Creamy Vegan Garlic Pasta – (Straightforward & Scrumptious!)

August 2, 2026

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Make this creamy vegan pasta recipe for week nights, date nights, or household Sunday dinner. The garlicy sauce comes collectively in simply 5 components, with no eggs required!

Why you’ll love this vegan pasta recipe

Tastes like a flowery Italian restaurant dish. Belief me, you will dream about this vegan garlic pasta. It’s a type of recipes you’ll make time and again.
Impossibly creamy sauce. You’ll be working again to test the components, as a result of it’s nearly unbelievable. How can a recipe so thick and easy include no heavy cream???
Straightforward to make. You want only a handful of pantry staple components.
Dinner won’t ever be boring. The pasta works nice as a major meal or a savory aspect dish. Stir in roasted greens or grilled tofu, and serve for a hearty plant based mostly dinner. Bonus: you may warmth up leftovers for lunch the following day!
Omnivore pleasant. My non vegan Italian household ask for this recipe at the least as soon as a month.

You might also like this Vegan Mac And Cheese

Step-by-step video

Above, watch the vegan garlic pasta recipe video

My favourite dairy free pasta dinner

Readers typically inform me that they might like to eat more healthy or strive extra meatless recipes, however they simply do not need time to cook dinner elaborate from-scratch wholesome meals each evening.

As a brand new mother, I utterly perceive. And it’s why I’m an enormous fan of comforting, simple meals that take longer to eat than to cook dinner.

This do-it-yourself pasta may be my all-time favourite. The complete preparation takes beneath 10 minutes, from begin to end.

It’s completely vegan, and you’ll want to put the sauce on just about every thing.

Noodles, rice, veggies, french fries, Vegan Meatballs, nachos, chocolate bars…

Perhaps not that final one. Please don’t combine chocolate bars and garlic sauce. It’s most likely not a good suggestion.

Then once more, you by no means know.

(Severely although, I wouldn’t suggest it.)

For dessert, strive these Vegan Brownies

Key components

Cashews – Search for unsalted uncooked cashews on the grocery retailer, or use uncooked cashew butter if you don’t personal a excessive velocity blender. You’ll be able to substitute unsalted roasted cashews if you’d like a smoky, nutty taste. And I’ve included two nut free choices within the recipe field beneath.

Nondairy milk – Coconut milk, oat milk, or soymilk yield an additional creamy vegan sauce. Or go together with almond milk for a low calorie possibility. I counsel an unsweetened milk… until you assume vanilla flavored pasta sounds good. I received’t choose.

Garlic – I discover it simpler to purchase minced garlic in a jar, however chopped recent garlic works simply as effectively.

Onion powder & salt – A half teaspoon of onion powder provides umami taste to the nondairy cream sauce. Salt amplifies the garlic and balances the acidity for a wealthy end.

Olive oil (elective) – Typically I embrace a tablespoon of excellent high quality olive or coconut oil to assist the sauce higher adhere to the pasta and add a buttery style. Nevertheless the oil free model continues to be scrumptious so it’s your selection.

Garnishes – Be at liberty to high your plant based mostly pasta with black pepper or dairy free Parmesan, recent herbs, a squeeze of lemon, or vegetarian bacon bits. I wish to sprinkle on dietary yeast, which imparts a tacky taste with out cheese.

What kind of vegan pasta is finest?

The recipe makes sufficient sauce to cowl eight ounces of dry pasta, which yields round 4 cups of cooked pasta. This may be any form, actually.

I like entire wheat penne, spaghetti, and even vegan ravioli.

Chickpea pasta is nice in case you are on the lookout for a excessive protein dinner. Or select gluten free pasta for company avoiding gluten.

*Many boxed dry pastas are naturally vegan. Nevertheless, some manufacturers and forms of noodles include egg. Make sure you learn the components on the field of pasta earlier than serving to vegans, to make sure it’s egg free.

The sauce can be nice over different meals moreover pasta. I typically whip up a keto model for my associates on a low carb food regimen, swapping macadamia nuts for the cashews and serving over spaghetti squash, zucchini noodles, or steamed greens.

Methods to make vegan garlic pasta

If you’re utilizing uncooked cashews, begin by soaking them in a bowl of water for six to eight hours. This step is elective however gives you a creamier, smoother sauce.
Drain the cashews and pat them totally dry. Then mix the nuts, dairy free milk, salt, minced garlic, onion powder, and elective oil in a excessive velocity blender (like a Vitamix) till easy. If utilizing cashew butter, you may skip the blender and whisk every thing collectively by hand with a spoon or wire whisk.
Cook dinner pasta of selection till al dente, following the bundle instructions. Drain however don’t rinse, as a result of rinsing noodles washes away the starch and makes it more durable for sauces to stay to their floor.
Warmth the white sauce in a small saucepan or in a microwave secure dish simply till it begins to boil. Pour sauce over the cooked pasta and divide amongst 4 plates or bowls. Garnish every serving as desired.
I wish to serve the recipe with a small aspect tomato and spinach salad. It’s additionally tasty if you happen to stir in roasted broccoli, mushrooms, brussels sprouts, or a vegan protein supply for a wholesome and filling one bowl meal.
If you end up with leftovers, retailer them in a coated container within the fridge for as much as 4 days. Reheat leftover pasta within the microwave or on the range high, or bake it within the oven. You may also serve the recipe chilly, turning it into a fast vegan pasta salad.

Easy Vegan Pasta Dish (Dairy Free Sauce)

The vegan recipe was tailored from this Cashew Alfredo Sauce.

1. If utilizing uncooked cashews, I wish to first soak them in a bowl of water for about 6 hours. (When time is up, drain off all of the water and pat dry.) This step is elective however yields a smoother vegan sauce.
2. Mix the nuts, dairy free milk, salt, garlic, onion, and elective oil in a excessive velocity blender (like a Vitamix) till utterly easy. If utilizing cashew butter, merely whisk the entire components along with a spoon or wire whisk.
3. Cook dinner your pasta (or pasta different) in line with the bundle instructions. Drain, however don’t rinse the noodles.
4. Warmth up the cream sauce in a small saucepan or within the microwave. Then pour over the cooked pasta. Garnish as desired, and serve.
5. Retailer leftover vegan pasta in a coated container within the fridge for as much as 4 days, and reheat earlier than having fun with.