Ingredients
¼ butternut squash
2 garlic cloves
3 onions
2 cups almond milk, or milk of your choice
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp mustard
1 drizzle olive oil
½ packet spelt pasta
1 tbsp cashew butter
Overview
I don’t know about you but I just love pasta! To be honest, the creamier and cheesier the better. But like most cream and cheese loaded dishes they just don’t make me look or feel great after I've eaten them. I made this one day as the little lad was asking for it but I just couldn’t justify giving him loads of cream, butter and cheese on pasta with nothing else and so I put my thinking cap on and came up with this. Now please don’t freak out, because if an eight-year-old and a 35-year-old cant tell that there is no cheese, cream and butter in this then neither will you.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Chop the butternut squash into small chunks, the smaller the better, as they will roast quicker. Pop the butternut squash onto a parchment lined baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, a fairy dust sprinkle of salt and paprika and then pop the tray into the oven.
- While waiting for the butternut squash to cook, chop the onions and garlic and put into a frying pan, lightly drizzle them with some olive oil and let them slowly sweat until they become translucent and lightly caramelised. Remember, low and slow! Low heat; cook them slowly, that’s the key to getting the most flavour out of them.
- Once our onions are cooked, boil the kettle, pour most of the water into a pot and bring back to the boil. Once boiling add the pasta. With the remaining water in the kettle make yourself a lovely cup of tea or coffee, whatever you’re into!
- Once the pasta is cooked (approx 8mins) and you’ve enjoyed your cup of tea, strain the pasta and set aside. Remove the butternut squash from the oven and throw it into a food processor or a NutriBullet. Pop the onions and garlic in with the butternut squash as well as the milk, cashew butter and mustard. Season well and blitz.
- You now have the most beautifully creamy and cheesy feeling sauce that’s actually good for you. Pour over the pasta and serve. If you want you can add some cheese to it as it is totally virtuous but I never do as I really don’t think it needs it. Enjoy, my pasta loving friends.