Wanting a quick meal recently, and wanting to add something to our 52 cookbooks list, I opened our copy of Urban Vegan for the first time in quite a long time. I was glad I did because this recipe for Orecchiette con Broccoli was fabulous (even though we didn’t have orecchiette and I used ziti instead). It’s basically a ton of garlic simmered in a ton of olive oil and mixed with pasta and broccoli. We topped it with what some call “vegan parmesan” and what we just call “pasta sprinkle” (because while delicious in its own right it’s really not much like parmesan). To make this particular batch of pasta sprinkle I ground up about 1/4 c. almonds, 2 Tbs. hemp seeds, 3 Tbs. nutritional yeast and 1/4 tsp. salt. Regardless of what it’s topped with though this is one pasta dish we’ll have to make more regularly!
