Avocado Pasta Sauce
Posted Aug 26, 2018, Updated Oct 12, 2024
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This easy, creamy avocado pasta Sauce recipe is made with 5 ingredients and is ready in under 5 minutes! This avocado sauce is a delicious served over noodles, zucchini noodles, rice, or your favorite veggies!
Is there any other food as perfect and versatile as an avocado? Use it to make Guacamole, creamy smoothies, and this avocado pasta sauce recipe.
Avocado pasta sauce is made with 5, nutritious ingredients in under 5 minutes! It’s the perfect dish for an easy weeknight dinner because it’s so easy to make (also try this pumpkin pasta sauce)!
This recipe is also packed with nutrients! It’s paleo, vegan, and has no gluten, dairy or sugar! It’s loaded with healthy fats which is perfect for our kids’ cute little developing brains (and mommy’s hair and skin).
Avocado Pasta Sauce: Ingredients and Substitutions
- Avocados. This recipe calls for two, medium avocados. 3 small or one XXL avocado would work.
- Fresh Basil. I don’t recommend substitutions, but if you must, dried basil could be used, but it will change the taste of the sauce (but it will still be great)!
- Olive Oil. Avocado oil is the best substitute.
- Lemon Juice. Fresh or bottled works great.
- Minced Garlic. I often substitute garlic powder for the minced garlic.
How to Make Avocado Pasta Sauce
As always, we will chat about how to make this recipe step-by-step! It’s insanely simple, so there’s not much to remark on, but I will give you all the tips and tricks I can!
Begin by adding all the ingredients to the container of a blender or food processor. Add the oil first, then avocado and then the rest.
Then, process or blend until the mixture is smooth. Depending on the size of your container, you may need to stop, scrape down the sides, and then continue processing/blending.
Choose the consistency. make it chunky or totally smooth – it’s completely up to you.
Serve
I suggest stirring it into warm foods (pasta, rice, etc.) instead of heating it up by itself because too much heat changes the nature of the avocado. Here are some serving suggestions:
- Serve it over your favorite pasta (like this homemade whole wheat pasta) or gluten-free pasta!
- Toss your favorite zucchini noodles (or any other veggie noodles) with this avocado sauce!
- Mix it into rice or cauliflower rice for a great side dish!
- Serve it with meatballs: homemade meatballs, chicken meatballs, turkey meatballs.
- Use it as a creamy dressing for your favorite green salad!
- My personal preference: I eat this avocado pasta sauce recipe most often with this recipe for balsamic sausage and peppers.
Store/Freeze
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month. Try to let as little air as possible get to the sauce so it doesn’t brown by using a container that just fits the amount you need to store, or cover the surface with extra lemon juice.
Avocado Pasta Sauce Recipe FAQs
Yes, if you are feeding a large crowd this recipe doubles very well. It’s also easier to blend with a larger amount of ingredients!
Serve it over your favorite pasta (like this homemade whole wheat pasta) or gluten-free pasta!
Toss your favorite zucchini noodles (or any other veggie noodles) with this avocado sauce!
Mix it into rice or cauliflower rice for a great side dish!
Use it as a creamy dressing for your favorite green salad!
My personal preference: I eat this avocado pasta sauce recipe most often with this recipe for balsamic sausage and peppers.
Yes, it can turn brown when exposed to oxygen. So I suggest storing it in an airtight container with a drizzle of lemon juice over the surface to prevent browning. It’s best served immediately.
Yes, but I suggest heating up the noodles (or other vessel you will be serving it on) and mixing in the sauce and letting the food warm it up for the best results.
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Avocado Pasta Sauce with Fresh Basil
Ingredients
- 2 medium avocados
- ¼ cup fresh basil chopped
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic or more to taste
- ¼ – ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- dash of freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into the container of a blender or food processor fitted with the "S" blade.
- Blend or process, starting on low speed and increasing to high, for 30-60 seconds or until mixture is smooth.
- Remove sauce from the container.
- Serve over your favorite bowl of warm pasta, zoodles, rice or veggies!
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Notes
- Avocados. This recipe calls for two, medium avocados. 3 small or one XXL avocado would work.
- Fresh Basil. I don’t recommend substitutions, but if you must, dried basil could be used, but it will change the taste of the sauce (but it will still be great)!
- Olive Oil. Avocado oil is the best substitute.
- Lemon Juice. Fresh or bottled works great.
- Minced Garlic. I often substitute garlic powder for the minced garlic.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I will certainly try the avocado pasta sauce!
I love this recipe a lot and enjoy to make it as a lazy summer lunch, where i’ll usually make half a recipe and eat it with cold spaghetti…. It’s really delicious and makes me feel healthy and ready to continue working hard. I have also seen great results with homemade basil oil in place of the olive oil!
Thank you Miro!
Really delicious but ended up needing like 3 tbs olive oil to make it able to blend. Still thick but delicious. And when you stir it into the pasta, the sauce warms up. It’s delicious! I bet it’s be good w chopped walnuts or pine nuts.
Thank you so much! I will give it a try
I meal prep for the week and would like to try this sauce but it probably doesnt keep well since avocados start to brown. Has anything had extra, how long it did last?
I usually have extra when I make it! It does brown the next day a little bit. You can keep it from browning by spraying a little extra lemon juice over the surface and then pressing it down with plastic wrap to keep air for oxidizing the avocado!
SO gonna make this. Just unsure of how much basil and garlic since the measurement is not specified.
Oh my word I have no idea how that happened! I fixed it! Thank you for bringing that to my attention! 🙂
Thos looks so yummy! I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new vitamix and I would love to make this when it gets here. I will only have the 64oz low profile container…should i double the recipe? Also, I’m assuming any leftovers would turn brown pretty quickly?
Oh wow this makes me want avocado pasta so badly! I am going so try this recipe.
You will love it Michelle!
I used to make a pesto recipe with parmesan in it, but am now cutting back on dairy… This recipe looks perfect to satisfy my pesto cravings!!
This sauce looks like it would be SO yummy on just about anything! 🙂 Also, I actually just noticed tonight that I have more basil ready to be picked in my garden…perfect timing! 🙂