Make a super quick and healthy meal with this vegan alfredo sauce powder! What is Alfredo? It is a classic Italian pasta sauce that is made from cheese, heavy cream, garlic, and is often garnished with black pepper and parsley. It is usually served with fettuccine noodles, and often accompanied by lightly steamed vegetables and chicken or shrimp. Definitely not vegan! But no worries, now you can have your alfredo vegan style!!
This powder is made from ground cashews, tapioca starch, and the perfect combo of spices and flavoring to get a creamy cheesy flavor, with a light sprinkle of garlic and pepper.
Cashews and tapioca combine to make a perfect creamy and cheesy consistency to this sauce. The cashews are blended with the other ingredients so that they are finely ground. All you have to do is add water (and olive oil if desired for a more creamy and authentic sauce)!
How to Cook: there are 2 ways of cooking this
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Easy - mix contents with 450ml water and 1-2 Tablespoons of oil or vegan butter if desired. Cook over medium heat until it thickens and comes to a boil. If it is too thick, add more water. For a lower fat sauce, use extra water and NO oil.
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Extra Creamy (recommended!) - in a blender, add contents with 450ml water and 1-2 Tablespoons of oil or vegan butter. Blend for about 30 seconds to a minute. Pour into a small pan and cook over medium heat until it thickens and comes to a boil. If too thick, add a little water. For a lower fat sauce, use extra water and NO oil.
We recommend making the extra creamy sauce, but honestly even doing it the easy way makes a creamy sauce and when you are eating it on pasta you almost can’t tell the difference. The extra creamy sauce will be thicker than the easy sauce, so you may need to add a little extra water after cooking. After cooking, taste and add more salt/pepper if desired. Adding oil/butter is optional as it is plenty flavorful and creamy as it is. But the oil does give it more richness, so try it both ways and see which you prefer.
How to Serve:
Alfredo is traditionally served with fettuccine noodles, and often a meat such as chicken or shrimp. I suggest chopping or shredding some of our shredded un-chicken, or herb roast and sautéing with seasonings of choice until crispy. Mix your sauce with the pasta and add your un-chicken or roast on top. Serve with a salad or steamed, sautéed or roasted veggies. Mushrooms are also great!. Sprinkle our vegan grated parmesan or hard parmesan on top!
This sauce is also great on veggie burgers, roasted veggies, steamed broccoli, mixed into pasta/rice/chickpeas/veggie for a casserole, and more!
Kids love it as a quick Mac and cheese sauce too! Cook up some macaroni, make the sauce, and mix together. A perfect quick meal! I like to add frozen peas to the cooking macaroni right before draining it.
OR use the powder as a cheesy sprinkle on popcorn, pasta, veggies, salad, etc.!
This sauce is great on zoodles (zucchini noodles) as well! Use a vegetable peeler to make long strips of zucchini and very lightly steamed them to wilt before tossing with the sauce. A lovely light lunch!
One pack has approximately 85g, enough to make 2 1/2 cups of sauce! This is enough for 250-500g of fettuccine, depending on how saucy you prefer it.
Ingredients: Cashews, nutritional yeast, tapioca starch, onion powder, himalayan salt, vegan lactic acid, garlic powder, white pepper, mustard powder
*This product is gluten free in that it contains no gluten containing ingredients. However, it is produced in a facility that also makes gluten containing products. Though we do our best to clean equipment, we cannot guarantee no cross contamination.
