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Garlicky Sweet Potato Noodle Pasta
Delicious vegan garlic Alfredo sauce over sweet potato noodles! This is a simple, healthy, flavourful, and satisfying dinner for everyone!
Garlicky Sweet Potato Noodle Pasta
- Prep Time:
- 50 minutes
- Cook Time:
- 10 minutes
- Total Time:
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yields:
- 4 persons
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 3 cloves garlic ( add more or less to taste)
- 4-5 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp arrowroot starch (or cornstarch for thickening)
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups unsweetened plain almond milk
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes (optional//omit for less spicy)
Noodles
- 3 medium sweet potatoes (peeled and spiralized)
For Serving
- Fresh chopped parsley
- Sautéed kale
- Vegan Parmesan Cheese
- Red pepper flakes
directions
- Add cashews to a small mixing bowl and cover with very hot water to soak for 30 minutes. Then drain thoroughly and set aside. (or soak cashews overnight or 6-8 hours in cool water).
- If serving with sautéed kale, prepare now and set aside until serving.
- While cashews finish soaking, peel and spiralizer potatoes using a veggie spiralizer on the thinnest blade. Or if you don’t own a spiralizer, you can use a vegetable peeler or julienne peeler instead. Set aside.
- Add soaked and drained cashews to a high-speed blender. Then add remaining ingredients: garlic, nutritional yeast, salt, arrowroot starch, and almond milk.
- Blend on high until creamy and smooth, scraping down sides as needed. Taste and adjust flavour as needed, adding more garlic, nutritional yeast for “cheesiness,” salt for saltiness, or a pinch of red pepper flake for heat. The sauce should be creamy, smooth, and pourable. If too thick, think with a bit more almond milk.
- Transfer sauce to a large, rimmed pan or pot and heat over medium-low heat until it just starts to bubble. Whisk as it heats, as it will thicken. Once bubbling reduce heat to a very low simmer to keep warm. The sauce will thicken, so thin with more almond milk if needed.
- Add 1 inch water to a large pot and top with a steamer basket (if you don’t have a steamer basket, see notes). Heat over medium-high heat and once bubbling, add potato noodles. Cover to let steam for 3-5 minutes. Be careful not to steam too long or the noodles can become soggy.
- Add your sweet potatoes to your sauce and gently toss to combine. If adding kale or other add-ins, add at this time.
- Serve as is or garnish with fresh parsley, kale, vegan parmesan, or red pepper flakes.
- This dish is best when fresh, as the noodles tend to get soggy after reheating, but the flavour is still delicious!
Notes
- If you don’t have a steamer basket, sauté sweet potato noodles in a bit of oil in a large rimmed skillet for 5-7 minutes, gently stirring.
- To save time you can also buy store-bought spiralized sweet potato noodles.
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