This dairy-free Alfredo sauce is a refrigerator staple! We keep a jar in the fridge at all times, and it makes for the quickest healthy dinners. Try this easy alfredo sauce recipe over your favorite pasta mixed with chicken or meatballs and a veggie, or spoon it over any protein: chicken, shrimp, or fish.

Easy alfredo sauce recipe that is also dairy-free

Easy Alfredo Sauce Recipe

My mom used to make the best quick and easy dinners, and the busier life gets – the more I find myself recreating them! A forever favorite of my brother and I was pasta mixed with a jarred Alfredo sauce, chopped chicken, and broccoli. So simple but so comforting and good!

Ultimate pasta hack I learned from my mom: add the broccoli to your boiling pasta for the last few minutes of cook time, and you’ve got perfectly cooked pasta AND broccoli ready to go. Mix in some cooked chicken and your Alfredo, dinner is done!

Since I’ve become more aware of ingredients in my food and realized which food groups I do best with and which I don’t (large quantities of dairy), I’ve axed many shelf-stable sauces from my diet.

Alfredo was one… until I created my own! I’ve been using this in dishes for years now and finally have it available in its very own recipe so you can bookmark it, Pin it, save it however you do and come back to it again & again like we do!

Easy alfredo sauce recipe that is also dairy-free

How to Make Dairy-Free Alfredo Sauce

We love this alfredo sauce so much, we now keep a jar (or two!) in our fridge at all times and it makes for the easiest weeknight meals. I can’t wait for this to become a staple in your home too!

Here’s what you need:

  • Raw Cashews
  • Coconut Milk
  • Chicken Broth
  • Nutritional Yeast
  • Ghee or Olive Oil
  • Garlic Powder
  • Onion Powder
  • Italian Seasoning
  • Salt & Pepper

Put all of the ingredients in your high-powered blender and let it do all the work. Add more seasonings if needed. Store in a glass jar in the fridge and heat up when ready to use.

alfredo sauce that is also dairy free

Notes

  • If you don’t have a high-speed blender or feel like cashews don’t blend smoothly for you, try soaking your cashews ahead of time. Cover the cashews with warm water and let them sit for about 1 hour (up to overnight) to soften them. Drain, rinse, and blend in with your sauce ingredients.
  • No nutritional yeast? You can skip it! I like the slightly cheesy flavor it adds, but have made this sauce without it dozens of times and it’s just as great.
  • Find the coconut milk I use on Amazon HERE. It doesn’t separate, has just two ingredients (coconut & water), and works in so many dishes.
  • If you’re against coconut milk, substitute any creamy milk you like. Cashews, half & half, etc. I find I don’t taste the coconut milk at all if I season the sauce correctly (plenty of salt & pepper, and some extra garlic!)
Easy Alfredo sauce that is dairy-free

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Easy alfredo sauce recipe that is also dairy-free
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Dairy-Free Alfredo Sauce

This dairy-free Alfredo sauce is a refrigerator staple! We keep a jar in the fridge at all times, and it makes for the quickest healthy dinners.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: dairy-free, alfredo sauce, creamy sauce
Servings: 6
Calories: 205kcal

Equipment

  • High-Speed Blender

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Raw Cashews
  • 1 cup Coconut Milk
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth
  • 1/4 cup Nutritional Yeast
  • 2 tbsp Ghee or Olive Oil
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Add all of the ingredients to a high-speed blender and blend until super smooth. Give it a taste, and add more seasonings as needed (I am generous with the salt, pepper, and garlic!)
  • Transfer to a jar and store in the refrigerator.
  • To serve, heat until warm and scoop over your favorite protein or stir into your favorite cooked pasta.

Notes

  • If you don’t have a high-speed blender or feel like cashews don’t blend smoothly for you, try soaking your cashews ahead of time. Cover the cashews with warm water and let them sit for about 1 hour (up to overnight) to soften them. Drain, rinse, and blend in with your sauce ingredients.
  • No nutritional yeast? You can skip it! I like the slightly cheesy flavor it adds, but have made this sauce without it dozens of times and it’s just as great.
  • Find the coconut milk I use on Amazon HERE. It doesn’t separate, has just two ingredients (coconut & water), and works in so many dishes.
  • If you’re against coconut milk, substitute any creamy milk you like. Cashews, half & half, etc. I find I don’t taste the coconut milk at all if I season the sauce correctly (plenty of salt & pepper, and some extra garlic!)
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Makes 5-6 1/2 cup servings

Nutrition

Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g
Easy Alfredo sauce recipe dairy free
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