Vegan Alfredo Sauce: QUICK, HEALTHY & SO DELICIOUS

Vegan Alfredo Sauce Recipe: Simple, Delicious, and Oh So Healthy

Just a little note on this divine vegan alfredo sauce. When you make it, remind yourself how healthy it is (it will be very difficult to remember since this sauce tastes so good!) This vegan alfredo sauce contains beans, nuts, and even cruciferous veg.

Because we are using steamed cauliflower, it is a good idea to make sure we follow one of Dr. Greger’s methods for cooking cruciferous vegetables, to maintain their health benefits (specifically to maximize the levels of the cancer-fighting enzyme, sulforaphane).

One way is to pre-chop the cauliflower 40 minutes before steaming, but I think that is way too time-consuming. Another is to add a pinch of mustard seeds (ground up) to the dish, which is perfect! I totally forgot to do this in the video, but you will remember, right? (Yes, you will. I will put it in the recipe, don’t worry!)

How to Use The Vegan Alfredo Sauce in Meals

Also, here are some ways to use this delicious vegan alfredo sauce in your plant-based meals:

• Add it to zucchini noodles, like in this recipe: https://www.soulintheraw.com/raw-vegan-fusion-cauliflower-alfredo-pasta/
• Mix it with your favorite whole-grain pasta. Mine is this one.
• Use it in my delicious lasagna recipe. 
• Add it to an Italian-themed buddha bowl, with olives, roasted eggplant, tomatoes or sun-dried tomatoes, cucumbers, and greens. Yum!

Can’t you tell how much I adore this recipe?

And now, let’s make it:

Vegan Alfredo Sauce Recipe

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Vegan Alfredo Sauce Recipe

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr 20 mins

 

An easy, satisfying and incredibly healthy vegan sauce for pasta, lasagna, a buddha bowl, or honestly - on anything. It will make any meal taste 10 times better! 

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: alfredo, healthy, oil-free, sauce, vegan, vegan sauce

Servings: 4 cups

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cashews, raw and unroasted
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 6 florets cauliflower (about 1/4 of a medium cauliflower)
• 1/2 cup chickpeas, dry (or 1 cup canned)
• 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• 2 tablespoons miso (chickpea or mellow white soy miso)
• 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast, unfortified
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• A pinch of black pepper
• A pinch of mustard powder
• 1 teaspoon (approximately) Frontier Garlic and Herb Seasoning optional

Instructions

1. Soak chickpeas (if not using canned) and cashews in filtered water (covered in water), overnight, in separate containers. 

2. Steam the cauliflower for about 8 minutes, or until it is completely soft and easily pierced with a fork. 

3. Rinse and drain chickpeas, and place in a pot. Cover with filtered water, and cook for about 45 minutes, or until they are completely soft. Check by squeezing between your fingers. They should be easily squished. 

4. Rinse cashews very well, and drain. 

5. Place the cooked chickpeas and steamed cauliflower in a strainer, and run them under cold water to cool.

6. Place cashews, cooked cauliflower and chickpeas, lemon juice, salt, miso, nutritional yeast, mustard, turmeric and black pepper in your blender, and blend until very smooth. 

7. Mix with pasta, in a bowl, or any other way you'd like to enjoy this. Top with Frontier Garlic and Herb seasoning. 

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