Dairy Free (Vegan) Baked-Ziti

Ingredients: 500ml/2 cups Marinara / tomato sauce of your choosing 450g/16oz/1lb Noodle of your preference.  I used a Rigatoni. 340g/12oz Tofutti "Better than Sour Cream" 115g/4oz Tofutti  "Better than Cream Cheese" 280g/10oz Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella Cheese Alternative 140g/5oz Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese Alternative 2 Cloves of garlic, crushed 2TBsb Galaxy Nutritional Foods Vegan, Parmesan Grated Topping 1TBsp oregano 2tbsp black pepper ground 1tbsp crushed red pepper 1 Small onion diced finely
1. Start marinara.  Marinara often invokes a battle of religious proportions  so rather than incite one just make it the way you like it. 2. Boil water for noodles in big pot, add noodles when boiling 3. Dice onion 4. Crush garlic 5. When noodles are al dente, drain 6. Rinse noodles under cold water, if noodles are to sit more than 20 minutes, soak in cold water until you are ready to use them. 7. An hour before bake time, take your marinara off of the stove top and let cool.
8. Shred full block of  Mozzarella Cheese Alternative 9. Shred half block of Cheddar Cheese Alternative
10. Place entire tub of  Tofutti "Better than Sour Cream" ini mixing bowl 11. Mix in half of Tofutti "Better than Cream Cheese" 12. Add onion, garlic, pepper and oregano to  mixing bowl, mix until creamy. 13. Add shredded cheese to mixing bowl, mix until cottage cheese consistency. Save 1/4th shredded cheese for later
14. Drain cooled, chilled noodles. 15. In large mixing container, mix cheese mixture with noodles until all noodles are thoroughly coated with cheese mixture
16. Oil a large casserole dish with olive oil 17. Spread cheesed noodles one layer high across bottom of oiled casserole dish.
18. Mmm mmm marinara
19. Spread marinara thickly across top of noodles. leave edges at sides saving 1/4th of marinara for step 21.
20. Put remainder of noodles atop marinara
21. Spread remainder of marinara over top layer of noodles
22. Sprinkle shredded cheese over noodles 23. Cover casserole dish with foil tent
24. Place in oven pre-heated to 175c/350f for 12 minutes or warmer than 120f (if vegan, if you used meat your required temperature may vary) 25. After cooking let stand for 15 minutes or until cool
Serve and enjoy

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