bring a large pot of water to boil on the stovetop for your pasta.
• In a baking dish, add the tomatoes and garlic and toss with the olive oil to coat. Put the Violife Feta Cheese (discarding the excess liquid in the package) in the middle of the dish. Sprinkle the entire dish with crushed red pepper flakes, a little sea salt, and some cracked ground pepper. Bake for around 15-20 minutes until the tomatoes are just starting to brown and ready to burst. Meanwhile, cook your pasta according to it’s package. Time it so everything will be done around the same time.
• Take a fork and carefully mash the tomatoes and stir the entire mixture together for your sauce. Add your cooked pasta to the dish and stir until well combined. Stir in a handful of chopped fresh basil leaves. Enjoy!

Notes

If you overcook the feta and there is too much liquid, it’s OK. Just let it sit out of the oven for a bit and it will start to solidify more. Once it’s a bit more solid, mash down the tomatoes and stir in your cooked pasta. Overall, it is a more oily and wet pasta though. Make sure your GF noodles are more dry before adding it to the mixture as well.

 

Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free | Plant-Based | Vegan | Refined Sugar-Free

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