Creamy Vegan Pasta-- It does exist!!

I have been trying to make the perfect creamy vegan pasta sauce for years (literally). And I finally did it! Thanks to my new Vitamix professional blender and a newly discovered love of raw cashews, I have been experimenting with some recipes that are seriously blowing my mind. So creamy. So rich. I'm obsessed. (If you don't have a Vitamix... you could try using a food processor, but I do think a professional blender is pretty important in this recipe). I really love that this recipe can be made soy-free and gluten-free-- bonus!

A few friends asked me for this recipe after I posted this photo on Instagram (@kennydn), so here are some links to help you create this wonderful dish. 

I know, right? Looks soooo good. 

I didn't really follow one specific recipe for this one, but I was inspired by two different recipes that I've been playing around with recently. 

VegNews Vegan Macaroni and Cheese - OMG the best vegan mac n cheese EVER!!!  You boil some veggies like potatoes, carrots, onion, and shallots, then blend with cashews and spices to make an amazing cheezy sauce. I fed this to some non-vegans and they were blown away. Life changing. 

Oh She Glows Quick and Easy Vegan Alfredo - This is a really easy sauce to make, and I roughly followed this recipe for the pasta in the above photo. I modified it a bit by adding sauteed onion, garlic and shallot to the cashew mix, skipped the nutritional yeast, and made it spicy with some cayenne. I also used more almond milk than called for, which made it extra creamy. Oh and I put in a few chunks of Daiya vegan cheddar, because why not! Then we sauteed some red peppers, mushrooms, capers, and Gardein vegan chicken.  So freaking good, you guys!! 

Oh, and thanks to my friends on Instagram for inspiring me to post to this blog, which I've been neglecting for almost 2 years. Gracias, amigas!