Creamy Avocado Alfredo Pasta

By Kathy C.

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk of choice
• 2/3 cup fully mashed avocado (160g)
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp salt, or more to taste
• 2 tsp oil or buttery spread - adds richness and helps sauce adhere to pasta, but can be omitted
• 8 oz uncooked noodles OR spaghetti squash, black bean pasta, steamed veggies, etc.
• nutritional yeast or Parmesan (such as vegan parma) for serving

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 15mins
Adapted from chocolatecoveredkatie.com

Preparation

Step 1

Whisk the first 4 ingredients and optional oil in a small saucepan. (For a smoother and creamier sauce, blend or use a hand blender to blend until smooth.) If making pasta, bring a separate pot of salted water to a boil. Once boiling, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain fully (do not rinse with water), then set aside. Heat the first small saucepan until sauce thickens and begins to boil, then stir in the pasta and remove from the heat. Serve immediately, sprinkling with nutritional yeast or Parmesan if desired.

As soon as you taste it, you’ll swear this creamy avocado alfredo sauce must be made with a ton of heavy cream… But there’s actually NO heavy cream in the entire recipe!

Avocados have a thick and creamy texture that lends itself so well to both sweet and savory recipes, and they’re a fantastic healthy replacement for heavy cream. Very low in saturated fat, avocados are an excellent source of the good monounsaturated fat that—when eaten as part of a healthy diet—has been shown to lower one’s risk of both heart disease and cholesterol.
Read more at http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2015/09/17/avocado-alfredo-recipe/#xxkhFBpHTIfZxd75.99