This delicious & homemade red pepper alfredo pasta is surprisingly simple to make:

I make a variation of this creamy pasta dish at least once a month.
The sauce is a wonderful addition to everything ? pasta, vegetables, garlic bread, or even served in a bowl as a rich and creamy soup.
It?s also great over spaghetti squash if you want to save calories – See: How To Cook Spaghetti Squash.
No oil
No dairy
Just 8 ingredients

Instead of heavy cream, the richness in this alfredo comes from the heart-healthy cashews, which are one of my favorite versatile plant-based ingredients to work with, as they can be used in both sweet and savory recipes to produce incredible creaminess without any heavy cream or dairy.
 
If you’d prefer a homemade creamy pasta recipe that is also nut-free, I have many of those too. Be sure to check out any of the recipes below:
This sauce comes together really easily.
Just throw the ingredients into a blender and process until smooth. You can heat the sauce while making your pasta, so everything can be done and ready to eat at the same time.
 

Italian that I am, pasta is one of my favorite foods.
When I first became a vegan at the young age of 14, my Italian grandmother panicked and told me I was crazy. Then she thought about it for a minute and asked?
?Can you still eat pasta"?
When I assured her that, yes, I could definitely still eat pasta as a vegan, she let out a giant sigh of relief and said, ?Oh, in that case, no pro...