Roasted Broccolini Vegan Mac

Hack your Mac in style with a tasty helping of cheesy Chickapea noodles. Adulting is done the yummy way when healthy vegan, gluten-free Chickapea Mac meets beautiful roasted broccolini. This recipe is remarkably cheesy and absolutely delicious.
Roasted Broccolini Vegan Mac
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Course: Dinner
- Cuisine: American
- Servings: 6
Broccolini Ingredients:
- 600g fresh broccolini, washed and trimmed
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp avocado oil
- 1 tsp dehydrated minced garlic
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Vegan Mac Ingredients:
- 1 package of Chickapea Vegan Mac
- ¾ cup oat milk, unsweetened
- 2 Tbsp vegan butter
- 2 Tbsp plain vegan cream cheese
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp table salt, rounded
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice, to taste
- ¼ cup ranch flavoured Hippie Chips, crushed
- Finishing salt to taste
Broccolini Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 425°F
- Place clean broccolini in the bottom of a medium mixing bowl
- Pour over red wine vinegar, avocado oil, dehydrated garlic, garlic powder, and salt
- Mix the broccolini into the liquid and seasoning to coat it completely
- Transfer the broccolini to an oven safe dish
- Cook the broccolini for 12-15 minutes in the oven
- Remove it when it starts to brown and soften
Vegan Mac Instructions:
- While the Broccolini is cooking, prepare the Chickapea Vegan Mac (heat 8 cups of water in a large pot over high heat until boiling. Add pasta, decrease the heat to maintain a gentle boil. Stir and cook the pasta for 5 minutes)
- Drain and rinse the pasta with warm water and add it back to the pot
- Place the pot back on the burner over low heat
- Mix the contents of the vegan mac seasoning package, vegan butter, plant-based oat milk, vegan cream cheese, 1 tsp of garlic powder, ¼ tsp salt and 1 Tbsp lemon juice into the pasta until combined.
- Plate the Chickapea Vegan Mac and top it with a generous helping of cooked broccolini
- Sprinkle each serving with fresh lemon juice to taste
- Top with crushed Hippie Chips and finishing salt
Recipe Notes:
- Tofutti plain cream cheese was used in this recipe
- Earth Balance vegan butter spread was used in this recipe
- This recipe is best with fresh lemon juice not bottled
- Broccoli is thicker than broccolini and therefore is not advised as a direct substitute for this recipe
- Ranch flavoured cauliflower Hippie Chips add a wonderful flavour to this recipe, but may be substituted with gluten-free Italian bread crumbs