wfpb pasta salad

Imagine everything you love about macaroni salad but with a creamy vegan pimento cheese sauce made from whole foods. Easy prep and impossibly delicious! Vegan, soy-free, WFPB/oil-free, and gluten-free with your choice of pasta. Nut-free option included.

Vegan Pimento Macaroni Salad

water

yeast

red peppers, drained

lemon juice

Tablespoons rice vinegar

Tablespoons hot sauce (I used Crystal brand.)

garlic powder

onion powder

cayenne

dry macaroni elbows (use whole-grain or gluten-free, if needed)

celery (about 5 large stalks)

chopped yellow or orange bell pepper (about 1 large pepper)

red onion (about 1 small onion)

*If using a standard blender, first soak cashews in hot water for 1 to 2 hours (or soak seeds for 1 hour). Then, drain and follow recipe. In a high-speed blender combine all sauce ingredients. Gradually increase speed, then blend on high until completely smooth. Set sauce aside.

Cook pasta according to package directions. Immediately drain in a colander and thoroughly rinse with cold running water, tossing/stirring pasta until it&#x27;s cool. Drain well.

Pour about half of the sauce into the pasta pot. Add the macaroni and stir to combine. Add more sauce, and continue to stir making sure all of the macaroni is completely coated. It will seem very saucy at this point but will thicken as it sits and after adding the veggies.

Reserve a tablespoon or two of each of the veggies for garnish, if desired. Add remaining celery, bell pepper, onion, and pimentos to the pot. Stir to combine.

Transfer to a serving bowl, and sprinkle reserved veggies/pimentos on top. Refrigerate for one hour (or longer) before serving.

Seriously, so good. My husband says I'm obsessed.

This was very good! I used the hot sauce but left out the Cayenne pepper because I like a mild spice. It was just right me. I highly recommend this dish and plan to take it to my next vegan meetup!

Finally committing to going WFPB and this recipe will be in my rotation. I've been overwhelmed thinking about what to serve my formerly meat-loving husband but we both loved this! Made according to recipe and used chickpea penne-delish! Thanks for such a solid, easy recipe, Lori!

Lori, my entire family loved this and I wish I had made a double batch! It was gone in no time. Such an incredibly flavourful sauce, well done!! :)

Tastes guilty but isn’t. Sauce is so good on everything actually . Use as nacho sauce and on my Vege burgers w/ caramelized onions. This is one of a few life changing recipes. Lucky to know you. Keep cooking, you rock

OMG, delicious and so easy!!!  LOVE THIS!!  I put a bit of the sauce aside, and served it over roasted tofu/veggies and brown rice, and it was OUTSTANDING! :)  Thanks for a great recipe!!!

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