The Garlic Diaries

Food and Life with a Punch of Flavor

  • About Me
  • Recipes
  • Life
    • Marriage
    • Parenting
    • Meal Plans
    • Random
  • Contact Me

Whole 30 Bolognese with Dairy Free “Ricotta”

January 7, 2021 By Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Whole 30 Bolognese with Dairy Free "Ricotta" - talk about some satisfying comfort food, this bolognese is deeply flavorful, hearty, and so comforting folded into a bowl of noodles, zoodles, or spaghetti squash!

This low and slow, simple ingredient, HUG IN A BOWL will make your whole week warm and cozy. I’m not sure there’s a more delicious pasta sauce than a bolognese. It’s full of flavor-rich ingredients, and it simmers for two hours (or three, if you want), allowing those flavors to deepen and intensify even more.

Toss this goodness with some zoodles or spaghetti squash (or regular noodles if you aren’t doing Whole 30!), and you’ve got a bowl of happy sitting on your dinner table. It tastes good to eat, and it feels good to eat, that’s my favorite part about Whole 30 food.

Whole 30 Bolognese with Dairy Free "Ricotta" - talk about some satisfying comfort food, this bolognese is deeply flavorful, hearty, and so comforting folded into a bowl of noodles, zoodles, or spaghetti squash!

Let’s talk ricotta. This is a vegan ricotta – it’s Whole 30 friendly, and even off Whole 30, I make it because my son has a dairy allergy. So – does it taste exactly like ricotta? No. Plant based substitutes hardly ever taste exactly like the thing they’re mimicking.

HOWEVER – is it a creamy, savory element that has a similar taste and feel to ricotta and also (most importantly) just tastes SUPER good? YESSSSS. It is that. My husband and I honestly both like it more than ricotta itself. But also, real ricotta isn’t our favorite thing ever in the first place, so that could be why.

If you’re on the fence, just try it. It’s very very easy to make, it tastes GREAT, and it adds a lovely little rich, creamy element to this dish that you are usually missing while eating dairy free.

…

Read More »

Want posts delivered directly to your inbox? Subscribe to The Garlic Diaries today!

Quality Time Schedule for Couples - Prioritize your quality time with your partner instead of scrolling through social media and realizing it's almost time to go to bed! This downloadable, printable schedule will give you varied, intentional quality time ideas for every week night!

Quality Time Schedule For Couples

One Pot Creamy Taco Pasta - Very little cleanup + an easy, kid friendly meal + SO delicious = a shining weeknight win! TheGarlicDiaries.com

One Pot Creamy Taco Pasta

Meal Plan + grocery list for one week of meals! Includes 5 dinners.

1 Week Meal Plan (5 dinners)

A Shift

Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken Bowls - This chicken could legit not be easier OR more delicious! Insanely tender, coated in lots of sweet, savory teriyaki sauce - it’s heaven!

Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken

Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Meaty Vodka Sauce - The al dente spaghetti squash, the hearty, flavor-bomb (and also easy!) vodka sauce, the tender bites of sausage - it’s a dream combo!

Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Meaty Vodka Sauce

Dairy Free 5 Minute Hot Cocoa - THE BEST dairy free hot cocoa in the world! It’s rich, it’s soooo chocolatey, and it tastes zero percent like it’s dairy free - you’ll never know the difference!

Dairy Free 5 Minute Hot Cocoa

Date Night Creamy Roasted Vegetable Risotto - The risotto is creamy and loaded with flavor, there’s a tender, roasted vegetable in every bite, and the combination of everything is a date night dream. Bonus - it’s dairy free! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Date Night Creamy Roasted Vegetable Risotto

Pumpkin Pancake Bites - These freezable little bites of pumpkin muffin goodness are the perfect quick fall breakfast! Make a big batch and munch on them for weeks! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Pumpkin Pancake Bites

Vegan Peanut Stew - This flavor bomb bowl of goodness will have you dreaming about the leftovers all week. It’s perfection! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Vegan Peanut Stew

Sheet Pan Marinara - This is the ultimate easy pasta sauce! It all goes down on a sheet pan in the oven, and then you just blend it up, toss with pasta, and you’re ready! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Sheet Pan Marinara

Brown Sugar Butter Roasted Acorn Squash - The ultimate fall veggie prep right here, people. It’s salty and sweet, it’s tender and crunchy from the roasted seeds - SO unreal good! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Brown Sugar Butter Roasted Acorn Squash

Vegan Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Sauce - This sauce has zero dairy, but you’d never know it! Creamy, dreamy, super flavorful - it’s pasta’s best friend! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Vegan Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Sauce

Whole 30 Beefy Potato Soup - This simple, delicious soup is comforting, hearty, and so deeply flavorful! It’ll warm you up on any chilly day. TheGarlicDiaries.com

Whole 30 Beefy Potato Soup

Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner - The actual easiest meal ever! We love serving this with rice made in the Instant Pot. It's my go-to for crazy week nights! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Whole 30 Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner

Grilled Summer Squash and Burrata Pasta - This is seriously one of my all time favorite pasta dishes, and it is the EPITOME of summer perfection! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Grilled Summer Squash and Burrata Pasta

Back from Maternity Leave - TheGarlicDiaries.com

Back from Maternity Leave!

Ground Orange Chicken - This super simple and quick weeknight recipe is loaded with flavor. It’ll be a new family fave! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Ground Orange Chicken

Arugula Prosciutto Salad with Lemony Vinaigrette - This delicious and simple salad only has a few ingredients, but the flavor combo is to die for! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Arugula and Prosciutto Salad with Lemony Vinaigrette

Caramelized Onion and Fontina Pizza with Arugula - This delicious pizza is a little bit sweet and super savory, all finished off with a peppery bite of fresh arugula! TheGarlicDiaries.com

Caramelized Onion and Fontina Cast Iron Pizzas

One Pan Balsamic Tomato Chicken - This super simple one pan dinner could not be more comforting or more loaded with absolutely mouthwatering flavor! TheGarlicDiaries.com

One Pan Balsamic Tomato Chicken

Privacy Policy

Search

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Annie Chesson
I am a passionate Christian, wife, cooking addict, and mom to the two sweetest boys in the world! Join me in my journey to create delicious, flavorful food. More About Me...

Subscribe to The Garlic Diaries

view my food post on usrg.com

Copyright © 2021 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress