6 0a href="http://www.hipmama.com/node/26445" target="_blank">vegan italian tomato sauce 1lbpenne 1pk'gimme lean' sausage style or about 7 oz faux ground beef or crumbled garden burgers 1small white onion, roughly chopped 3cfresh spinach 1lbfirm tofu 1tbsplemon juice 1.5tspdried basil 1tspsalt 1tspground black pepper 1to 1/2 cups vegan rella or other vegan mozzerella style faux cheese preheat oven to 350 degree F
cook penne according to package directions, drain, set aside.
in a food processer combine onion, spinach, tofu, lemon juice, basil, salt and pepper and process until smooth, set aside.
In a frying pan brown the faux sausage with a little sauce, set aside.
to assemble spread a little sauce on the bottom of a deep 8 by 8 in glass baking pan, I use pyrex. Layer 1/2 the cooked penne, than the tofu mixture, than the sausage, 1/2 the sauce, the remaining penne, the faux cheese, then the rest of the sauce. Bake for about thirty minutes.