SUPER CHEESY VEGAN PESTO PASTA

By LEP04

Ingredients

• Pesto
• 1 1/2 cups fresh basil
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil (or hemp oil)
• 1 cup pine nuts*
• 4 medium garlic cloves
• 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Nacho Cheese
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• heaping 1/4 tsp paprika
• heaping 1/2 tsp onion powder
• heaping 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 large roasted red pepper
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• Pasta
• 3 cups pasta noodles of your choice (I used spelt spiral noodles)

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from veganinsanity.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions Pesto
Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until just a little bit chunky. Set aside.
Nacho Cheese
Add all ingredients to a food processor or high-powered blender and process/blend until smooth. Set aside.
Pasta
Cook according to package directions. Set aside. Assembly
Add your pesto and nacho cheese sauce to the cooked pasta. You will likely not use as much as you prepared, so just add a bit of each at a time, and stop when it gets to where you want it.
Season with a bit more salt & pepper, if desired.