This recipe is so comforting and delicious that I almost feel nervous calling it Whole30 compliant. But I mean, it’s veggies with a veggies sauce. So, HEALTHY AF, but it’s like paleo mac and cheese magic.
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I used to love eating bowls of pasta with parmesan and garlic. But it was more like a bottomless bowl. I could eat large amounts of pasta and be hungry shortly after. Crazy! That won’t happen here. We’ve not nutrient-dense veggies, roasted crispy with garlic and bacon. The sauce is packing gut-healing collagen and protein. A great balance of fat and protein on this low-carb rotini keeps you full and satisfied for hours.Top a bowl of this with a fried egg or a scoop of ground beef, bake this goodness into a casserole… the possibilities are endless with this family favorite!
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Bacon Cheese Butternut Rotini
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 35
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
Delicious pasta like meal made with loads of veggies!
Ingredients
“Pasta”
- 2 bags Mann’s Butternut Squash Rotini
- 5 slices bacon
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp salt
Sauce
- 1 cup cauliflower florets ( or ¾ cup raw cashews)
- 6 ounces bone both
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs
- 1 tablespoon pastured gelatin
Instructions
- Spread the rotini on a sheet pan. Top with chopped bacon.
- Sprinkle with minced garlic and salt.
- Roast at 400F for 25 minutes.
- In the meantime, simmer the cauliflower (or cashews) in the broth until tender.
- Transfer everything to a blender, add in the vinegar, herbs and gelatin and blend until smooth.
- When the rotini is done, remove it from the oven, scrape it up off of the sheet pan and toss in a bowl with 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup of cheese sauce.
- Serve, share, enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
- Find your ROTINI HERE: https://www.veggiesmadeeasy.com/
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6 recipe
- Calories: 210
- Fat: 10g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 7g
Abby says
Which kind of gelatin is needed? Looks so yum!
Cristina says
powdered grass fed beef gelatin
Lupe Ortiz says
Any carb free substitute for nutritional yeast?
Cristina says
The carbs in the recipe don’t come from the nutritional yeast, they come from the butternut squash
Erin says
If the gelatin is only used as a thickener, could I just use arrowroot flour instead?
Cristina says
Sure!
Jen says
Love this recipe!!! Have made it three times. Doubled it the last two because family loves the leftovers!!
Cristina says
Yeayy! Thanks Jen!! Definitely so good leftover too!
Sarah Y. says
Trader Joe’s has crinkle cut b-squash!!
Cristina says
Great!
Emily says
Love this! UnfortunATely, according to their site, these “noodles” AREN’T sold in the entire state of michigan. ?
I’ll have to do chunks.
Cristina says
Oh bummer!! Yes Small cubes will work too!