Yeasty Cashew Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cashews
  • 3 Tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp red pepper flakes
  • ½ cup nutritional yeast
  • ⅓ cup lemon juice
  • 3 cup pasta water (water taken from the pot used to boil pasta)
  • 1 cup oat milk (can substitute with soy milk)

Preparation

  1. 1

    Soak the cashews: Pour cashews into the blender pitcher, submerge with cool or cold water, and cover. Put the pitcher inside the fridge and wait at least 6 hours.

  2. 2

    Cook your pasta of choice and reserve the water used.

  3. 3

    Drain the water from the pitcher used to soak the cashews.

  4. 4

    Pour half the reserved water into the pitcher along with all the other sauce ingredients, then blend until smooth and creamy.

  5. 5

    Blend in more pasta water until the sauce is at your desired thickness.

  6. 6

    Heat sauce in a pot over medium-low heat until warm (approximately 4 minutes).

  7. 7

    Combine sauce with your pasta and serve.