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Cashew Spinach Sauce and Sweet Potato Noodles
20:00Hello Everyone!
This week I stepped a little bit out of my comfort zone and cooked for the very first time sweet potato noodles and made a very creamy thick cashew spinach sauce. I got the recipe from this link here but changed it up again a little bit for my needs.
I started with my cashew sauce first, putting the soaked cashew nuts in my smoothie maker and mixed it with the water which went really well.
This step I made differently. To make the sauce really creamy I the spinach in the smoothie maker as well and mixed it in the cashew sauce. this made the sauce itself very smoothly and thick.
Afterwards, I went on to cook my sweet potato noodles that I spiraled beforehand. I had them in a pan, frying then tender and crisp for about 7 minutes.
Last but not least I mixed the noodles with the sauce and this came out. A thick, creamy heaven- like meal.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup cashews
- ¾ cup water (more for soaking)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 large sweet potatoes, spiralized
- 2 cups baby spinach
- a handful of fresh basil leaves, chives, or other herbs
- salt and pepper to taste
- olive oil for drizzling
INSTRUCTIONS
- Cover the cashews with water in a bowl and soak for 2 hours or so.
- Drain and rinse thoroughly. Place in a food processor or blender (I got better texture with the blender) and add the ¾ cup water, salt, and garlic. Puree until very smooth.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the sweet potatoes; toss in the pan for 6-7 minutes with tongs until tender-crisp. Remove from heat and toss in the spinach - it should wilt pretty quickly.
- Add half of the herbs and half of the sauce to the pan and toss to combine. Add water if the mixture is too sticky. Season generously with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and top with the remaining fresh herbs.
NOTES
This recipe makes MORE than enough sauce - enough for at least 6 or 8 servings, if not more. I left the amounts that way because it seemed silly to make the sauce with only about ½ cup of cashews - it wouldn't even really be enough to get going around in the blender, and I promise you'll be able to find ways to use the remaining sauce. It's extremely versatile.
The biggest thing that affects how many servings you'll get in this recipe is the size of the sweet potatoes. Keep in mind that they will cook down a bit and one large sweet potato can be sometimes twice as big as a small sweet potato. Just use common sense in terms of serving size and sauce-to-noodles ratios! :)
Also, this recipe is sort of a comforting, neutral starting point for those of us who need tons of flavor in everything - so add whatever herbs or flavors you want to the sauce if you want to give it more of a punch. I love the idea of
The biggest thing that affects how many servings you'll get in this recipe is the size of the sweet potatoes. Keep in mind that they will cook down a bit and one large sweet potato can be sometimes twice as big as a small sweet potato. Just use common sense in terms of serving size and sauce-to-noodles ratios! :)
Also, this recipe is sort of a comforting, neutral starting point for those of us who need tons of flavor in everything - so add whatever herbs or flavors you want to the sauce if you want to give it more of a punch. I love the idea of
adding chipotles or sriracha, bacon, roasted garlic, caramelized onion... the list could go on...
In the end I have to say that the meal was very delicious but only something I can eat from time to time. Not like most of my other recipes that we have on a daily basis. But it was very good in taste, as my taste buts got something different to taste and filling as well as healthy. A real little energy boost which made the recipe itself wonderful.
I hope you will try it out!
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