When I say anything can be made vegan, it is absolutely true! I have perfected a vegan alfredo sauce recipe and it’s now one of my favorite dishes to make for myself and friends! It is super simple to make and all you need is a high speed blender!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups raw cashews
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 medium sweet onion, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of whole black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
RECIPE:
– Soak cashews overnight and drain. (Do not skip this step! This is key to making the sauce super creamy)
– Using a **high speed blender** (I use a Vitamix), blend the soaked cashews and all remaining sauce ingredients until smooth.
– Pour sauce over fettuccine or your favorite pasta, salt and pepper to taste and ENJOY!
Note: If the sauce is too thick for you, slowly add more almond milk (up to an additional 1/2 cup) until you get the desired consistency.
A high speed blender and soaking the cashews overnight are two vital parts that definitely make this alfredo sauce recipe so delicious. The Vitamix I use is very basic, so you don’t need to go out and splurge on a $500 blender. It wasn’t easy for me to even splurge on the basic option, but it has changed my life!! I have so many more recipe options that my Magic Bullet wasn’t even remotely capable of doing. (It was actually pretty hysterical. You should have seen my first attempt at this, haha.) I promise you, a Vitamix is so worth the buy!
If you didn’t plan ahead and soak your cashews overnight, you can soak them in hot water for 5 minutes. You will still get a creamy sauce, but it won’t be quite as smooth as soaking them overnight. I do this sometimes and the sauce is still very enjoyable!
If you try this vegan alfredo sauce recipe, leave a comment below and let me know what you think! Are there more vegan recipes you’d like to see?
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XO, Stephanie