Vegan Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce
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This easy, family-friendly meal is a quick way to get dinner together using all things shelf-stable. Using affordable and accessible ingredients can be decadent and delicious and no one will know that your secret weapon was a can opener.
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 can whole stewed tomatoes, or whatever canned tomatoes you have
- 1 tbsptomato paste
- 1½ cups canned or cooked chickpeas, drained
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp sugar or sweetener of choice
- ½ tsp - 1 tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper + more to taste
- red pepper flakes for garnish
- Pasta of choice for 4
- 1 cup jarred artichoke hearts (optional), chopped (or any jarred veg you have like roasted red pepper, eggplant, etc)
- 2 tbsp capers (optional) or olives), chopped
Instructions
- In a blender add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, 1 cup chickpeas, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and onion powder, and blend until smooth. If you are using diced tomatoes you can blend everything but the tomatoes.
- Transfer creamy tomato sauce to a medium saucepan, and heat over medium-high heat.
- Add oregano, basil, sweetener, salt, and pepper to taste. If you want a spicier sauce, you can add red pepper flakes now.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large stockpot of generously-salted water according to package instructions. Reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid and drain.
- Continue cooking the sauce until it reaches a simmer.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for up to 30 minutes until it has partially reduced.
- Stir in the artichoke hearts, capers and ½ cup whole chickpeas.
- Taste, and season with salt & pepper, if needed.
- When your sauce is ready, combine the drained pasta with a few scoops of the sauce and gently toss, add pasta water as needed to help coat the noodles, and create a velvety sauce.
- Serve immediately, garnished with your desired toppings.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 371.5 Fat: 4.9g Saturated fat: 0.5g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 70g Sugar: 13.3g Sodium: 1096mg Fiber: 14g Protein: 16.1g Cholesterol: 0mg
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2020/03/24/vegan-creamy-tomato-pasta-sauce/