Creamy Tofu Pasta with Sundried Tomatoes (No cook sauce!)

5 from 1 vote

A super quick and easy pasta recipe made with protein-rich tofu and tasty sundried tomatoes.

Prep Time2

Cook Time12

Total Time14

Course: Entree, Main Course, Pasta

Cuisine: Italian, Vegan

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 767kcal

Author: Louise-Claire Cayzer

Put the pasta water on to boil. Once it's boiled add the salt and the pasta and cook to packet instructions.
250 g pasta, 1 teaspoon salt
In a blender or food processor, add all the other ingredients, including a teaspoon of the tasty oil from the sundried tomatoes
350 g silken tofu, 125 g sundried tomatoes in oil, 50 g kalamata olives, 1 clove garlic, 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast, 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper to taste
Blend the tofu and sundried tomato mixture until smooth and creamy.
Taste and add salt or more olives, or some extra balsamic vineger to taste.
Drain the pasta, reserving a little of the pasta water.
Mix the pasta with the sauce, adding a little of the pasta water to the pasta sauce and giving it all a good stir.
Serve hot, garnished with basil leaves and extra olives to sprinkle on top.

🌶️Substitutions & Variations

This creamy sun dried tomato pasta recipe is easy to switch up for your own tastes!

Gluten-Free- the sauce for this recipe is already gluten-free, so choose your favorite gluten-free pasta. Or choose a gluten-free high protein pasta to increase the protein content of this pasta recipe.

Spicy Pasta - spice up this recipe with red pepper flakes or a dash of hot sauce when blending the pasta.

Pesto Sauce - replace the sundried tomatoes with your favorite pesto (Like my Easy Vegan Basil Pesto) for a creamy pesto sauce.

Sundried tomato paste- opt to use sundried tomato paste, perhaps with some Italian seasoning in place of the sweet sun-dried tomatoes.