Another Delicious One For Meatless Mondays

Another Delicious One For Meatless Mondays

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Vegan Spaghetti Carbonara

A delicious, smooth and creamy vegan carbonara.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Vegan Pasta
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4
Author David Lee

Ingredients

  • 12 oz spaghetti
  • 3 cups shiitake mushroom cap thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 tspn smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tspn salt
  • 1/4 tspn pepper
  • 1/2 cup cashews soaked overnight
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 1/2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tspn pepper
  • 1 tspn salt
  • 1/4 tspn paprika
  • fresh parsley for serving

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  2. Cook pasta according to package instructions.

  3. Toss shiitake mushrooms, oil, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl.

  4. Arrange mixture on parchment paper-lined baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. Flip the mushrooms and continue baking for 7-8 minutes, or until mushrooms are crispy and brown.

  5. Cool mushroom slices on baking sheet.

  6. For the sauce, combine cashews, olive oil, garlic cloves, nutritional yeast, milk, lemon juice, pepper, salt, and paprika in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth and creamy.

  7. Drain water from pasta and return pasta to pot.

  8. Add the sauce and stir until pasta is well-coated.

  9. Mix in mushroom bacon.

  10. Top with parsley.

 

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