I Tried TikTok Viral High-Protein VEGAN Pastas

Pasta. Vegan. High-Protein. what is NOT to love. Come on, people. I scoured TikTok for you (and me) so that we could get into some delicious vegan pastas that also happen to be packed with protein

HIGH PROTEIN SPINACH PASTA (20g protein per servings) with my additions it’s about 30g per serve

My additions:
6 tbsp nutritional yeast
Parsley
Basil
I added 1 tbsp white miso
Lemon juice

Protein breakdown (w. My additions):
320g barilla rigatoni - 42g
1 block 365 silken tofu - 20g
6 tbsp nutritional yeast - 15g
8.8 oz spinach - 3g
40g cashews - 7g
1 tbsp white miso - 2g

Total - 89g per (3 servings) per serve: 29.6g

High-protein bolognese (100g) (not sure per serving)

My additions:
1 tbsp Tomato paste

Protein breakdown (w. My additions):
1.5 cups dried TVP - 78g
16 oz barilla spaghetti - 56g protein

Total: 134g protein (4 servings) 33.5g per serve

High-Protein Vegan Mac

My additions:
I’m going to add vegan buffalo chicken (daring chicken buffalo chicken)
Add vegan yogurt (foragers unsweetened cashew yogurt)

Protein breakdown (w. My additions):
250g Trader Joe’s Lentil pasta - 78g
20g / 4 tbsp nutritional yeast - 10g
20g / miso paste - 2.5g
150g foragers unsweetened cashew yogurt) - 3g
1 bag daring buffalo plant based chicken - 27g

Total - 117g (3 servings) per serve: 39g

Time Codes:
0:00 - intro
1:55 - Creamy Spinach Pasta
6:15 - TVP Bolognese
11:00 - buffalo vegan mac and cheese

[AbangN]

if u gave me a penny for the amount of times merle adds nutritional yeast to the recipes id be a millionaire

[Cathee]

I literally paused the video to go make the spinach sauce pasta and WOW my life will never be the same! Made it with gnocchi. Omg so good. Thank you so much!

[strawberrysoymilkshake]

Merle be like following recipes but not really which is HEAVILY my vibe

[anthropomorphicpeanut]

The first sauce looks like tasty paint

[JessicaGBonny]

Don't know how's TVP over there, but how I usually make it is by first hydrating it with boiling water and washing it in tap water until the water comes out clear. Afterwards I like to panfry it in olive oil with soy sauce, smoked paprica and powder vegetal broth until it is golden brown. Then I use it to different recipes, like bolognese.

[hollywebster]

I can't eat soy or cashews, so I'm going to substitute white beans for the tofu and raw sunflower seeds for the cashews. The additions you made to the original recipe sound delicious. Definitely going on my TBC (To Be Cooked) list!

[charliebrown]

Video idea: which of the vegan mac and cheese recipes you've tried are your top 3 for realistic everyday cooking? And then maybe one showstopper version to cook if you have a ton of time and energy?

[Mandy_]

Please keep making these videos for us peasants who are not on tiktok 🙏❤️

[melidamaldonado]

Im here for her humor lol and recipes ❤

[AngelsAlternativeSolutions]

the irony that I could eat pasta every day and my Italian boyfriend prefers Mexican food.. we will be making all these dishes :D

[carleysrq]

A handy cooking hack: to quickly thicken many sauces and soups you can sprinkle in some dehydrated potato flakes (instant mashed potato flakes)! They are almost always vegan, they are a great thickener, and they don't impart a lot of extra/different flavor to your dish. :)

[karinemagalhaes]

Just a tip for anyone interested in trying the tvp recipe. Please do not add the tvp without first hydrating it with some boiling water and white vinegar. The tvp has a soy flavor that will overpower the entire recipe. The white vinegar minimizes this, and I always add some soy sauce, worcestire sauce, and spices to this water and let all the flavors develop for at least 15 minutes. You can go an extra step and add onion and garlic to a pan and sauté everything until golden brown and then add the tvp, with some more spices, mix everything together for 5 minutes, remove everything from the pan and then make the sauce.

[shelleyhill]

Thanks for these, can't wait to try the green one! Also, LOVE the Pixies!!!

[kayee]

THE FIRST ONE!!!! I love green pasta sauce lol❤

[biancajingles]

The way you edit yourself doing the protein calculations gets me every time 😂❤

[sunnyma]

I do agree that the TVP is indeed a game changer! I love it!! I also love it when it's not so broken down and more in its true form, when it's in little balls (called soya chunks here in Australia...). It almost gives a little tiny meat balls feel! It's soo good with pasta and tomato based sauce!! 🙏
As always, love our reigning vegan queen and can't wait for the next one!! Ciao for now! ❤❤❤

[jelliclesongs]

Super helpful. I've been trying to get more protein into my plant-based diet. (I know there are small changes I can make personally). Thanks, Merle. 💖

[lillianv]

A high-protein lazy meal I make is "Fakn parm" in which I take jarred red sauce and enhance/blend with nutritional yeast, cottage cheese (I usually do this in batches now and then so I can just pull it outta the fridge or freezer) and other fun seasonings, then make pasta, drench in sauce, add some air fried (whatever I have), add some mozzarella on top, and broil that til golden. Easy to make vegan too with silken tofu in the sauce instead of cottage cheese (which I learned from you) and a dairy-free mozzarella. It's not low cal but it is high protein and simple lazy comfort food.

[Sarah_e_me]

Sometimes I enjoy that lentil pasta and sometimes I can’t stand it. I add hummus and arugula and that’s good.

[JMED]

I genuinely get excited to say it’s ya girl Merle 😂❤