Dairy Free Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta

A delicious dairy free creamy Butternut Squash Pasta sauce that we love to make batches of to use with Fettuccine or even zucchini noodles for a lighter meal!

📝 Ingredients

• 12 ounces dry fettucine
• 1/2 cup cashews (raw)
• 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 sweet onion (diced)
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 lb butternut squash (peeled, seeded, and diced)
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth ((or water) divided as needed)
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 2 tbsp onion powder
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 sage leaves (fried)
• 4 strips bacon (chopped)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Submerge cashews under water for at least an hour an up to 12 hours.
2. 2Fill a large pot with water and place over high heat. Once water begins to boil, add a small handful of salt and fettuccine. Cook paste until al dente, 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. 3Remove pot from stovetop an drain. Return cooked fettuccine to pasta pot and set aside.
4. 4Place large skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons oil.
5. 5Add onion and garlic and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes or until onions just begin to brown.
6. 6Add butternut squash and continue to sauté for 5 to 6 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
7. 7Pour 1 cup broth/water over squash mixture and lower heat to medium. Cook until squash is fork tender and most of the liquid has evaporated.
8. 8Pour squash mixture into the well of a high powered blender. Drain cashews and add to blender.
9. 9Add all remaining sauce ingredients to blender and blend on high. With motor running add 2 tablespoons broth or water to blender, then add an additional 2 tablespoons at a time until sauce is smooth and creamy. Generously season with salt and pepper.
10. 10Pour sauce over pasta and fold together until pasta is completely coated.
11. 11Top coated pasta with fried sage and bacon. Serve.