Description
This creamy, savory broccoli sauce is made with simple, wholesome ingredients. It takes 20 minutes to make and it's delicious over any kind of pasta!
Ingredients
Scale
- water for boiling
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 1/3 cup whole coconut milk, canned
- 1 Tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon nutritional yeast* (what's nutritional yeast? i'll explain! click here.)
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring water to a boil. (Between 6-8 cups water.)
- Add broccoli, garlic cloves, and a pinch of salt.
- Boil until broccoli is tender, which should be about 15 minutes. Strain the broccoli and set aside to cool for a few minutes.
- In a blender or food processor, add cooked broccoli and garlic, coconut milk, white wine vinegar, nutritional yeast, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Blend until completely smooth.
- Serve over the pasta of your choice! We spiralized our leftover broccoli stems and a yellow squash. But this sauce is delicious over any kind of noodles. It's also a great sauce for chilled pasta salads!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Main
Nutrition
- Calories: 128
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 45.2 mg
- Fat: 10.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 6.7 g
- Fiber: 1.4 g
- Protein: 5.4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 g