Creamy Miso Mushroom Pasta
Recipe by Fran Allen
Ingredients
11
Time
5m
Serves
3
This is a winter, weeknight favourite at my house. A creamy dairy-free pasta sauce rich in umami flavours that comes together in about 30 minutes. Mushrooms are a great addition to your diet, especially in the fall and winter. Rich in fibre, protein, and antioxidants these fungi are great for supporting digestion. I’m using cremini but this recipe works well with several varieties of mushrooms.
Dinner
30-Minute Meal
Budget-Friendly
Ingredients
1cup
Raw Cashews
2heaping Tbsp
Miso Paste
1/2Tbsp
Sesame Oil
1tsp
Onion Powder
1cup
Hot Water
3
Garlic Cloves
4cups
Mushrooms
1Tbsp
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
6oz
Dry Pasta (Long Noodles)
2heaping cups
Baby Spinach
3Tbsp
Sesame Seeds
Instructions
1
In a blender add the cashews, miso paste, sesame oil and onion powder. Cover with the hot water and set aside to hydrate.
2
Cook your noodles to package instructions and set aside, reserve ½ cup of the starchy pasta water for building the sauce later.
3
In a large pan over medium heat, heat your olive oil and begin to saute the garlic and mushrooms until golden brown. Do this in stages to avoid crowding the mushrooms.
4
While you mushrooms are sauteing, blend the cashew miso mixture until smooth. Add the cooked pasta and miso cashew mix to the pan with all of the sauteed mushrooms and spinach. Fold in all of the ingredients until the spinach is wilted and every noodle is coated. If the sauce is too thick, add some of the reserved pasta water into the pan one tablespoon at a time. Once everything is coated and the correct consistency, top with toasted sesame seeds and serve immediately.
5
Substitutions: To make this recipe gluten-free use your preferred gluten-free noodles. To make this recipe nut-free substitute the 1 cup of cashews for ½ cup creamy tahini or 1 cup raw sunflower seeds and prepare the recipe as written.
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Fran Allen, CNP is a non-diet certified Holistic Nutritionist based in Toronto. Her work focuses on intuitive eating, achieving health at every size and dismantling diet culture. She uses her years of professional culinary experience to make meals fun, easy and satisfying.
