Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta
The creamiest and dreamiest butternut squash pasta made with wholefood ingredients, vegan, and dairy-free! All you need is your favorite pasta, fresh butternut squash, roasted garlic, and a few more simple ingredients.
Equipment
- Blender
- Sheet Pan
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 3 cups cubed butternut squash about half of 1 squash or 320g
- 1 large white onion roughly chopped
- 1 head garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup canned coconut milk
- 3/4 cup pasta water divided
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sea salt more to taste
- cracked black pepper to taste
- 1 package your favorite pasta about 200g dry
Instructions
- Start by cutting up the butternut squash, onions, and garlic. For the garlic, remove the white, paper-like outer edges of the garlic head, leaving the other layer and the cloves intact. Cut off the top of the garlic head and wrap in a small piece of foil with a tiny drizzle of olive oil.
- Add the cubed butternut squash, roughly chopped onion, and garlic bulb in foil to a sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil and bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes or until the vegetables are fork-tender. The garlic may take slightly longer to roast than the others.
- While the vegetables bake, cook your pasta to package instructions. Once boiled, save about a cup of pasta water and set aside. This is a very important step so don't skip!
- Once the vegetables are tender after roasting, carefully add the butternut squash, onion, and garlic to a heat-safe blender. For the garlic, gently squeeze the roasted garlic from the bulb into the blender (once slightly cooled!). Add coconut milk and about a half cup of pasta water. Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Add the sauce to a saucepan on low heat. Add in the seasonings and the remaining pasta water. Let simmer on low heat and add in your cooked pasta. Combine until the pasta is covered in sauce and serve!
Notes
Note: If you are using chickpea, red lentil, or any grain-free pasta options, the "pasta water" may not thicken up your pasta like traditional wheat pasta. Gluten-free or brown rice pasta should work fine, though.
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