Creamy Vegan Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce
This Creamy Vegan Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce is rich, flavorful, and made with simple ingredients that come together in a blender. Perfect for tossing with pasta, drizzling over roasted vegetables, or using as a dip, this dairy-free sauce is smooth, healthy, and incredibly easy to make.
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 89kcal
Equipment
- 1 high speed blender
Ingredients
- 1 (12oz) jar of roasted bell peppers, drained
- 1 cup raw, unsalted cashews, soaked *see options below
- juice from ½ a lemon
- ¼ cup vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- pinch of red pepper flakes *omit for no spice
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth and creamy. This includes drained bell peppers, drained cashews, lemon juice, vegetable stock, nutritional yeast, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. *Make sure your cashews have been soaked.
- Blend until creamy. If it seems too thick, add a splash of additional vegetable stock.
Notes
Storage:
Store any leftovers in an airtight container, such as a mason jar with a lid and in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
To reheat the sauce, add it to a small pot over medium-low heat and stir occasionally until it reaches a warm temperature. *Keep a lid on it because it will bubble and splatter!
Tips + Modifications:
To remove any spice, omit the red pepper flakes.
If your sauce seems too thick, add a splash more of vegetable stock.
To soak your cashews:
Place raw cashews in a glass bowl. Fill the bowl with filtered water until the cashews are completely covered. Place the bowl into the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight.
To speed this up, heat the water until boiling. Remove from the heat. Soak the cashews in the hot water for 20-30 minutes. Drain and then they are all set.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 519mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 197IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg