Protein Creamy Tofu Pasta

Posted on September 13, 2022

Easy Protein Creamy Tofu Pasta

This protein tofu pasta is creamy, full of flavour and easy to make. It’s ready in 15 minutes and naturally vegan. You can make the sauce as thicker, and it’s easy to reheat for lunch. If you want to reheat this recipe just be sure to add a little more liquid, give it a good stir.

What’s in the Creamy Tofu Sauce?

Tofu- It’s no surprise the main ingredient is tofu, you can use firm or silken for this recipe! If you use firm, you might need a little more liquid to get a silky texture.

Pasta- In this recipe it’s spaghetti but any pasta will work perfectly with this creamy tofu sauce.

Plant based milk- Using a plant based milk such as almond or oat will give a subtle flavour but won’t overpower the recipe. It you want this recipe to be even creamier, add a vegan single cream (in the U.S I think they call it half and half).

Garlic- This ingredient is important to add a delicious flavour because garlic and cream are a match made in heaven.

Nutritional yeast- If you’re new to the plant based scene this isn’t yeast you’d use for baking bread, it’s a dried flake that adds a cheesy and nutty flavour to recipes. Get heaps in this recipe to thicken and give that lovely nutty undertone.

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Protein Creamy Tofu Pasta

This protein tofu pasta is creamy, full of flavour and easy to make. It's ready in 15 minutes and naturally vegan. You can make the sauce as thicker, and it's easy to reheat for lunch.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Servings 2 people

Ingredients

320 g block firm Tofu
1 heaped tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp cracked black pepper
Large pinch salt
250 ml pasta water
250 ml plant based milk
4 portions spaghetti
3 cloves garlic finely chopped
3 small shallots finely diced
Glug olive oil
100 g spinach

Instructions

Blend all of the tofu mix together & set aside, the more black pepper the better
Pop the spaghetti onto boil in heavily salted water
Fry off the minced shallots and garlic in a pan with olive oil, after 4-5 minutes add the creamy sauce along with the 250ml pasta water and mix together, KEEP THE HEAT LOW. If the pan gets too hot it’ll ruin the sauce
Add the cooked pasta, fresh spinach and mix together
Top each bowl with more salt & pepper to taste and a glug of extra virgin olive oil

Video

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Notes

If you want to reheat, add another 200ml plant based milk to the pan to help loosen the spaghetti sauce

If you like this recipe why not try my Gochujang Spaghetti?

Sun-Dried Tomato & Lemon Spaghetti

Posted on August 24, 2022

Sun-Dried Tomato Spaghetti Recipe

A delicious summery pasta recipe that’s creamy and vegan friendly. Using Sun-dried tomato and lemon with the spaghetti, this recipe is simple and easy. Ready in less than 20 minutes from prep to table, I love making this on a week night when there aren’t many ingredients in the fridge.

What Ingredients do I need for Sun-dried Tomato Spaghetti?

Spaghetti- You can use any pasta you like, but I love using spaghetti or linguini for this.

Lemon- I use 1/2 large lemon juiced for this recipe, but a good tip is to grate off some of the zest to add to the pan for an extra kick.

Sun-dried Tomato- Full of umami and deliciousness, these little pockets of flavour are perfect in this dish. I just chop them up roughly when adding to the pan.

Pasta Water- I’m listing this as a whole recipe ingredient as it’s so important to add to the stock to help it get that lovely silky texture to the pasta when stirring through. It’ll make sure everything stays silky smooth, no dry sticky pasta here.

Fresh Basil- This is another key ingredient, when keeping a recipe simple you need your flavours to pop. I’ve added around 20g of fresh basil to this recipe to really get the flavour through.

Vegan Cream- I’ve used Asda’s single cream (vegan) but you can use which ever brand you have at hand, Oatly, Alpro, Own brand etc…

Spaghetti & Cooking Notes

Don’t overcook the pasta, add it straight to boiling, salted water and season generously before serving.

Add a squeeze of lemon to each bowl just before serving

Black pepper is the secret star of the show, don’t be scared to add a really generous portion of cracked black pepper to make this recipe pop.

Sundried Tomato & Lemon Spaghetti

A delicious summery pasta recipe that's creamy and vegan friendly. Using Sun-dried tomatoes and lemon as they key flavours, this recipe is simple and easy.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 9

Servings 2 people