Spaghetti With Impossible Meat Sauce

Dinner
Written By Kai Stansberry Fields
vegan spaghetti in a bowl

Weeknight classic, plant-based upgrade

Serves: 4–6 | Time: 35 minutes
You’ll need

  • 12 oz spaghetti

  • 12 oz Impossible Ground Beef

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 onion, finely diced

  • 3 garlic cloves, minced

  • 1 carrot + 1 celery stalk, finely diced (optional)

  • 1 (28-oz) can crushed tomatoes

  • 2 tbsp tomato paste

  • 1 tsp dried oregano

  • 1 tsp dried basil (or 1 tbsp fresh)

  • ½ tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

  • 1–2 tsp sugar (optional)

  • Salt & black pepper, to taste

  • Fresh parsley or basil, for garnish

  • Vegan parmesan or nutritional yeast (optional)

Let’s Make It

1.    Boil pasta in salted water; save 1 cup pasta water; drain.

2.    Sauté onion (plus carrot/celery if using) 5–7 min; add garlic 1 min.

3.    Brown Impossible 4–5 min.

4.    Stir in tomato paste 1 min; add tomatoes, herbs, flakes, sugar, salt, pepper. Simmer 15–20 min.

5.    Toss pasta with sauce, loosening with pasta water as needed.

6.    Finish with herbs and vegan parm/nooch.

Pro Tip: A splash of balsamic at the end adds depth.

Kai Stansberry Fields

Kai Stansberry Fields is a health and wellness professional and the founder and creative force behind Vegan People, a community-centered platform rooted in compassion, curiosity, and conscious living. With more than two decades of experience in health promotion, her work focuses on how Social Determinants of Health shape daily life, including the roles of mental health, nutrition, community, and environmental conditions in overall wellbeing.

Kai approaches wellness with both compassion and curiosity. She believes true health is never just about personal choices, but is deeply influenced by the systems we live in, the support we receive, and the communities we call home. Her work reflects a commitment to helping others find healing, clarity, and dignity through connection, education, and care.

She lives in Mansfield, Texas, where she shares life with her husband, their daughter, and their spirited Pomeranian, Rylie.

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