Easy Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
Rich and creamy vegan pumpkin sauce pasta. Garlicky, buttery, with a bit of heat from cayenne, and lots of creamy pumpkin.
Ingredients
- 1 package of spaghetti or your favorite pasta
Sauce:
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoon vegan butter
- 2 tablespoon vegan cream cheese
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoon minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
Toppings:
- ½ cup walnuts toasted and chopped
- Red pepper flakes to taste
- fried sage
- vegan parmesan to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta as directed on package. While pasta cooks make the sauce.
- Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat
- Briefly sautée minced garlic
- Add cream cheese and pumpkin puree into pan and mix well
- Reduce heat and add spices
- Add broth and mix well. Let simmer on low heat until heated through. If you would like to make sauce thinner, add more broth.
- Serve over pasta & top with chopped, toasted walnuts, red pepper flakes, a few fried sage flakes, and vegan parmesan.