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Learn how to make absolutely #1 The Best Vegan Garlic Alfredo Sauce as rated by readers! So easy, dairy-free, oil-free, just 6 ingredients (+salt & pepper) and so incredibly creamy and full of flavor!

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VEGAN GARLIC ALFREDO SAUCE

One of most people’s indulgent comfort foods is alfredo sauce. I admit, I used to love it too, but I didn’t love how after just a few bites, I felt sick. There is such a thing as foods being too rich. Feeling nauseated and in a nasty food coma for hours after eating something isn’t really worth it to me. Enter the best Vegan Garlic Alfredo Sauce you’ll ever have.

HOW DO YOU MAKE VEGAN ALFREDO SAUCE?

Easy, you just need 6 simple ingredients:

raw cashews

onion

garlic

lemon juice

nutritional yeast

low sodium vegetable broth

First, you will cook your onions low and slow until really tender.

Add the garlic and cook until soft. Add the onion and garlic to a blender with the remaining ingredients. Blend until completely smooth.

Serve over pasta and enjoy the decadent, but healthy, vegan alfredo sauce!

No need to try any further anymore. This one is dairy-free and oil-free. Most vegan versions contain vegan butter or oil, not healthy. This one is made from cashews which make it exceptionally creamy. I wanted a whole food version and oil-free.

WHY VEGAN ALFREDO IS BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL

Traditional garlic alfredo sauce has butter, milk, cream, parmesan cheese (or other cheeses) and garlic in it. Major dairy overload! Bloated, icky feeling. It also does not have onion in it. However, I wanted to give my alfredo sauce that slightly, sweet richness typically reached by cream and butter, so I added cooked onions, lots of them.

Here’s a little side by side nutrition for my alfredo sauce in comparison to Olive Garden’s version:

Mine per 1/2 cup serving which is a hefty serving:

125.2 calories, 7 g fat, 5.6 g protein, 11.3 carbs

and Olive Garden’s: (they use heavy cream, milk, lots of cheese and 6 egg yolks, see here)

460 calories, 43 g fat!!, 9 carbs, 8 grams protein

Wow, what a difference! Hey, so it has a hair less carbs, but who cares when all of my ingredients are quality ingredients and not heavy on the heart. Nothing wrong with indulging occasionally, but you could eat my alfredo sauce weekly with much less guilt.

DOES IT REALLY TASTE LIKE ALFREDO?

I know what you are thinking….does it really taste like garlic alfredo sauce?? Well, my hubby said, “spot on” and then “it really tastes exactly like garlic alfredo sauce”. I was shocked. I’ll let you be the judge. I’d say it is pretty darn close, especially considering it doesn’t have any of the typical ingredients!

Regardless, it is delicious and very creamy and you can eat this alfredo sauce without tons of guilt.

Other Vegan Alfredo Recipes to try:

Sadly, this recipe is my MOST popular weekly and is continuing to be stolen and copied and posted by other sites/blogs without ANY credit. It is very upsetting, so please know that I worked hard to create this recipe years back and it is my original creation. If you like this recipe, please give credit where credit is due.