Vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs - Cheap & Easy Vegan Meals Series - 20-Minute Recipe - Ingredient Substitutions

Sep 27, 2026

Vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs presents a fast, budget-friendly approach to a creamy pasta dish, built around three simple ingredients and flexible substitutions. The recipe outlines boiling salted pasta, pan-frying meatless “meatballs,” and heating jarred vegan sauce with reserved pasta water to achieve a rich texture. It includes seasoning suggestions, guidance for reheating leftovers, and meal-prep tips to prevent sogginess, concluding with total cost and serving yield.

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Vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs

What You Will Need

Step-by-Step Cooking Instructions

Substitutions, Seasoning, and Meal Prep Tips

Cost and Servings

Vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs By Madison Margaret We are introducing a new series offast and affordable vegan food, titled “cheap & easy vegan meals”. These recipes you can also find through our social media, and will be posted on our NEW pinterest account; [www.pinterest.com/vegnj](www.pinterest.com/vegnj) Last recipe I shared was a bit more extensive. This recipe can be made in under 20 minutes, and using 3 very easy ingredients. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: Vegan “meatless meatballs-I bought mine from Trader Joe’s: $4 .99 for 16 oz Vegan sauce-I chose to use Shoprite’s vegan alfredo sauce: $3 .19 for 14.5 oz Spaghetti or linguine, angel hair works too! -I chose Trader Joe’s linguine: $0 .99 for 1lb Boil your pasta in salted water. As the pasta cooks, pan fry on medium however many meatballs you want to cook (if you have leftovers from cooking the entire bag, no worries they reheat wellin the microwave!) Be sure to keep rotating the meatballs so they do not burn & they are cooked evenly through. Once the pasta is cooked, be sure to save some pasta water, and strain excess water out of the pot. Use the pot to heat up your jar of sauce. I wanted a creamy sauce for my meal so I chose Bowl and Basket’s vegan alfredo. The beauty of this meal is you can substitute all 3 ingredients for whichever products you'd like to incorporate, such as angel hair pasta instead of spaghetti or vegan vodka sauce instead of alfredo. Once the sauce starts to heat up, add the pasta water along with any other seasonings you may want to include. I typically season my pastas with oregano, salt and pepper. Once the sauce bubbles a bit, it is ready. It is up to you if you want to plunge all your pasta into the sauce. I advise anyone cooking for meal prep, instead of a large crowd around the table, to keep each cooked ingredient separate so when you refrigerate the sauce does not get soaked up by the pasta & the meat balls do not get soggy! Otherwise if you expect no leftovers, it may be smart to add in your meatballs to the sauce for a few minutes over heat before serving them over a bowl of pasta. Feel free to top with vegan parmesan cheese! Buon appetito! This meal cost $9 .17 and created 5+ servings. It is extremely cost effective and filling!

FAQs

How long does it take to make Vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs?

The recipe can be made in under 20 minutes, using three very easy ingredients.

What are the three main ingredients in the recipe?

It uses vegan “meatballs,” vegan sauce (alfredo style), and spaghetti or linguine (angel hair also works).

How should leftovers and meal prep be handled to avoid sogginess?

For meal prep, keep the cooked pasta and sauce/meatballs separate when refrigerating so the pasta doesn’t soak up the sauce and the meatballs don’t turn soggy. When ready to eat, reheat appropriately, and if needed, combine briefly over heat before serving.

Sep 27, 2026

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