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    Home » Vegan Sauces & Dressings

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

    By Maggie Updated Apr 24, 2019 · Published Apr 13, 2019

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    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce is rich, creamy, and packed full of nutrition. This sauce is delicious on pasta, pizza, or drizzled over roasted veggies and rice. This cauliflower alfredo sauce is a versatile recipe you definitely want in your repertoire.

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

    If you've never heard me swoon about cauliflower before, here's your chance! Aren't you lucky? Cauliflower, just like chickpeas, is sneaky and magical. You can blend it into just about anything to squeeze some extra veggies into your diet, like in smoky cauliflower tacos or cauliflower ceviche.

    My personal favorite is cauliflower "oatmeal", in which you substitute all the oats for riced cauliflower. I've had a full-on cauliflower hater say she loved it; needless to say, cauliflower is sneaky.

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    Ingredients

    Here's what you will need to make cauliflower alfredo sauce:

    • Cauliflower is the star of the show and transforms into a creamy sauce!
    • Vegetable Broth to cook the cauliflower while infusing it with flavor.
    • Onion and Garlic add to the flavor.
    • Salt and Oregano to bring together the classic alfredo seasonings.
    • Nutritional Yeast to give a cheesy flavor.
    • Lemon Juice boosts the flavor and gives a fresh feel.
    • Non-Dairy Milk for that creamy quality.

    Please refer to the recipe card below for the full list of ingredients and detailed instructions.

    How to make vegan cauliflower alfredo sauce

    This vegan alfredo sauce comes together fairly quickly for a healthy weeknight dinner. In fact, once you have your veggies chopped, you could boil water for fettuccine noodles and make the sauce simultaneously. Dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less. Dang that's fast!

    Side note, I have just learned how to saute veggies without oil, and I am totally hooked. I'll include instructions for both oil sauteing and no-oil sauteing.

    First, saute your onion over medium heat in a few tablespoons of veggie broth, or a couple teaspoons of oil. Saute until lightly browned and softened, adding a little more broth if necessary to keep the onion from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo

    Next, add garlic and oregano and saute for about 30 seconds more. Add cauliflower and broth, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for about 10 minutes. Cauliflower is done when it breaks apart easily when pierced with a fork.

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

    Once the cauliflower is tender, add the entire contents of the pan to a blender. Add nutritional yeast, lemon juice, non-dairy milk, and salt. Blend until completely smooth and creamy. Add a little more milk to reach the desired consistency if necessary. Done!

    The sauce is now ready to use as you please. My absolute favorite way to use this sauce is on pasta with some sauteed mushrooms and broccoli. That might be my favorite meal in the universe right there.

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

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    Creamy vegan cauliflower alfredo sauce dripping from a spoon into the bowl with more of it below.

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce is a healthy alternative to traditional alfredo.  This sauce is rich, creamy and delicious poured on top of pasta, veggies or rice.
    4.43 from 7 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 5 cups
    Author: Maggie
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    Ingredients

    • 3 tablespoons broth or water, or 2 teaspoons olive oil
    • ½ onion chopped
    • 4 cloves garlic minced
    • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
    • 4 cups cauliflower, about 1 small head, chopped
    • 1 cup vegetable broth
    • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
    • 2-3 tesapoons lemon juice to taste
    • ½ cup non-dairy milk
    • ½ teaspoon sea salt or more to taste

    Instructions

    • Saute the onion over medium heat in a few tablespoons of veggie broth, or a couple teaspoons of oil. Saute until lightly browned and softened, adding a little more broth if necessary to keep the onion from sticking to the bottom of the pan.  Add garlic and oregano and saute for about 30 seconds more.
    • Add cauliflower and broth, bring to a boil, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Cauliflower is done when it breaks apart easily when pierced with a fork.
    • Once the cauliflower is tender, add the entire contents of the pan to a blender. Add nutritional yeast, lemon juice, non-dairy milk and salt. Blend until completely smooth and creamy. Add a little more milk to reach desired consistency if necessary. The sauce is now ready to use as you please.  Some of my favorite things to use this sauce on are pasta, vegetables or as a sauce on pizza.  Enjoy!
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    Nutrition

    Calories: 53kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 4g | Sodium: 493mg | Potassium: 358mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 41.8mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 0.7mg

    This sauce would be fabulous on roasted broccoli with quinoa in place of or combined with the roasted red pepper sauce. This also makes a great sauce for my gluten free pizza crust. Get creative and slather it on just about anything. What will you use this sauce for?

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    1. Mary Gillespie says

      October 05, 2020 at 3:02 pm

      Can you make This ahead and how long can you keep it in the fridge

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      • Maggie says

        October 05, 2020 at 5:36 pm

        Yes, this can be made ahead of time and keeps in the fridge for 3-4 days. I often have leftovers and use it on pizza and salads. Enjoy!

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    2. Liz says

      February 04, 2022 at 8:30 pm

      5 stars
      I’ve had this recipe in my must make list for a while. I make a fabulous garlic cream sauce that my family loves with lots of butter and preferably cream but we have deep guilt after eating it. I loved the cauliflower sauce! And, it’s guilt free! I did use 1% milk since that’s ok for us, and added esta for a little thinner sauce. Thank you Maggie! I will definitely make it again and will pass this recipe along. ❤️

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