Silken Tofu Pasta Sauce with Roasted Red Peppers

Silken Tofu Pasta Sauce with Roasted Red Peppers

from desireerd.com
5 min
1 servings

This silken tofu pasta sauce blends up in just 5 minutes with no chopping and no cooking! Using pantry staples like jarred roasted red peppers and nutritional yeast, it’s a creamy, flavorful, slightly smoky sauce that goes so well with your favourite pasta or gnocchi.

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces silken tofu (I've used 12-14 oz packs with equal success)
  • 2 cups jarred roasted red peppers (drained)
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • freshly cracked pepper
  • 1 pound package of your favourite pasta (cooked according to package directions, drained)

Directions

  1. 1

    Place all of the sauce ingredients in a blender. Blend on low until peppers break down, then slowly increase speed to medium high and blend until smooth, about 1-2 minutes total.

  2. 2

    Taste and adjust salt if needed. Too acidic? Lacking umami? see notes in blog post.

  3. 3

    Toss with hot pasta and serve.