Hurry Up Alfredo – VYY Cookbook!
Alright, are you ready for the first recipe preview from the VYY cookbook?
This is one of my favorite recipes in the book. I make it almost once a week. It’s the perfect creamy pasta sauce when you’re feeling like alfredo. It’s also a great sauce for casseroles, over steamed veggies, on top of lasagna — wherever you want a basic creamy sauce. So not only is it really versatile, but it’s also really quick!
The whole sauce is made in a blender, so the faster you can toss ingredients into a blender, the faster it’s done. This also makes it super easy for additions. Recently I’ve been adding whole roasted red peppers (the kind they sell water-packed in jars).
Hurry Up Alfredo
Makes 2-3 Servings
1 Cup Soymilk
1/3 Cup Raw, Unsalted Cashews
1/4 Cup Nutritional Yeast
3 Tbs Low-Sodium Tamari or Soy Sauce
2 Tbs Earth Balance Margarine
1 Tbs Tahini
1 Tbs Fresh Lemon Juice
2 tsp Dijon Mustard
1/2 tsp Paprika (smoked is awesome)
1 Pinch Nutmeg
2-4 Cloves of Garlic, optional
Black pepper, to taste
Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. This may work best in a high-speed blender (like a Vita-Mix), but you can definitely make it in a regular blender. Just blend extra-long, or perhaps strain if if you want it perfectly smooth. Tiny bits of cashews won’t hurt anyone though!
If you’re making this sauce for pasta, drain the pasta and return it to the hot empty pan. Pour the sauce over, place on medium heat, and stir until heated through. Serve with lots of fresh cracked black pepper. I love it with steamed broccoli added in!
Don’t forget to pick up a copy of the book on the 16th!
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Note to Testers
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I’ve finally received my author copies of the book! Therefore I’m ready to mail my awesome testers their free copy! Since testing was done two years ago, I need updated addresses. If you were a tester, please email me at lolo @ veganyumyum.com with your current address and I’ll get a book to you in the mail! Many thanks for all your hard work!
This looks delicious- like all your “cheesy” pastas! Congrats on the book. I will certainly be picking up a copy!
Congratulations on the book! I’m not a vegan but I still like vegan food and I’m a big fan of yours!
This pasta is tremendous! So much healthier than regular Alfredo! Love it!
I am in definite want of a Vita-Mix, but I did find a pinch hit method for small amount of nut grinding- I’ve been using my coffee grinder (i.e., spice mill), and then transferring to the blender (if necessary). It only works with small amounts (1/4 cup), but it doesn’t take long, so a second batch is okay!
I’ll be trying this tonight and will definitely pick up a copy!! Yay!
This sounds amazing. I’ve been making my own Alfredo sauce from nutritional yeast, soy milk, and a few spices, but yours sounds so much better!
Hopefully when I go to the store tonight they’ll have raw cashews so I can make this!
Do you think unsalted roasted would work? My local stores are very lacking in their raw nuts :(
This looks great! I am looking forward to getting the book soon. I hope it is available in a lot of stores so I can find one! :) I have been a big fan for a while.
This looks amazing! I just recently found your blog, and I have been trying out loads of your recipes… they are delish btw! :D I am totally making this one today!
Congrats on the cookbook! I’m totally buying it the 16th!
Thanks Vegan Yum Yum you make my vegan belly happy! :D
I just made this for lunch and it. is. AWESOME!!! It took less time to make the sauce than it did for the noodles to boil. Great recipe… thanks!
That recipe looks great! I am going to try a variation of that this weekend using almond or hemp milk instead of soy.
Can’t wait until get my hands on your book — congrats!
Mmm, mm. I do love a good cashew-based pasta sauce!
Congratulations! I’ve always enjoyed your blog and am so glad to hear your cookbook is finally out. I’m not allowing myself any more cookbooks since my apartment is swamped, but will have to convince my local library to buy it so I can check it out.
Congratulations on the book! Has it really been two years? Time flies…and I can’t wait to get it!
This looks delicious, and I love that it’s made from ingredients I always have on hand. I must give it a try soon!
I’m beyond excited to get this book! What a labour of love. The pics and the book spine look stunning … both very important when I consider cookbook purchases.
That looks sooooo wonderful – a healthy take on creamy, delicious pasta. Love it! Can’t wait to get that cookbook!
I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket for Borders and just got your book! Beautiful and just like you say, “do-able”! We are looking forward to trying out recipes…
Thanks!
Katie
Congratulations on the book! That cream sauce sounds delicious and easy!
This looks great. I love quick sauces for nights when I get home late! I used to hate cream-based sauces pre-vegan because the dairy fat in the cream made me feel ill, but now I am vegan I love sauces like this one!
wow this looks amazing. i was just oogling over another sauce you had made and now i’ll have to make this one too. can’t wait to get my hands on that cookbook!
yay for the book! Ordered it already. I have follwed your blog for about a year now and all the recipes are so good. I look forward to this book because unlike in lot of other american vegan cook books, your recipes have ingredients that are also easy to find in Finland. Thanks!
Congrats on your new book. I’m not vegan, but vegetarian. Have used a few of your recipes and they’ve always worked.
Cashew sauce in pasta sounds good. We use it in gravies in India and I know how good that is.
That recipe looks delicious!!!
And the sneek peek at the cookbook looks great :)
Rose
hurrah, congrats on being published. :) i would like to ask, for those of us in such veg-unfriendly places (where nutritional yeast is nowhere to be found), what could i use to substitute it? every vegan cream sauce calls for it. :(
Congrats for the book! I hope I’ll find it in France…
Beautiful photo! This alfredo sounds awesome. Congratulations on your cookbook! Can’t wait to check it out.
I bought this book two weeks ago at Barnes & Nobles. There was only one on the shelf so maybe it was a mistake. I’ve tried a several of the recipes and about half of them I would make again. My family converted to vegan in April and it’s not easy finding meals that please kids & adults.
i can’t wait until the 16th!
Ok so, I was recently at the Barnes and Noble in downtown Seattle and I saw a book called “Vegan Yum Yum” and I thought to myself, hm, that’s weird, her book hasn’t come out yet. But lo and behold, it is the exact book your posting about now. And it was for sale last week? I’m very confused!
Yay!!! I can’t wait to try the first recipe!! Again…. congrats on the book!
-A
i just made this and am enjoying it as i type. i’d say it definitely serves more than 2-3 though! yummy yummy yummy!
Congratulations on your book… I will definitely get a copy on the 16th.
Great job Lolo! What you do is amazing. You are a great artist as well as a bonne vivante.
Also: thanks for making vegan cooking look so good and luscious.
Congrats on the cookbook! A lot of hard work! This recipe looks great, I find myself craving alfredo often, but I just remember the ingredients. My eyes skim past the cream and milk but when I hit egg yolks I remember why I don’t eat it anymore! Last year we found that my vegan son is allergic to cashews. NOOOO!!!!!!! So I’ve had to rethink so many recipes. Keep up the good work!
Congrazzles on the publication of your cookbook, Lolo. I will surely purchase it!
This recipe was a huge hit with my family! And as a bonus we ate twice as much broccoli as we usually do.
However, my sauce was much more yellow than the picture with the post. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks again for the great recipe, and I look forward to picking up the book.
Delicious and so easy. I made it with gluten free pasta and a few little tweaks. A definite keeper. Thank you! Can’t wait to see the new book!
http://iamglutenfree.blogspot.com/2009/09/do-you-eat-mac-cheese-or-mac-cheeze.html
Just ordered my copy of the book which should arrive in a few days. Can’t wait to get it.
I made this recipe with rice milk, and only had roasted and salted cashews on hand, it was more of a “brown” colored sauce, but it was super delicious. Looking forward to making it with raw cashews and soy! Congrats on the book!
Congrats on the book! Just wanted to chime in to say that my sauce came out brown as well, not white like the picture. I assume it’s the soy sauce, perhaps? Is there a way to make it nice and white like yours? It might be a bit more aethetically pleasing. Thanks for the tip. The sauce was rich and yummy.
Hello. Sadly enough I am not a tester but I am a huge fav. and I just got the cookbook yesterday! I love it so far and can’t wait to start cooking some of the recipes. I hope to buy more copies soon to give out as Christmas presents. Great job on everything. Kelly
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Yum looks delish
That looks so yummy and creamy. I really love this recipe, it sounds so easy and I’ll give it a try very soon.
Congratulations on the book, I’ll get one for myself for sure!
Tammy,
I made this last night and mine was quite yellow too which was a tad disappointing (didn’t affect the wonderful flavour though).
I think I may’ve used the wrong cashews (unsalted which I think are roasted instead of natural) as I didn’t realise there was a difference.
Also my nutritional yeast is very yellow too.
My husband made this over the weekend, and it should have been good but he doesn’t really pay attention to detail — he used vanilla soy milk – don’t do that! On the up side, it was really fast, not too scary for my novice cook/husband, not expensive, and it will be a great fast go-to dinner – without the vanilla.
YUM! is it the 16th yet?
i only have two more days to go until i can buy your book! (full price from the bookstore, ’cause i can’t wait for it to be shipped.) this really is torture, but there’s no way i’m buying until the 16th, we’ve got to get you on that best-seller list! thaaaank you for writing a book. mine and my boyfriend’s tummies thank you too!
ONE MORE DAY. omg im so exciiiiiiiiited!
I just bought your book at the bookstore because it’s amazing! This is at a time that I am selling almost all of my cookbooks on Amazon.com because I’m in a minimalist mood. But I can see your book as being one of the ten I hope to winnow my collection down to.