Recipes

Silken Tofu Pasta Sauce

This quick and easy silken tofu pasta sauce is super creamy, rich-in-flavor and high-protein. It comes together within 20 minutes and makes for the perfect creamy pasta sauce to customize with more veggies. Naturally vegan and gluten-free.

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 16 oz silken tofu - excess water drained
  • 1 yellow onion - diced
  • 4 cloves of garlic - crushed
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp miso paste
  • 1 tsp salt - or to taste
  • ¼-1 tsp red pepper flakes - optional, plus more for serving
  • ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water - optional, use only if needed to thin out the sauce
  • cooked pasta - to serve

Notes

  • Storage: keep the sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Reheat in a pan or the microwave. The sauce stores better when kept apart from the pasta. If the sauce is too thick, then add a splash of water or milk.
  • This recipe makes for an amazing basic creamy pasta sauce to add on more ingredients, especially veggies. Try tossing in cooked broccoli, asparagus, green peas, spinach, mushrooms and more.

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta al dente according to the packaging. Reserve some cooking pasta water to use later if needed to thin out the sauce. Drain the noodles and set aside.

  2. Warm up a large pan with a little oil and then, add the onion. Cook for 5-7 minutes stirring often. Add the garlic and cook for 1-2 more minutes, then remove from the heat.

  3. To a blender, add the tofu, cooked onion and garlic mixture, lemon juice, miso paste, nutritional yeast, red pepper flakes and salt. Blend on high until smooth and take 1-2 breaks to scrape the bottom and sides of the blender. If the sauce is too thick, then add a little pasta cooking water.

  4. Pour the sauce back into the pan you used to cook the onion and warm up on low-medium heat for a few minutes stirring often. Once steamy hot, add the cooked pasta and stir to combine. Taste and adjust flavoring ingredients to your taste and add a splash of pasta cooking water if you need to thin out the sauce. Serve with fresh parsley, ground black pepper and more red pepper flakes. Enjoy!