One Pot Vegan Meatball Pasta Bake - Lucy & Lentils

Ingredients

• 1 red onion (finely diced)
• 4 large cloves garlic (finely diced)
• 8 vegan 'meat' balls (shop bought or home made)
• 250 g dried pasta
• 400 g tinned tomatoes
• 500 ml water (feel free to boil the water and add a stock cube for extra flavour)
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp sage
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp marjoram
• 1 tsp brown sugar (or caster sugar)
• Large pinch salt & pepper
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast (optional ingredients to give 'parmesan' style topping)
• 50 g grated vegan cheese (optional)