Sometimes you just need a simple, quick and easy sauce to throw on some pasta for those days you don’t feel like spending too much time in the kitchen. This vegan creamy tomato pasta sauce recipe is the perfect solution to that exact situation! It’s 100% plant-based and 100% delicious. Who doesn’t love grabbing a handful of ingredients (only five ingredients to be exact) and creating a flavorful, satisfying dish with very little hassle or clean up?
I added extra protein by using my current favorite Banza Chickpea Pasta. It’s a lower carb, vegan, and gluten-free alternative to traditional pasta with more plant-based protein and fiber.
Plant-Based Substitutions
As always, my recipes are vegan and dairy-free. In order to get the sauce all nice and creamy without the use of milk or butter, I blend in raw cashews with some hot water. You can always soak the cashews over night. However, in this case we’re trying to speed things up, get the meal ready and start eating as fast as possible. I threw in some basil to add delicious flavor. Feel free to swap this out with your own favorite spices and herbs.
I used to be discouraged when I found recipes on the internet or Pinterest and didn’t have all of the ingredients listed. Now if I’m unsure how to modify the recipe, I just quickly do a google search and look up how make substitutes if I don’t have an exact ingredient on hand. For example, in this recipe you could swap the cashews out for pine nuts or even coconut cream. Sometimes you discover new flavors this way that will soon be incorporated in your meals all because you weren’t afraid to get a little crazy and go for it in the kitchen.
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- 1 cup raw cashews
- ½ cup hot water
- 1 cup strained tomatoes (canned tomatoeswill work in a pinch)
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 handful fresh basil
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
- Cook the pasta according to directions.
- Boil water and blend all Creamy Tomato Sauce ingredients together using a high-speed blender until you get a thick and creamy consistency.
- Drain your pasta and then stir in the Creamy Tomato Sauce.
