This High-Protein Creamy Tomato Pasta sauce is a quick-fix for days when you don´t think that you have anything to eat at home. By blending up a few pantry staple ingredients along with a store-bought pasta sauce, you have a delicious high-protein pasta sauce in no-time!
This sauce really couldn´t be easier and is so filling and nourishing! Nutritional yeast, cashews (or sunflower seeds for a nut-free option) and texturized pea protein are all ingredients that are very easy to have on hand at all times. So if you have some store bought pasta sauce and these protein-filled pantry staples, you are golden for a filling, delicious, and protein packed meal!
Here is the protein breakdown:
| Ingredient | Amount | Protein |
| Cashews | 1 cup | 20g |
| Nutritional Yeast | 1/2 cup | 30g |
| Pea Protein Crumbles | 1/2 cup | 21g |
| Tomato Sauce | 3 cups | 10g |
| TOTAL | 81g |
Per serving (about 1/6 of the pasta sauce): 13.5g
High-Protein Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 cups canned pasta sauce ~700g
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast 25g
- 1 cup raw cashews (sub sunflower seeds for nut-free option) if not using a high-speed blender, be sure to soak for at least 15 minutes in hot water and drain before blending
- 1/2 cup texturized pea protein (pea crumbles)
- 1/4-1/2 cup water
- salt to taste
- 500 g pasta of your choice
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the box instructions. Be sure to generously salt the water!
- To a blender, add the canned pasta sauce, nutritional yeast, cashews, and 1/4 cup of water. Blend on high to combine until a creamy sauce forms.
- Pour the sauce into a large pan, and the pea crumbles and heat through for about 5 minutes until the pea crumbles have absorbed the moisture of the sauce. If the sauce gets too thick, add another splash of water. Taste the sauce and add salt if needed
- Add the cooked pasta to the large pan with the pasta sauce and stir to combine. Serve immediately and enjoy!