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    Home » Lunch and Dinner

    Vegan High Protein Sweet Potato Harissa Pasta

    Published: Dec 27, 2022 by Kristi · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    Pasta is a classic meal, and while I do love a classic tomato sauce, sometimes I like to mix it up and make a fun sauce. My italian ancestors may not approve of a pasta sauce with tofu in it, but I love adding tofu to my pasta sauces for extra protein. This Vegan High Protein Sweet Potato Harissa Pasta is an amazing and high protein pasta recipe.

    creamy vegan harissa sweet potato pasta

    Don't worry if you don't like tofu, it blends up in this sauce and you can not taste it. On the chance that you are allergic to soy, don't worry you can sub cashews. This pasta is so good and unique, plus it will keep you satiated thanks to the protein.

    Let's get into the recipe.

    This spicy vegan sweet potato pasta is

    • easy to make
    • healthy for you
    • plant based, gluten free and dairy free
    • high in protein
    • vegan
    • perfect for dinner
    creamy vegan harissa sweet potato pasta

    Ingredients for vegan creamy sweet potato pasta

    • sweet potato
    • garlic
    • pasta water
    • lemon
    • harissa
    • tomato paste
    • oregano
    • paprika
    • salt
    • pepper
    • basil
    • pasta

    See recipe card for quantities.

    Instructions to make silken tofu sweet potato pasta

    vegan creamy sweet potato harissa pasta
    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    2. Add sweet potato and garlic to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Lightly coat sweet potato in oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 40-45 minutes, until sweet potatoes and garlic are browned.
    3. Add cooked sweet potato  and  garlic cloves (removed from bulb) to a blender along with the rest of the sauce ingredients. Blend until smooth.
    4. Mix sauce with cooked pasta and top with basil. Serve and enjoy.

    Substitutions

    • Silken Tofu - can be subbed with ⅓ cup cashews or coconut cream
    • Harissa paste - can be subbed with crushed tomatoes + pinch red pepper flakes

    Other healthy pasta recipes to try

    • acorn squash gnocchi
    • vegan creamy carrot pasta
    • zucchini pasta

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    Vegan High Protein Sweet Potato Harissa Pasta

    ★★★★★

    5 from 1 reviews

    This Vegan High Protein Sweet Potato Harissa Pasta will be your new favorite pasta recipe.

    • Author: Kristi
    • Prep Time: 5
    • Cook Time: 40
    • Total Time: 45 minutes
    • Yield: 4 1x
    • Category: dinner
    • Method: oven
    • Cuisine: italian american
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    Ingredients

    This makes enough sauce for 3-4 servings of pasta Sauce

    • 1 small sweet potato - cubed (about 2 cups)
    • 1 bulb garlic - top cut off
    • 1 block silken tofu
    • 1 cup reserved pasta water (make sure that is is heavily salted for flavor)
    • ¼ cup harissa paste
    • ½ teaspoon oregano
    • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
    • ½ teaspoon paprika
    • salt to taste (I recommend ½ teaspoon)
    • pepper to taste (I recommend ¼ teaspoon)
    • juice from ½ lemon

    Other ingredients

    • ~½ medium sized box of pasta cooked to instructions (if you are using banza this makes enough sauce for 1 full box)
    • ½ cup finely chopped basil or parsley (for topping)

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    2. Add sweet potato and garlic to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Lightly coat sweet potato in oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 40-45 minutes, until sweet potatoes and garlic are browned.
    3. Add cooked sweet potato  and  garlic cloves (removed from bulb) to a blender along with the rest of the sauce ingredients. Blend until smooth.
    4. Mix sauce with cooked pasta and top with basil. Serve and enjoy.

    Keywords: sweet potato pasta, creamy sweet potato pasta, vegan sweet potato pasta, sweet potato harissa pasta

    creamy vegan harissa sweet potato pasta

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    Comments

    1. Greta

      January 03, 2023 at 5:23 pm

      I made this with 2 tbsp of red pepper flake because I didn’t have harissa and it was sooo good and still very spicy. You can thin it out with a good amount of pasta water and stretch it to up to 6 servings if you want (although obviously each serving would have less protein). For sure making this again (perhaps with some leftover homemade pumpkin purée) and highly recommend this easy dinner!

      ★★★★★

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      • Kristi

        January 03, 2023 at 5:39 pm

        Thank you Greta!

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