Creamy, delicious pasta sauce made with fresh, whole food ingredients! Avocados are the star of this raw, vegan Tomato Avocado sauce and lend their creamy consistency to make it extra rich tasting! Gluten-free, oil-free, and perfect for topping your favorite pasta with.
This post was sponsored by the Hass Avocado Board as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.
Did you know June is National Fruits and Vegetables Month? It is the perfect time to eat more fruits and vegetables, especially fresh avocados since they play such an important role in achieving a healthy diet. I love avocados and right now they are at the peak of perfection at local stores.
Personally, I think fruits and vegetables should be celebrated EVERY month…don’t you? But at least a national food holiday month gives us an excuse to get extra excited about getting in some micronutrients!
As I mentioned above, avocados are BOMB when it come to providing you with good nutrients. Avocados contain naturally good monounsaturated fat and are cholesterol free. Naturally good fats are so important for a healthy diet.
Also avocados, which are fruit although most people think of them as a vegetable, contain less than 1 gram of sugar per ounce, the least amount of sugar per serving of any other fresh fruit! Not that I am watching my sugar intake, but it’s pretty cool that a fruit like avocados can be used in either sweet OR savory recipes given its mild flavor and creamy texture.
Today’s recipe highlights those key characteristics of the good ol’ Hass Avocado (my favorite kind!). Creamy, buttery, and so wonderful to enjoy during the summertime! I swear, avocados are EVERY WHERE right now! In salsas, in flatbreads, in GUAC (of course!). I’ve even seen avocado fries and avocados in savory oatmeal! Hey, if you like avocado, you can truly eat with ANYTHING. I know a lot of people also make baked goods with it or sweet treats!
But today we’re going the savory route. I’m sharing a recipe that plays on the creamy amazingness of avocados…a sauce so decadent and smooth that you’d never guess it was RAW and VEGAN.
My Tomato Avocado Pasta Sauce is the perfect topping for your favorite pasta or even as a coating for your favorite protein! It can be served cold (keeping it raw) or warm, and tastes so fresh and light.
Creamy Tomato Avocado Pasta Sauce
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Main Meals
Ingredients
- 1/2 small sweet onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp red chili flakes
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 28 oz canned tomato puree (no salt added, if possible)
- 3⁄4 teaspoon sea salt, fine
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- 2 Hass avocados, ripe, peeled, and chopped
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a food processor and puree until smooth. Serve cold or place sauce mixture in a pot and heat on the stove over medium heat. Once sauce is heated through, serve over your favorite pasta!
Forget heavy, cream sauces…you don’t need dairy to make a sauce rich tasting and satisfying! This Tomato Avocado Sauce proves that 100%.
I served mine over whole-wheat bow ties (aren’t bow ties just the most fun pasta shape!?), but it would be equally delicious over gluten-free pasta or even ZOODLES!
Usually you don’t think of pasta as a summertime dish, but this one definitely is. It’s light, flavorful, and has so many potential uses. I even like using it as a dip since it’s thick and creamy. Tomatoes and avocados pair so well together. Two staples of summer combine to make one amazingly crave-worthy pasta sauce!
So next time you have some Hass avocados ripening on the counter…forget the guac! Go for sauce instead! I promise this will be a new favorite of you and you family. A great way to sneak in fruits AND veggies in one meal, too!
What are your favorite fruits and vegetables?
Are you an avocado lover like me?
Have you ever had a sauce like this before?
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Love avocados! They are so versitile and make things so lush!
Thanks so much Patrick! Let me know if you try this!!
Wow that was such a smart idea to use avos in pasta sauce; it looks SO CREAMY!
Thanks so much Em!! Please let me know if you try this out. I think you’d love it!!
I read avocado and pasta, and I was sold! I’ve been lovin’ pasta lately (Banza chickpea + Tinkyada rice = deliciousness), so this came at the perfect time!
Oh that sounds like a great combo of pasta and rice! I love Banza too.
I’ve been eating a 1/4 to 1/2 an avocado for weeks now….so addicted! And I LOVE strawberries, banana, zucchini, squash and green beans! Too many favorites to count!
Oh I love all of those too! So many fruits and veggies to LOVE!!
I am a huge fan of avocados! I must try this ASAP! Thanks for sharing this! Now I know what to make for dinner tonight!!
You will absolutely LOVE it!!
Such a genius idea — and a great way to sneak in some healthy fats and protein in a pasta dish! I am SO making this soon 🙂
Thanks so much Allie! Let me know if you try it!!
I always try to make a pasta sauce with avocado and it never turns out right. I’m going to have to try this. Sounds so good. Thanks 🙂
You will totally LOVE this.
What a great idea! I’m a vegetarian and I try to eat vegan most of the time – I hadn’t thought about putting avocados in my sauce. Thank you!
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Thank you so much!! Let me know if you make this!!
Wow, great recipe! I’m definitely going to try this at home.
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Thanks Elaine! Let me know how you LOVE it!!
Never ever would’ve guessed there was avocado in there, but hey if it can make chocolate pudding then it can totally pull off easy raw tomato sauce too! Great idea and giving me all the paste cravings?
Truth!! I swear avocado can be used in ANYTHING and make it infinitely more delicious!! You have got to try this girl.
The sauce looks really rich and delicious. I have never thought about adding avocado to a pasta sauce but can see that it would work really well. #recipeoftheweek
Thank you so so much!! Let me know if you try this recipe out!!
Adding avocado to tomato sauce is UTTER GENIUS! But I already knew you were a genius so…… 😉
Haha thanks Gi!! You’re the best!!
What an amazing idea to incorporate avo into a meal! Looks so thick, smooth and creamy! ? Can’t wait to try this! Always useful having easy recipes like this when we don’t have a bunch of time to make lovely meals everyday! x
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Thanks Ashley! Let me know how you like it!!
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner Party!
Thank you!!
This looks so yummy! I would totally make this for my family.
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Glad to hear that!! Please give it a try!!
We get loads of avocados in Kenya. Love the recipe and will try it out. A brilliant idea to use avocado instead o cream to make a creamy tomato pasta sauce.
Thanks for stopping by ALL the way from Kenya!! How cool! Let me know if you try this sauce!!
Your sauce looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
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Thanks Helen!! Let me know if you try it!!
Thanks for sharing on the what’s for dinner link up.
Thanks Helen!!
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This sauce, I will surely try. I’t will make the sauce even healthier and yet it didn’t turn out to be green. So it still looks palatable.
Awesome!! I hope you love it!