4 Vegan Pasta Ideas

When you are on a vegan diet, you can have your pasta and eat it too! There is no 
worrying about calories or carbs when you simply follow a healthy vegan diet, which 
means you can enjoy your pasta and know you are still doing good things for your body. 
Here are four different vegan pasta ideas to try out.

Pasta Salad

To start with, the first plant-based pasta is actually a pasta salad. This can be served 
cold, which makes it great for leftovers. You can put it into portion-controlled containers 
and bring them to work, not worrying about heating it up. This also makes it perfect for a 
picnic or barbecue. Make sure you use vegan-approved pasta noodles, cook them first, 
then put the pasta salad together. You can use any type of oil combination or a 
vinaigrette for the salad, then add in your veggies. Get creative, making it colorful and 
nutritious, with veggies like tomatoes, different colored bell peppers, broccoli, spinach, 
and even nuts. 

Spaghetti Pasta

This is a good option when you want more of a traditional pasta with tomato sauce. 
Once again choose your noodles wisely, going for a gluten-free variety as they are 
typically also vegan. You can make your own tomato sauce or use a high-quality and 
organic jarred sauce. Garlic, onion, olive oil, and peppers are usually staples for a good 
tomato sauce. You may also want to ad din more veggies since you won’t be adding 
meat to the sauce, such as with zucchini and eggplant. If you want a cheese-like taste, 
sprinkle in a little bit of nutritional yeast. 

Green Spinach Pasta

This is a fun pasta that uses lots of healthy greens that are also tasty. Your pasta will 
get the green color from spinach and avocado, but you can also use other greens like 
spinach. You are making a pesto-like sauce with your greens, avocado, olive oil, herbs 
like basil, and then some nuts like pine nuts or pecans. Blend it all together with a little 
water and some lime juice, then pour it onto cooked pasta and toss.

Summer Lemon Pasta

When you want a nice pasta dish in the summer, you can try this lemon garlic pasta. 
Use simple angel hair pasta noodles with some olive oil, lemon juice and lemon zest 
from the same lemon, seasonings, herbs, and some spinach. Blend them all together or 
put them in a food processor and use it on your cooked pasta noodles.
