December 2, 2011

Pizza in a Pot: The Sequel with a Kick

Posted in Cooking, Dinner, Lunch & Other, On My Own, Vegan tagged cheese, daiya, easy, jack, no crust, pepper, pizza, pizza in a pot, quick, sausage, spicy, tempeh, Vegan at 6:58 pm by Miles

There are times when I don’t have the time or energy to whip up a batch of my awesome vegan pizza crust but still crave pizza. On those days (especially the cold ones) I settle for a vegan version of what my mom used to call Pizza in a Pot. Since boiling noodles is a lot easier than mixing up a batch of dough I can get dinner ready in a lot less time.

In the interest of trying something new I picked up a package of Daiya Vegan Cheese instead the Follow Your Heart brand I usually buy. The Daiya Cheese is a well liked brand I just don’t usually buy it because I’m cheap and it’s expensive. To be honest they were out of the Mozerella style of my usual brand so I figured why not. To add to adventure the only type of Daiya they had was spicy pepper jack and I still bought it despite knowing I’m a complete wimp. Keep in mind I involuntarily tear up with ketchup so I think you will be okay

Here’s what you need:

1 lb. of entertaining pasta
1/2-1 cup of daiya pepper jack cheese
1 can of fire roasted diced tomatoes
1/2-1 cup of tomato sauce
1 batch of 60 Second Tempeh

60 Second Tempeh (Sausage Style)

1 package tempeh
1/2 teaspoon of ground thyme, sage, fennel, fennel seeds (optional)
1/2 teaspoon of veggie bullion (liquid not dried)
Variations: add liquid hickory smoke and/or maple syrup, for non-wimps cayenne and/or crushed red pepper to liking
Directions: crumble tempeh in small bowl and add all other ingredients desired. Use fingers or forks to mix until combined.

Kickn’ Pizza in a Pot Directions:
Preheat oven to 525 degrees. Boil for noodles. While noodles cooking noodles make tempeh sausage. In a large oven safe bowl combine tempeh sausage, fire roasted tomatoes, tomato sauce and daiya cheese. Drain cooked noodles and add to bowl. Mix ingredients, cover with foil and place in oven. Cook for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

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