Creamy Pesto Sauce (Dairy Free) – Minimalist Baker Recipe

Place a wooden spoon full of creamy dairy-free pesto on top of a jar full of pesto sauce recipe.

We're having a pesto party, and you're invited! This creamy, savory dish has all the herbs and flavors of a traditional basil pesto. Dairy-free Pesto sauce is infinitely versatile and can be used in almost any ~ too It's easy. It just comes together. 5 minutes With ~ 7 simple ingredients!

This sauce is delicious on everything from pasta to vegetables and more. Let's make pesto!

Nutritional yeast, cashews, water, olive oil, lemon, garlic, fresh basil, sea salt

How to Make Creamy Pesto Sauce Without Dairy!

This creamy pesto sauce is a variation on our Easy Vegan Pesto. It has similar ingredients: basil, garlic, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, olive oil, and salt. The difference is that Creamy, cheesy, sauce-like Add cashews, water, nutritional yeast, and salt.

Add cashews, garlic, fresh basil, nutritional yeast and water to blender.

To make it, simply place all the ingredients in a powerful blender and blend until the cashews are completely broken down. Then, it's ready to serve!

Place a spoonful of creamy pesto sauce on top of a jar containing more sauce.

We hope you love this dairy-free pesto sauce! Here it is:

Creamy
savory
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Herbie
Quick and easy
It's so versatile!

Serve over pasta, or sprinkle on chicken, fish, vegetables, or bowls (recipe coming soon)!

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Try topping a bowl of cooked pasta with a creamy, dairy-free pesto sauce.

Preparation time 5 minute

Total time 5 minute

Servings 8 (1/4 cup serving)

lecture sauce

cooking Dairy-free, gluten-free, Italian, vegan

Freeze-able no

Is it maintained? 2-3 days

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  • 2/3 cup Raw Cashews*
  • 2 Cup (loosely packed) fresh basil leaves
  • three A large spoon olive oil (To make it rich // If you don't have oil, add more water)
  • 2-3 A large spoon Lemon juice
  • 2 A large spoon nutritional yeast
  • One teaspoon sea ​​salt
  • One small clove Garlic, peeled
  • 1/2-2/3 cup water
*A NutriBullet or similar small, powerful blender will also work well. This recipe didn’t require soaking the cashews, but if you don’t have a powerful blender, soaking them will help (though it may not be enough to create a perfectly creamy sauce).
*The recipe listed makes about 2 cups.
*Adapted from Creamy Vegan Pesto Pasta (30 Minutes!)
*Nutrient information is a rough estimate based on a small amount of lemon juice.

clothing material: One Servings (1/4 cup) calorie: 116 carbohydrate: 4.6 g protein: 3.3 g province: 10 g Saturated fat: 1.6 g Polyunsaturated fats: 1.4 g Monounsaturated fats: 6.3 g trans fat: 0 g cholesterol: 0 mg salt: 295 mg potassium: 141 mg fiber: One g sugar: 0.8 g Vitamin A: 70 IU Vitamin C: three mg calcium: 21 mg steel: 1.1 mg