Pink Sauce
Like I’ve said in some of my previous posts, I don’t like tomato sauce much. It tends to irritate my stomach. When I was still vegetarian, I’d choose Alfredo or pink sauce over just plain red. I recently made a vegan pink sauce, but it wasn’t worthy of mention. I used tofu in it and the results were grainy. I didn’t like it. After thinking about it for a few days, here’s what i came up with:
8 oz pasta shells
2 tbsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 zucchini, chopped
1 summer squash, chopped
8 oz smoked tofu, cut into cubes
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp hot sauce (optional)
1/2 cup vegan sour cream
1 1/2 cups vegan pasta sauce (your favorite)
1/2 tsp brandy
salt and pepper (to taste)
1. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
2. In large pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook for a minute.
3. Add zucchini, summer squash and tofu. Stir in thyme, oregano, basil and lemon juice. Cook for 5-7 minutes. If using, add hot sauce and cook for one more minute.
4. In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, pasta sauce and brandy. Mix well.
5. Pour pink sauce over cooked pasta and stir until combined. Serve immediately with veggies and tofu on the side.
This was delicious. If you’re a pink sauce fan like me, you have to try it ! Remember to always use fresh herbs if you have them. Also, you can sub the brandy with vodka or skip it altogether.
Wow that looks amazing! I’ve never seen smoked tofu before, but I suppose I could use regular tofu in a pinch. I can’t wait to try this.
I’m newly vegan (with the exception of eating meat if and only if I know it came from a local farmer, which apparently is very hard to find), and love your site. Your recipes are the most like what I would eat, and plan on making many of them. Thanks for posting them!
If you use a hand blender and silken tofu, you can get that nice creamy texture without the graininess. I use silken tofu to make my own vegan sour creme, mayo, and “creme” sauces.
hey Misty… don’t know if you’ll see this, but wanted to let you know that i actually used a hand blender and silken tofu the first time i attempted this recipe and it definitely turned out too grainy. i thought it tasted fine, but my boyfriend recently became vegetarian, so i try to go easy on him. let me know if you have any suggestions.