Creamy vegan cashew alfredo pasta with zucchini

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup raw cashews (soaked in water 3-4 hours, if possible)
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup almond or coconut milk (unsweetened)
  • 1 garlic clove (minced)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (divided)
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 zucchini (chopped fine)
  • 2 green onions (chopped fine)
  • 1 cup pasta (any traditional pasta, I opted for angel hair although many prefer fettuccine)
  • 2 tablespoons cooking wine (sherry preferred)
  • 2 shallots (chopped fine)
  • 3 tablespoons parsley (chopped fine)

Difficulty : Medium

Serves : 4

Missing out on your favorite creamy Fettuccine Alfredo dish after going vegan? Don't fret, plentiful options with what you can recreate with cashew nut cheese and a little almond (or coconut) milk! You can still indulge all you want, and not feel 'as' guilty with the caloric intake you'd experience with a heavier dairy-version. What's better is you can further experiment with a plethora of pasta, and veggie, combinations. Try it out tonight for a hearty meal you can experience with a friend, or for the entire family.

Ingredients for vegan cashew alfredo pasta
Blending cashew alfredo sauce
Sautéing zucchini for vegan alfredo pasta

Cooking Instructions

  • 1
    Drain raw cashews (keeping 3/4 water from soaking), and combine first seven ingredients in food processor (cashews, lemon juice, water, almond milk, garlic and 1 tablespoon olive oil) until creamy-smooth.
  • 2
    Prepare pasta by cooking per packaged directions. (Happened to have gluten-free pasta on hand but would have preferred using fettuccine)
  • 3
    Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to pan, sauté zucchini, carrots, shallots, green onions and saute for 5 minutes.
  • 4
    Add cooking wine to veggies and let simmer 1 minute longer.
  • 5
    Finally, add veggies to cooked pasta. Mix, add cashew garlic-alfredo sauce. Garnish with parsley and serve warm.
  • 6
    (NOTE: Mixture of veggies can include peas, parsnip, cauliflower, etc. Any pasta can work, especially penne, fettuccine, or even zucchini pasta if using a spiral vegetable slicer.)

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