Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta

 When I bought “The Oh She Glows Cookbook”, this is one of the first recipes that jumped out at me. I’m not a huge fan of red pasta sauces and have always tended to lean towards the white, creamy ones. This pretty much contains everything I love in a good pasta dish; fresh tomatoes, basil, nutritional yeast and a thick cashew cream sauce. This is the ultimate in comfort food and pairs perfectly with “The Best Tasting Caeser Salad Ever with Maple Croutons” found here.

Adapted from Liddon, Angela. “Luxurious Tomato Basil Pasta”.  The Oh She Glows Cookbook.

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Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

A creamy white-ish pasta sauce made from cashews and flavoured with tomatoes, basil and spices.

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Adapted From: Liddon, Angela. "Luxurious Tomato Basil Pasta". The Oh She Glows Cookbook

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• ½ cup raw cashews
• ½ cup unsweetened unflavoured almond milk (may need to add more as sauce thickens)
• 9 oz (255 g) uncooked pasta
• 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1.5 cups diced fresh or canned tomatoes (drain first)
• 3 handfuls spinach
• 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 cup packed fresh basil, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp sea salt to taste
• ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Cover raw cashews with water and soak overnight or for at least 2 hours.
2. Drain and rinse and place in the blender with almond milk.
3. Blend until smooth.
4. Bring a large pot of water (for the pasta) to boil.
5. Meanwhile, in a large pan, heat oil over medium heat and sauce onion and garlic for about 5 minutes.
6. Add tomatoes and spinach and cook another 7 minutes over medium until spinach is wilted.
7. Add pasta to boiling pot of water and cook as per directions.
8. To your pan with sauce, add cashew cream, nutritional yeast, basil, tomato paste, oregano, salt, pepper and cook 5-10 minutes until heated.
9. Drain pasta and add it to 'sauce' pan. Stir to combine.
10. Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
11. If the sauce becomes too thick add a splash of almond milk to thin.

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