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Green Goddess Pasta is fresh, vibrant, and packed with herby flavor in every bite—and the best part? It’s ready in just 30 minutes! With a creamy, nutrient-packed green sauce, this quick and easy pasta is perfect for busy weeknights when you still want something wholesome and delicious.
Craving more easy vegetarian pasta dishes? Check out my tofu Mac and cheese, creamy lemon pasta, flavorful spicy vodka pasta, and pasta with rose sauce!
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Green goddess pasta is one of those meals I turn to when I want something quick, nourishing, and seriously flavorful. It’s packed with fresh herbs—basil, dill and spinach, and blended with silken tofu to make a creamy vegan sauce.
I love how easily it comes together in the blender while the pasta cooks. The whole thing takes maybe 20 minutes, and it always feels like a reset meal—fresh, light, and satisfying without being heavy. It’s also great for meal prep, because it holds up really well in the fridge.
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Bursting with flavor: The herby green sauce delivers major brightness and zing in every bite.
- Fast and fuss-free: Ready in just over 20 minutes—perfect for when you want something delicious in a hurry.
- Endlessly customizable: Toss in your favorite mix-ins like veggies, other herbs, or a protein to make it uniquely yours.
Ingredients you’ll need
This green pasta recipe is all about fresh, wholesome ingredients that come together to make a creamy, flavor-packed sauce.
- Pasta: Use your favorite shape. I like to use a short pasta that will really hold all the creamy green sauce.
- Spinach: Adds color, nutrients and a mild, earthy flavor to the sauce.
- Silken tofu: Makes the sauce ultra creamy without any dairy.
- Plant-based milk: Thins the sauce to the perfect consistency.
- Lemon juice: Brightens everything up with a pop of fresh citrus.
- Seasoning: Italian seasoning and garlic powder add delicious complex flavor.
- Nutritional yeast: Brings a cheesy, umami flavor—great dairy-free option.
- Fresh herbs: Basil, dill, and tarragon make the sauce taste vibrant and garden-fresh.
- Hemp seeds: Add heartiness, protein, and healthy fats.
Variations and substitutions
- Swap the herbs: Use whatever fresh herbs you have on hand—parsley, cilantro, chives, mint, or arugula all work great.
- Change up the greens: Swap spinach for kale, baby arugula, or even frozen spinach (just thaw and drain well).
- Make it heartier: Add chickpeas, grilled tofu, or sautéed mushrooms.
- Add veggies: Toss in roasted zucchini, cherry tomatoes, or steamed broccoli for more color and crunch.
How to Make Green Goddess Pasta
Full recipe is down in the recipe card but here’s an overview of how to make it:
To get this green goddess pasta recipe started, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil—this way, your pasta can cook while you prep the rest of the dish. Once boiling, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and set it aside.
STEP #1: Make the pasta sauce – After wilting the spinach, blend wilted spinach, tofu, milk, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper, herbs, hemp seeds, and chives.
STEP #2: Toss the sauce with pasta – In the same skillet you cooked the spinach, add in the sauce and heat over low heat, stirring often. Once heated through, add in the pasta and toss to combine. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan and fresh herbs and ENJOY!
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Green Goddess Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 pound pasta
- 10 oz bag of spinach
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 block silken tofu, about 15oz, drained
- ½ cup plant-based milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast, or sub parmesan cheese/vegan parmesan
- salt and pepper to taste, I added 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of pepper
- ½ cup packed fresh herbs, I used a mix of fresh basil, dill, and tarragon
- ⅓ cup hemp seeds
- ⅓ cup green onions or chives
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Once boiling, add in the pasta and cook to al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, make the green goddess pasta sauce. In a large skillet over medium heat, add in the oil. Once hot, add in the spinach, a little at a time as needed, and keep cooking until it’s all wilted. This will only take a few minutes.
- To a blender, add in the wilted spinach, tofu, milk, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, salt + pepper, herbs, hemp seeds, and chives. Blend on high until creamy and fully liquified.
- In the same skillet you cooked the spinach, add in the sauce and heat over low heat, stirring often. Once heated through, add in the pasta and toss to combine.
- Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan and fresh herbs and ENJOY!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
