This super easy vegetarian quorn pasta bolognese bake takes just under an hour to prepare and can serve up to six people. Packed with healthy wholegrain fusilli pasta and vegetables. Then topped with a light cheesy crust you can bet it’s a bake all the family will love!
Folks, welcome to my latest Quorn creation, Quorn pasta bolognese bake!
I think you're just going to love this tasty quorn recipe.
Now if you're a subscriber to the blog (details of how to subscribe at the bottom) you'll know that I’ve already created a number of other really popular quorn mince recipes like my homemade quorn burgers.
We find quorn such a fantastic substitute for beef mince and, as Lynne and I try to eat by our 80:20 rule largely omitting red meat, quorn helps to fill that gap.
That being said, please don’t think we’ve anything against red meat at all!
Not at all!
It’s just that we choose to have red meat very occasionally, as they do in the Mediterranean.
The Mediterranean diet being one of the healthiest and proven life prolonging ones there is.
This is a really easy quorn bolognese bake recipe to make.
The bolognese sauce is homemade and just delicious! And so much better than a shop bought jar of the same sauce!
I find the best way to cook quorn mince is to cook it from frozen. So there's no need to defrost it.
If you want to see how to cook quorn mince then just watch the recipe video included in this post. It's easy!
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This is the large oven-proof baking dish I use.
It's a great low cost but good quality baking and roasting dish.
It's perfect for lasagne, side dishes and desserts. It's dishwasher, freezer and oven safe too.
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Love My Quorn Pasta Bolognese Bake? Then Try These Other Quorn Recipes!
- Quorn meatballs - This recipe and video shows you how to make tasty Quorn meatballs in under one hour. Baked in the oven and with a delicious tomato sauce this is an excellent meat free weeknight family meal!
- Vegetarian Quorn Cottage Pie - full of veggie goodness and flavour. If you’re watching your weight or just looking for a delicious meat free quick healthy meal this fits that bill perfectly.
- Easy homemade Quorn lasagne is delicious. This vegetarian Quorn mince recipe serves up to six people. Making it a great meat free meal for entertaining.
- Cheesy kale and Quorn casserole. Delicious and easy to make this vegetarian protein packed meal is a great way to get kids to eat their greens!
Watch the short video I made to show you how easy it is to make this delicious quorn pasta bolognese bake!
Quorn Pasta Bolognese Bake Recipe
This quorn pasta bolognese bake is great served with a rocket salad and garlic bread.
It's perfect for all year round family dining and can be easily frozen too.
So I hope you enjoy this tasty healthy quorn pasta bolognese bake as a meat free alternative.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Quorn Pasta Bolognese Bake Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- Low fat cooking spray
- 150 g whole wheat fusilli
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 medium sized carrot grated
- ½ teaspoon fresh basil chopped
- ½. teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 300 g quorn mince
- 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 250 ml vegetable stock
- 130 g frozen peas
- Salt and freshly grated pepper
- 100 g half fat grated cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180C fan.
- Place the fusilli into boiling salted water and cook for 10 – 12 minutes, then drain.
- Whilst the fusilli is cooking, spray the bottom of a medium sized saucepan with the low fat cooking spray, turn the heat on high, then once the oil is bubbling turn the heat down slightly and sauté the onion for about 3 minutes.
- Add the garlic and grated carrot and sauté, stirring for a further 2 minutes.
- Stir in the herbs, cook for about 30 seconds.
- Add the quorn mince, stir around for about 2 minutes then add the tomatoes, tomato puree, stock and peas.
- Season with salt and pepper, bring the mixture up to the boil and turn down to simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the drained pasta, heating through then empty the contents into a casserole dish.
- Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, allow to cool a little before serving.
Susie @ SuzLyfe
Hats off to YOU for doing what makes you happy and not just what other people are doing. That is what drives me crazy--when people think that they need to do a greater distance just out of making a point. Better safe than sorry when it comes to your mentality for something that you love, in my opinion. Have fun and good luck!
Now, for the food portion. I wonder how this would do with spaghetti squash, because it leeches out so much water. I'm just not a big pasta person. Perhaps I could do have pasta, half spag squash. HERRRRMmmmm
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Suz, I'm really looking forward to the run on Sunday and I'm off now for my final 10k training run.
I think that you could easily substitute the spaghetti squash in, and remove / reduce the vegetable stock here to counteract the water leeching from the squash? I'm looking forward to hopefully getting a spiralizer for Christmas so then I can try out such suggestions! 🙂
rachel @ athletic avocado
this looks so tasty! I have never tried quorn but i want to!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Rachel.
I can't say I miss minced Beef now really, when I'm using this most of the time instead. 🙂
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
Haha - love your link ...errr...rather...run.. up to Amanda's TOL Thursday!
Your pasta bake looks delightful Neil - I haven't still gotten my hands on quorn - but as soon as I do - am gonna have to tackle this recipe! Good luck on Saturday!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ha ha, thanks Shashi, my jokes are PRETTY bad aren't they? 😆
This really is a great tasty bake, and I hope you get that quorn to make it!
Thank you regarding Saturday, just hoping I can knock a second or two off last year's and I'll be ecstatic.
Cathleen @ A Taste Of Madness
I absolutely love a good pasta bake!! This looks so tasty!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Cathleen! 🙂
It's a really handy one to have in the freezer too, ideal for when it's the end of the week and you need something to go with a glass of wine 😉
Have a great weekend!
Erin@BeetsPerMinute
I need a pasta bake in my life right now! Healthy comforting eating for STRESS lol! Hope you're feeling better and GREAT seeing you and Lynne and meeting Catherine and Liam at the run! We had some good laughs! Looking forward to more posts and our future get together -- we're free for either the 17th or 21st! 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Erin, this is definitely comfort eating for stress material! 🙂
Yep, slowly getting rid of the "man flu", baby steps, one at a time you know? 😆
I wonder how long you ladies would have just sat in the pub talking about celebrities and the like, if you hadn't had to go and collect the guys from the half marathon? 😉
I'm checking with Lynne about those dates and I'll get back to confirm one of them for you as soon as possible. But it's definitely happening!
Angel D
I'm literally just scouring the internet looking for ways to cook Quorn and I came across this site.
I made this tonight. I adapted the ingredients to add more seasoning and a little heat (chilli) and it was delicious. Thank you for posting.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Angel! 🙂 I really appreciate you taking the time to make the recipe and for your comments and rating. I always encourage anyone to make the recipes their 'own' and your helpful comment will help others who might like a little more spiciness too.