These healthy, dairy-free pasta sauce recipes are quick, easy and will help you shake up that weekly dinner routine.
These dairy-free pasta recipes make enough for one portion. Double up and you have some for work the next day!
Healthy Pasta Sauce 1: Dairy-Free Alfredo
1 clove garlic
1 punnet brown mushrooms, sliced
2 tsp olive oil
2 chicken breasts
5 to 6 large baby marrows
2 TBSP coconut cream
Dried chilli flakes
Salt & pepper to taste
1/ Heat a large pan until very hot, then add the garlic, mushrooms and 1 tbsp olive oil. Sauté until slightly golden.
2/ Slice and sauté the chicken breasts in the rest of the olive oil.
3/ Using a spiraliser, make courgette pasta (you can also buy courgette spaghetti from Woolworths).
4/ In a bowl, mix the mushrooms, chicken, coconut cream, chilli flakes and salt and pepper together. Toss with the courgette spirals.
Healthy Pasta Sauce 2: Puttanesca
1 clove garlic
1 red chilli
1 TBSP olive oil
5 to 6 chopped anchovies (optional)
3 TBSP caper berries
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Spaghetti / pasta of your choice
15 kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
Salt & pepper
1/ In a large pan, sauté the garlic and chilli in the olive oil.
2/ Add the anchovies and caper berries and cook for another minute.
3/ Add the tomatoes and cook for a further 10 minutes until slightly thickened and reduced. In the meantime cook your pasta.
4/ Toss in the olives, seasoning and some of the pasta water to loosen. Add in the spaghetti and stir until well-combined. Serve immediately.
Healthy Pasta Sauce 3: Avo Pasta Salad
12 rosa/ baby tomatoes, quartered
Handful of olives, pitted, chopped
½ an avocado, sliced
1 cup gently steamed spinach
Chilli flakes
Salt & pepper
Fresh lemon
Pasta of your choice (we recommend penne)
Fresh basil
1/ Place the tomatoes, olives, avo, spinach and chilli in a large bowl. Add the seasoning, lemon juice and olive oil. Add the cooked pasta and toss together until coated.
2/ Serve with fresh basil leaves.