Cheesy Gnocchi Lentil Tomato Pasta Bake with Pesto

5 from 2 votes

Great mid week dinner idea, pillowy gnocchi with lentils, fresh cherry tomatoes and a cheesy high protein sauce.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegan

Servings:

Calories: 429kcal

500 g gnocchi 1 packet fresh gnocchi
500 g Cherry Tomatoes
250 g cooked Brown lentils or puy lentils
300 g silken the kind that comes in long life tetra packs and you can keep in the cupboard
1 tablespoon miso paste
1 tbps dijon mustard
3 tablespoon nutritional yeast
2 teaspoon garlic granules
1 teaspoon chili flakes optional
1 teaspoon olive oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
3 tablespoon basil pesto vegan or homemade

Add the gnocchi to the casserole dish along with the cherry tomatoes. Drizzle over a little olive oil, salt to taste, and optionally sprinkle over garlic granules and chili flakes.
500 g gnocchi, 500 g Cherry Tomatoes, 1 tsp chili flakes, 1 tsp olive oil, Salt and Pepper to taste, 2 tsp garlic granules
Put in the oven at 180℃/356℉ for 15 while you get on with making the cheese sauce.
Make the cheese sauce by adding the tofu, nutritional yeast, miso and dijon mustard to a blender and blending well.
300 g silken, 1 tbsp miso paste, 1 tbps dijon mustard, 3 tbsp nutritional yeast

Make sure to use silken tofu to make the sauce.

Remove the gnocchi and tomatoes from the oven. Squish the now slightly roasted tomatoes a litte bit to release their juices.
Distribute the cooked lentils over the top of the gnocchi and tomatoes.
250 g cooked Brown lentils
Pour all the tofu cheesy sauce over the top of the lentils and gnocchi.
Dot the pesto over the top.
3 tbsp basil pesto
Bake for 10 minutes. Check the gnocchi is cooked through.
Serve immediately with extra pesto on top should you want more of it!

- Other Veggies -Choose any other root vegetable, or try broccoli or cauliflower.

- No Gnocchi- swap the gnocchi for white beans , or add them to the gnocchi to extend the recipe!

- Spicy- mix a generous amount of gochujang sauce in with the cheese sauce, or just add an extra sprinkle of chili flakes.

- Gluten Free- Choose gluten-free gnocchi (or make your own) in place of regular gnocchi which although made with potatoes, often contains wheat flour.