7-Minute Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce [Vegan]

A creamy, dairy-free pasta sauce made right in the blender in 7 minutes from roasted red peppers, tomato paste, garlic, cashews and a kick of heat from chili flakes. Toss with your favorite pasta and veggies for a quick + easy meatless meal!

Today we’re making 7-minute pasta sauce in our blender, using just 6 simple pantry ingredients.

Here’s what you’ll need to make it happen:

(links below are all affiliate links)

Roasted Red Peppers. They take the work out of homemade sauce, and it’s much more affordable than buying the same quantity of fresh peppers!

Tomato Paste. This adds a concentrated tomato flavor and an extra rich texture.

Raw Cashews. It may sound odd, but cashews are the secret weapon in this sauce: they make it thick and creamy without adding any dairy, but don’t add any noticeable flavor.

Garlic. This adds a little lick of heat and lots of fresh flavor to the sauce!

Salt and Crushed Red Pepper Flakes. These help balance out the flavors in the sauce, and adds a noticeable heat. Like it less spicy? I left options for making it more or less hot, to suit your family’s tastebuds!

Hot Water. To help the cashews become softer and easier to blend, and to help give this sauce it’s ideal thick, smooth consistency.

Let’s Make Roasted Red Pepper Sauce!

Cashews get soaked in the blender or food processor with hot water for five minutes, then all the other ingredients get dumped in and pureed until completely smooth.

Yup, that’s it!

If you keep your pantry stocked with roasted red peppers, tomato paste, and raw cashews, you can literally make this sauce any night of the week in mere minutes.

We love tossing it with whole grain or chickpea pasta and heaps of steamed or roasted veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, and butternut squash for a quick, easy, veggie loaded meal!

If you make this Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, let me know what you think! Leave a comment below, or take picture of it and share with me on Instagram! I love seeing my recipes in your kitchen.

7-Minute Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce [Vegan]

2018-10-25 13:04:50

Serves 4

Save Recipe

Total Time

7 min

Total Time

7 min

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/2 cup raw cashews
16oz jar roasted red peppers
6oz can tomato paste
2 large garlic cloves
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2-1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (1/2 tsp for mild heat, 1 tsp for noticeably spicy sauce)

Instructions

1. Heat water in a small pot, tea kettle, or the microwave until very hot (no need to boil, just get it hot and steamy).
2. Place cashews and hot water into the base of your blender or food processor, and let soak for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, drain the liquid out of the jar of roasted red peppers and add them to the blender with all remaining ingredients. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 1 minute.
3. Toss with hot pasta to serve immediately, or pour into a container with a lid and store in the fridge for up to 1 week and use as a sandwich spread, dip for veggies and crackers, or pasta sauce.

Notes

This recipe yields approximately 4 cups of sauce, or enough to coat 1lb of cooked pasta.

Baked Greens https://www.bakedgreens.com/

#7 ingredient, #7 minute, #Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Sauce [Vegan], #easy, #easy homemade pasta sauce, #gluten free, #healthy, #homemade, #meatless meal, #no cook, #quick weeknight meals, #vegetarian

4 comments

Jess October 26, 2018, 3:51 PM

We made this for dinner last night and it was so good!! Thanks for another easy healthy recipe ❤️

1. Chelsea October 26, 2018, 5:17 PM
  
  Glad you liked it, jess!
  
Gail October 26, 2018, 3:53 PM

I need to buy some roasted red peppers! Do you think the jar of mixed red and yellow peppers from Trader Joe’s would work?

1. Chelsea October 26, 2018, 5:18 PM
  
  Hi Gail! I think Trader Joe’s only sells 16oz jars of roasted peppers, but that mixed one would absolutely work!! Just use 1 1/2 jars or 3 jars for a double batch of the recipe!

Share this:

Here’s what you’ll need to make it happen:

Let’s Make Roasted Red Pepper Sauce!