vegan cheese: Does anyone have a recipe for a really good vegan cream pasta sauce? Without vegan cheese as an ingredient would be even better ! Thanks :)|||I like to add silken tofu or tofutti cream cheese to a red sauce for a creamy red sauce. Here's a link to a white sauce--it does include vegan parmesan, cream cheese, and sour cream...but you could look around at that website--all the recipes are vegan. http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1473/To鈥?/a>|||WHITE PASTA SAUCE INGREDIENTS o 1/2 onion, chopped o 1/3 container Tofutti "Better Than Cream Cheese" o 1 cup water o 1 vegetable stock cube o A little chopped garlic o A little chopped parsley (fresh or dried works fine) o 2 big mushrooms, chopped o Olive oil o 1 "head" of fresh spinach leaves (rinse it well, then rinse it again) o Pasta of choice... I used spirals METHOD Chop onion/mushroom/garlic/parsley and saute in a little olive oil until onions are kinda clear (I hit them with a little garlic salt, too). Add stock cube and cup of water. Add the Tofutti cream cheese. Let simmer till kinda thick (10 minutes maybe). Boil the spinach for about 3 minutes. Dump everything on top of the pasta you cooked and mix it up.|||Vegan Penne Rosa I made this the other day and it was pretty good. It was my first attempt at making a regular recipe vegan, and it turned out quite well. Ingredients: * 1lb penne * 1/4c olive oil or less depending on how many mushrooms you use * 4cloves garlic minced * 1/2tsp cr. red pepper flakes * 1 28oz can crushed tomatoes * 3/4 tsp salt * 2tbl vodka * 1/4 c tofutti cream cheese * 1/4 c chopped fresh parsley * 1tsp dry oregano * 1tsp italian seasoning * mushrooms and peas ( however many you like) Cook pasta until al dente in salted water. While the pasta is cooking, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, and cook about 3-4 min. Add garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook till garlic is golden brown. Add the can of tomatoes, peas, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, and oregano and bring to a boil. Reduce and simmer 15 minutes. Add vodka and cream cheese and bring to a boil. Reduce to low and add pasta. Toss 1 minute and add parsley.|||My basic white sauce is Silk creamer nutritional yeast salt + pepper dash of corn starch for thickening vegan butter or olive oil I pour in about a half cup of creamer or milk, a few teaspoons of nutritional yeast and maybe one teaspoon of corn starch (dissolve the starch in a little water first to avoid chunks). Add things and stir over medium heat. When it is a consistency and flavor you like, add it to your pasta. Go easy on the starch though, it thickens as it cools.|||Saute 2 garlic cloves and 1 tsp of red pepper flakes in 1/4 cup of olive oil. Put into a blender with 2 cups of cashews (raw). Fill with either soy or rice milk till it covers the cashews. Blend till smooth and silky: cashew cream sauce. Salt and pepper to taste. This is a basic recipe. You can add Italian ingredients to it, along with some tomatoes for a creamy basil sauce for over spaghetti.