Vegan lemon garlic pasta
Easy vegan lemon garlic pasta recipe. Healthy pasta dish with creamy lemon garlic sauce. Simple, delicious and dairy free lunch or dinner dish. Author: Krista, www.bunnymommycooks.com
Servings Prep Time
2 20min
Cook Time
20min
Servings Prep Time
2 20min
Cook Time
20min
Ingredients
  • 180g of whole-grain pasta(I used spaghetti)
  • 150g of cashews
  • 1 onion(~165 g)
  • 3cloves of garlic(~18 g)
  • 100ml of lemon juice(from 2 medium size lemons for 2 portions of pasta)
  • 1teaspoon of lemon zest
  • 7g of fresh parsley
  • 50ml (or more, if necessary) of room temperature water for the sauce + around 250 ml of boiling hot water for soaking the cashews
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • oil for cooking
  • small piece of nori sheet(optional; I used 1/3 of a nori sheet for 2 portions of pasta)
Instructions
  1. put cashews in a heat resistant bowl and cover them with boiling hot water, then set aside for later;
  2. peel and cut in small pieces onions and garlic cloves. Heat up small amount of oil in a frying pan and put onions and garlic to cook until golden brown – do not forget to mix periodically;
  3. while onions and garlic are cooking, wash the lemons and grate off a bit of its zest to obtain the necessary amount of lemon zest. Then juice the lemons to obtain the necessary amount of lemon juice;
  4. chop the parsley in small pieces and, if using nori sheet, either cut it with scissors in tiny pieces or grind it in food processor;
  5. at this point onions and garlic should be ready, so take them off the flame/heat and put pasta to boil;
  6. drain the cashews and put them in food processor together with cooked onions and garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Blend everything until you get a thick creamy sauce. To make it more liquid, add water and continue to blend until the desired consistency is obtained;
  7. transfer the sauce to a bowl, add chopped parsley and, if using, nori sheet pieces and mix everything together. Do some tasting and, if necessary, add extra salt and pepper;
  8. when pasta is ready, drain it and mix it together with the lemon garlic sauce.