Healthy Cheeseburger Macaroni Skillet | Dairy-free & Vegan
Why make a “hamburger helper” cheeseburger macaroni recipe when you can make a healthy cheeseburger macaroni skillet recipe that’s dairy-free, meatless and vegan in 20 minutes!
Overly-processed animal-farmed meat and dairy cheeses are not a healthy choice, and that’s why it’s important for me to offer healthy alternatives for your favorite meals, like cheeseburger macaroni, by focusing on 100% plant-based ingredients.
This 20-mins cheeseburger macaroni skillet recipe is jam-packed with all the flavours you remember and love about Hamburger Helper but without the animal products! Instead, we are using plant-based meat and cheese alternatives that you can find in traditional grocery stores like, plant-based meats and fresh produce. I personally used the plant-based ground from Meatless Farm Co for this recipe since it was gifted to me, when I was recipe developing with them. As always, I am always 100% honest with my reviews and vegan recommendations, and would never work with anyone I did not agree with. If their mince isn’t available to you, feel free to use any plant-based minced meat for this recipe!
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This post is not sponsored, but I was gifted this Meatless Farm Co. product for recipe-testing purposes for my Instagram page. Again, my opinions are 100% my own, and honest 🙂
Healthy Cheeseburger Macaroni Skillet
DAIRY-FREE | VEGAN | GLUTEN-FREE OPTIONAL
This healthy cheeseburger macaroni skillet is not only meat-free and dairy-free, but it’s also gluten-free (if you sub in gluten-free macaroni pasta)!
VEGAN CHEESEBURGER MACARONI INGREDIENTS
This recipe will include the following ingredients:
- Elbow macaroni pasta (gluten-free optional)
- Potato
- Carrot
- Olive oil
- Cooking onion
- Garlic
- Plant-based Ground round (click here for more info on the one I used)
- Can of crushed tomatoes
- No-beef (or vegetable) bouillon cube
- Paprika
- Onion powder
- Garlic powder
- Dijon mustard
- Chili powder
- Black pepper + Salt
- Soy milk
- Lemon juice
- Nutritional yeast
- Vegan shredded cheese of choice
- Parsley
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Hey, I’m Candice & welcome to The Edgy Veg! I veganize popular food recipes for vegans, plant-based diets, eco-conscious eaters & people who are trying to eat more plants over… y’know animals or by-products of animals. I hope you enjoy this tasty vegan recipe!
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Healthy Cheeseburger Macaroni Skillet Recipe
- 3 cups dried elbow macaroni pasta
- ½ cup potato, peeled and cubed
- ½ cup carrot, peeled and chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 1 medium cooking onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb Meatless Farm Co. plant-based mince (link:https://meatlessfarm.com/ca-en/our-products/)
- 1-14oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1 no-beef (or vegetable) bouillon cube
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- ½ tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup soy milk + extra as needed
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- Sea salt to taste
- 1 cup vegan shredded cheese of choice, optional
- ¼ cup Italian parsley, chopped
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Rezserve 1 cup of the pasta water, drain pasta. And set both aside.
- Meanwhile, in a small sauce pot, place potatoes and carrots and cover with water. Boil carrots and potatoes until they are soft, this should take roughly 10 minutes.
- Remove the carrots and potatoes from the liquid and place in a blender, reserve the liquid and set liquid aside.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-high, heat 1 tbsp olive oil.
- Add onions and garlic and cook until soft, about 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the Meatless Farm mince and break up with a spatula. Cook until browned, roughly 5 minutes.
- Stir in crushed tomatoes, bouillon cube, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, mustard, chili powder, black pepper and bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer.
- Meanwhile, blend potatoes, carrots, ¼ cup soy milk, 1 tbsp oil, ¼ tsp salt, lemon juice, and nutritional yeast until very smooth. Add reserved cooking liquid 1 tbsp at a time, as necessary until you reach a cheese sauce consistency.
- Fold the pasta into the beefy mixture and add the cheesy potato sauce a little at a time until everything combines. Add more reserved liquid, as necessary to create a creamy sauce.
- Add your favourite vegan cheese shreds on top if you want, and garnish with parsley.
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Nicole says:
This was awesome! It filled my largest cast iron, so it yields 6 very comfortably. I replaced soy milk with coconut milk, and added about 1/2tsp tapioca starch to the cheese mixture for curiosity’s sake and that worked well in the ~cheesiness~ of it.
I would make this for my non-vegan family, with confidence that they’d enjoy it entirely.