Vegan and Gluten Free Caesar Pasta Salad
Vegan and Gluten Free Caesar Pasta Salad
Serves
6-8 servings 1x
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Ingredients
Vegan Caesar dressing:
1 cup cashews
1 1/4 cup water
2 tbsp lemon juice (fresh)
2 tbsp capers
2 tbsp water from capers jar
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tbsp vegan Mayo
2 garlic cloves (peeled)
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
Sprinkle of salt & pepper
Chickpeas:
1 can of chickpeas
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp cayenne
salt
pepper
Other:
3 cups gluten free pasta
2 cups kale
Nutritional yeast
Method
Vegan Caesar dressing:
- Soak the cashews for at least an hour
- Drain the water, add to a blender, add in the rest of the ingredients
Chickpeas:
- Rinse and drain the chickpeas and pat dry
- add the olive oil and spices, mix together with a spatula
- Bake at 425F for 15 minutes.
Other:
- Cook the pasta according to package instructions
- Then drain and run under cold water to cool it down
- Add to a bowl with the kale
- Add 1/2 the Caesar dressing and mix
- Then add in the cooked chickpeas and the rest of the Caesar dressing
- Mix together
- Sprinkle nutritional yeast on top!