Vegetarian Recipes For Pasta Sauce

Don't look at me like that - I KNOW you've been looking for an easy creamy vegan pasta recipe for FOREVER! If you're new to vegan cooking, you're probably already missing the convenience of using heavy cream to make a delicious, silky smooth pasta sauce. But guess what? It's 2021 - the ear we all acknowledge that cream is gross. And THAT'S why I wrote this recipe!

Sure, there are plenty of creamy vegan pasta recipes out there, but here's why so many of them don't do it for me:

Firstly, this recipe has minimal ingredients. The bulk of the flavour comes from onions, garlic, white wine and miso paste, which are all easy to get hold of.

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Secondly, there's no soaking of cashews or sunflower seeds for the creamy element. Nor is there the need to make a bechamel sauce (aka white sauce). The creaminess comes from blending a tin of pre-cooked cannellini beans with water, olive oil and nutritional yeast. The texture is insanely creamy even though the final recipe is low in fat and high in protein!

As always, the recipe is at the bottom of this page (if you're short on time or have a superiority complex, feel free to scroll past all these helpful hints and tips). Here are the main steps in making this MEGA easy pasta.

To start with, let's make our cannellini cream! It really couldn't be simpler! It's just a tin of cannellini beans, some water, olive oil and some nooch. Throw it all in the blender until it's super smooth and hey presto! A cannellini cream for all your pasta sauce needs!

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If you're making a different kind of sauce and want to make it creamy (for instance, a creamy tomato sauce) you can follow this part of the recipe exactly and add the cannellini cream to that sauce instead. It's very versatile!

I'm assuming you know how to do this - but just make sure your pasta water is nice and salted. The old saying is that your pasta water should be as salty as the mediterranean.

Once boiled, strain out your pasta but reserve the water. It's an essential part of the sauce recipe. I like to keep my pasta from overcooking by plunging it into cold water until I'm ready to use it.

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The sauce itself is deceptively simple! First fry up your onions and garlic before adding some white wine to deglaze the pan. Let the wine reduce and add some miso paste. The miso is a flavour bomb ingredient which will really wake the sauce right up, so don't skip this bit!

Next you add the cannellini cream and stir to combine. The mixture will thicken nicely and I advise you use a splash of pasta water to loosen things up. The pasta water also contains a lot of starch which will make the sauce SUPER glossy and help it cling to the pasta.

Let's get those nuddy little tubes of pasta DRESSED shall we?? Add a good pinch of salt and ground pepper to the sauce before adding your pasta. Stir it up good to make sure it's nicely coated.

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I like to serve mine with some vegan parm, black pepper and some finely chopped parsley. A little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil will also take this dish to the next level!

This recipe is deliberately simple to make sure that it's accessible to as many people as possible. If you've tried this recipe and LOVE it, why not try these little alterations to take it to the next level:

Why not add some finely chopped wild mushrooms with your onions and garlic. You could even add a little marmite with the miso paste to beef up that umami flavour!

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Some finely shredded kale will cook in no time with the white wine and will add beautiful flavour and deep green colour to this recipe! Why not use cavolo nero for an authentic italian vibe!

Looking for a super quick carbonara style recipe? Chop up your favourite vegan bacon and add this with the onions and garlic. A dash of liquid smoke or pinch of smoked paprika will help take things to the next level!

Calories: 417 kcal Carbohydrates: 40 g Protein: 15 g Fat: 20 g Saturated Fat: 3 g Sodium: 1417 mg Potassium: 728 mg Fiber: 12 g Sugar: 9 g Vitamin A: 577 IU Vitamin C: 13 mg Calcium: 124 mg Iron: 5 mgThe perfect vegan pasta sauce recipe that is simple, fuss-free and made using gorgeous ingredients that we cook with every day. Freezer friendly, healthy and satisfying. One of my staple vegan pasta recipes.

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The perfect vegan pasta sauce recipe, inspired by my Greek roots and family – takes only minutes to make, uses healthy, plant-based ingredients, and tastes so damn good. I mean just look at this picture, it might be a bit messy, but it certainly screams “EAT ME!!” right? Lucky for you I have turned this into one of the easiest, healthy pasta sauce recipes ever! Nope, you won’t have to spend forever making this sauce in the kitchen. It tastes as good as that homemade sauce you had growing up, without all the work that your parents or grandparents probably put into it. I promise you’ll want to add this to your fav vegan pasta recipes.

All you’ll need to do for this gorgeous healthy pasta sauce recipe is compile all your ingredients and get ready to cook and marry all the flavours.

Step One: First, you’ll heat your olive oil, and add in your onions and garlic to let them sweat it out for about five minutes. This helps really ensure you are going to get the best most delicious flavours from the onions and garlic in your sauce.

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Step Two: Next, you’ll add in all of your spices (listed below) and vegetable stock cube (or paste) and give them a good stir. Notice that you’re continuously adding and marrying all the flavours you need for the perfect homemade pasta sauce throughout these steps.

Step Three: Now add in your tomatoes (either canned or fresh). I love using fresh when they are in season in the summer, otherwise, I just use canned. Also, add your fresh herbs and pepper then bring the mixture to a boil before simmering it for about 15 minutes.

Step Four: All you need to do is smash up your tomatoes to get that sauce nice and creamy and add a bit of water into it. Your sauce will cool for a few minutes before loading it into a high-speed blender to really get it smooth and not chunky.

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Step Five: Serve this sauce over your favourite type of pasta noodle. Or even add it to a rice dish, or just throw it into your freezer to store it for future meals. It should last for around 2-3 weeks in the freezer.

To me, there is nothing more sentimental than making a good family pasta sauce, and this vegan pasta sauce recipe is the perfect one to have in your back pocket for years to come.

Is pasta sauce vegan? Pasta sauce can most definitely be made vegan. Most sauces have a tomato base and some seasoning. It’s that simple!

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What do vegans eat on their pasta? You can find a vegan cheese that you like to sprinkle on top, or you can use nutritional yeast that has a cheesy flavor, and lots of added health benefits.

Is there vegan pasta sauce? Absolutely. Lots of shelf-stable pasta sauces are vegan. You’ll want one that is a tomato base, and make sure that it doesn’t include parmesan cheese in the mix.

What kind of tomatoes should I use? Use what’s in season or if you are using canned, I like roma tomatoes. San Marzano tomatoes are also a popular canned variety.

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Play around with what fresh and dry herbs you use in this sauce!  It is completely fool proof and designed to help you have a staple sauce recipe in your back pocket should you ever need one on the fly!

Serving: 1 | Calories: 619 kcal | Carbohydrates: 56.5 g | Protein: 9.8 g | Fat: 44.8 g | Saturated Fat: 6.5 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.3 g | Sodium: 1786.7 mg | Fiber: 16.5 g | Sugar: 29.2 g

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