Vegan Creamy Mushroom Pasta

This vegan creamy mushroom pasta recipe is an easy and comforting vegan dinner ready in only 20 minutes. All the decadence of creamy pasta without dairy!

Who needs a big bowl of pasta? There are times when nothing other than a decadent creamy pasta bowl will do. Plus, I feel like we haven’t shared enough cashew cream recipes on the blog.

If you are unfamiliar with cashew pasta sauce, let me tell you, it is the most simple and delicious creamy vegan sauce for many dishes.

Vegan creamy mushroom pasta

This is comfort food at its best—a creamy vegan pasta bowl with stir-fried garlic mushrooms and cashew cream sauce. Pasta, mushrooms, cashew cream, and garlic that is a winning combo!

The crucial word to say about this recipe is easy! In fact, this recipe is ready in only 20 minutes using less than 10 ingredients:

• Mushrooms – a great vegetable or vegan protein source.
• Garlic
• Olive oil
• Vegan butter – optional
• Pasta – any shape, I recommend using those healthy pasta options: chickpea pasta, buckwheat pasta, edamame pasta, or wholewheat pasta (or brown rice pasta if gluten-free).
• Vegetable stock
• Unsweetened almond milk
• Nutritional yeast
• Paprika
• Cashews – soaked overnight
• Parsley
• Lemon juice

How to make cashew pasta sauce?

Cashew pasta sauce is an easy vegan pasta sauce using only 3 main ingredients.

• Soaked cashews – the trick is to soak the cashews at least 12 hours into cold water or 1 hour into boiling water. Soaked cashews become really soft and can easily blend into a thick cream when combined with liquids. That is how you make a good cashew pasta sauce.
• Liquid – can be vegetable stock, almond milk, or a combo of both as used in this recipe.
• Spices – nutritional yeast is great to add a cheesy flavor to your vegan creamy pasta sauce. Other great spices to add are garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, cumin, or turmeric.

The best ratio of soaked cashews/liquid to create a creamy vegan pasta sauce is 1 cup of liquid for 1 1/2 cup of soaked cashews.

Then, depending on how creamy you like your pasta, you can reduce liquid to 3/4 cup or increase and simmer the pasta into the sauce to thicken.

Vegan creamy pasta serving suggestion

Vegan creamy pasta recipes with cashew cream are the best!

This creamy mushroom pasta tastes like your classic favorite mushroom pasta, except that you have replaced the regular dairy with cashew cream.

The best toppings to serve your vegan mushroom pasta are:

• Chopped Italian parsley 
• Toasted pine nuts
• Vegan parmesan

Also, this recipe can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days or freeze!

Simply defrost the pasta the day before and rewarm it over medium heat in a saucepan.

If the sauce thickened too much in the fridge, I recommend adding a splash of vegetable stock or water into the saucepan to lightened up the sauce.

More vegan pasta recipes

If you love the creamy texture of cashew cream, you will also love my red lentil pasta recipe below.

Red Lentil Pasta Recipe

4.84 from 240 votes

An easy, healthy 30-minute vegan dinner with a thick red lentil tomato sauce with Italian spices and pasta.

Check out this recipe

Don’t forget to share a picture of your creamy pasta bowl with me on Instagram! I love to see how you reproduce my recipes in your kitchen.

Your friend, Carine

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Vegan Creamy Mushroom Pasta

A creamy vegan pasta recipe with cashew pasta cream.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, European

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 620 kcal

Author: Carine

4.83 from 270 votes

Ingredients

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Cashew pasta cream sauce

• ▢ 1 ½ cup Cashews - soaked overnight in cold water or soaked 30 minutes in boiling water
• ▢ 1 cup Almond Milk - or plant-based milk you like
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Paprika
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Salt

Mushroom Pasta

• ▢ 2 tablespoons Olive Oil - divided
• ▢ 300 g Mushrooms - sliced
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Vegan Butter - optional or use more olive oil
• ▢ 2 Garlic - peeled, minced
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Parsley
• ▢ 1 cup Vegetable stock
• ▢ 18 oz Cooked pasta of choice - (about 9 oz uncooked) chickpea pasta, buckwheat pasta or whole wheat

Instructions

Cashew pasta cream sauce

• In a blender, add all the cashew pasta cream sauce ingredients. The order doesn't matter: soaked/drained cashews, unsweetened almond milk, paprika, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt.
• Blend on high speed until the cashews turn creamy, smooth with no lumps. If there are lumps in your sauce, it may be because you didn't soak the nuts long enough or that your blender doesn't have the power to turn the cashews into a smooth sauce. That's ok. The sauce will still be delicious, slightly less smooth.
• Set aside.

Mushroom pasta

• In a large saucepan, warm olive oil under medium heat.
• Add sliced mushrooms, dried parsley, and stir fry for 5 minutes, until mushrooms release their water and reduce size.
• Stir-in vegan butter and minced garlic.
• When the vegan butter is melted, pour the vegetable stock, cashew pasta cream sauce, and cooked pasta.
• Stir to combine, cover and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes until the pasta is warm to serve.
• Taste sauce and adjust salt and pepper before serving.
• Serve with fresh Italian parsley, toasted pine nuts, or vegan Parmesan.

Storage

• Store in airtight containers in the fridge for 3 days or freeze. Defrost in the fridge the day before.
• Rewarm on medium heat in a saucepan. If the sauce has thickened in the fridge, add a splash of water or vegetable stock to lighten up.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 620kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 640mg | Potassium: 656mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 382IU | Vitamin B12: 1µg | Vitamin C: 8mg | Vitamin D: 1µg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 4mg | Magnesium: 149mg | Phosphorus: 355mg | Zinc: 3mg