Creamy vegan tomato pasta

This creamy tomato pasta is a simple but very tasty vegan pasta dish that can be prepared in just 15 minutes with a handful of basic ingredients. It's a great quick & easy weeknight dinner recipe that everyone loves.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Diet Vegan

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 13

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 340kcal

Author Vandana Chauhan

Equipment

1 Blender or food processor
1 large pot for cooking pasta
1 Large strainer for straining the pasta
1 large skillet or pan
1 Spatula

Ingredients

280 grams any uncooked pasta of choice
250 grams cherry tomatoes
2-3 cloves garlic
Fresh parsley for garnishing
½ cup any pasta sauce of choice around 113 grams
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
¼ teaspoon red chili flakes adjust to taste
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
⅓ cup any plant-based milk
Water to cook pasta

Instructions

Cook pasta al dente following the package instructions. Just before straining the pasta, reserve some pasta water.
While the pasta is getting cooked, put cherry tomatoes, garlic cloves, pasta sauce, nutritional yeast, red chili flakes, salt, and pepper in a blending jar. Blend to make a smooth sauce.
Heat olive oil in a pan. Add sauce and cook for 2-3 minutes on medium-high heat. If the sauce is too thick adjust the consistency using starchy pasta water to make a creamy pasta sauce.
Add cooked pasta and gently toss. Turn off the heat.
Garnish with chopped parsley.

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Notes

Feel free to use any pasta of choice to make this recipe.
When reserving pasta water, always collect it just before straining the pasta as it will be more starchy at that time. The starchy pasta water will help in making a creamy tomato pasta sauce.
Any tomato-based pasta sauce is fine to be used to make this dish. You can use passata or crushed tomatoes too.
Instead of using fresh cherry tomatoes, roma tomatoes, or any variety of fresh or canned tomatoes can be used too. Make sure the tomatoes are ripe and juicy.
You can also add around 1 tablespoon of tomato paste for a richer tomato flavor.
The acidity of tomatoes in the sauce is balanced by the sweetness of milk but if your sauce is too tart to your liking, add a little sugar to balance it.
You can saute some vegetables or greens like spinach and add them to this pasta to make it more healthy.
If you don't like the taste of nutritional yeast, skip it or use vegan parmesan.
More recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions are shared in the post above. Please follow them to make this recipe.

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