The best creamy avocado pasta ever and a giveaway!

I love avocados and this creamy avocado pasta has become one of my ultimate favorite avocado dishes.

creamy avocado pasta

I have been wanting to make something like this for ages. I think for months really. I have a to do baking and cooking list that goes on for ever and getting to each recipe takes a while.

I have seen many different versions of this creamy avocado pasta and while they are all good I thought of making my own.

The verdict for this creamy avocado pasta is just unbelievable. Not only this one was easy to put together but it was super tasty. Granted this dish had quite a bit of cream, but it is not like I eat heavy cream every day or even every week. There comes a time when dishes with a little bit of extra fat and such become part of our meals, and that is just perfectly OK.

For this recipe you can use basil in place of parsley if you like, which is what I will use next time. I am also going to add some chopped fresh spinach as well. I just didn’t have any on hand the day off.

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Here you can see the before and after of the avocado creamy sauce. Just place all of the necessary ingredients in the food processor and pulse until smooth.

I hope you like this dish. We enjoyed thoroughly.

Enjoy!

Onto the giveaway.

I am sure a lot of you know that a few months ago I released a couple of eBooks. It is something that I am really proud about, because I not only did them all myself, but there are lot of new recipes that I keep coming to over and over to make at home.

Today I will be giving BOTH of the eBooks to FOUR of my readers. Screen-Shot-2013-04-03-at-10.24.15-AM-1

The Eat Well, Live Well eBook includes a total of 43 recipes, over 75 pages of full color photographs, 20 + gluten-free recipe, and 25 + vegetarian recipes.

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The Gluten Free Cookbook includes over 35 pages of recipes, 25 gluten-free recipes, and  full color photographs, recipes.

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You can do any or all of the following additional entries for a total of four entries. Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. If you already do either one of the following, the entries still count!

You can do any or all of the following additional entries for a total of 4 entries. Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. If you already do either one of the following, the entries still count!

Rules:

  • Anyone that live on earth :-)
  • Entries must be submitted by Monday, July 1st 12:00pm EST. Winners will be randomly chosen. I will announce the winner in my following post that week and on facebook.
  • You must include your first name in at least one of your comments. 

creamy avocado pasta

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The best creamy avocado pasta ever!

Miryam's original recipe

Yield: 4-5 servings

Total Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb whole wheat spaghetti
  • 4 ripe avocados, pitted and scooped
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese, skip for a vegan version
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream, or coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley, I used more
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp Celtic salt
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package instructions.

In a food processor, combine avocado, heavy cream, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, parsley and salt. Blend until smooth and creamy. If you like a more creamy sauce you can add more heavy cream if you like. I do. Set aside.

When pasta is cooked through add the pasta to a large pot or bowl and add the creamy avocado sauce to it. Mix through until the pasta is well coated. Serve immediately with additional grated Parmesan cheese if desired.

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Nutrition facts calculated based on the recipe giving 5 servings.

 

63 comments

  1. I have to try these, soon because these looks soooooo good!

  2. This looks delicious – I went plant strong the end of March and I cleaned out my cookbook shelf to make room for new vegan/plant strong books.

  3. I just made an avocado pasta for dinner last week. Yours turned out stunning looking!!!

  4. This pasta with the avocado sauce looks AMAZING!

  5. Congratulations on your e-books, Miryam! They look incredible. Thanks for sharing the great giveaway and this gorgeous avocado pasta!

  6. I follow you on FB – Renee Bertola

  7. I follow you on twitter @franksminime – Renee Bertola

  8. I follow you on Pinterest – Renee Bertola

  9. I follow you on FB I love your recipes :-)

  10. I follow you on FB I love your recipes -jesse

  11. i have never tried avocado pasta but would love to try it.

  12. I love avocado on pasta!! What a great looking dish and thanks for the giveaway!

  13. Love your site! Im a new fan .Hope to win a copy of your cookbook!

  14. This pasta looks so good! I follow you on Pinterest!

  15. The pasta screams freshness and creaminess!

  16. I recently prepared something similar with pumpkin…
    Now, in summer, avocado seems more appropiate :P We’ll try at home!!

    It would be great to have one of the books, following on FB from paula.laenredadera

  17. This looks so ridiculously good!

    I follow you on Facebook.

  18. I follow you on FB!

  19. I’m following you on Pinterest

  20. I’m following you on Instagram

  21. Avocado pasta sauce? Sounds amazing!

  22. I liked eatgood4life on facebook

  23. I follow eatgood4life on pinterest

  24. I follow eatgood4life on twiter

  25. Followed eatgood4life on instagram

  26. I heart avocado!! This pasta dish looks so creamy and good! I think I shall try this for dinner soon!

  27. Looks lovely! I love avocado in just about anything…

  28. Oooh, this sounds delicious! I’ve been meaning to try a creamy avocado pasta recipe, but I had no idea where to start. This sounds wonderful :)

  29. my husband loves avacado, and i have no idea why. this recipe will be a great suprise for him when we come home from our deployment overseas. I hope this ebook will be available on Kindle!!

  30. Hi there! I’m obsessed with your recipes, SO DELISH. I follow you on facebook!

  31. Oh woops. My name is Ciara. I also follow you on pinterest, because if I followed you on instagram, I would always want your recipes and would be very fat.

  32. Followed you on Facebook! Love your recipes

  33. Also on Pinterest!

  34. And on Twitter….

  35. And instagram….now I’m hungry!

  36. Ooops. And I’m Sandra (and don’t read instructions properly).

  37. FINALLY a creamy avocado pasta without cream cheese – T H A N K Y O U !!!!!!!!! Leanne says job well done, so please pick me for your ebooks :-D

  38. I follow you on FB – Juli

  39. I really love the idea of avocado with pasta. Well, to be fair – I love the idea of avocado with anything.

  40. I follow all your boards on Pinterest

  41. I now follow on Instagram. Love the Spain photos!

  42. Avocado and Pasta. Two of my favourite things ever! Thanks Miryam.

  43. I’m all for fat! :) People are way too obsessed over fat. A little every now and then and also the right kind of great. At least for me and my tummy. :)

    Nice pictures here, too!

  44. I Like you on Facebook.

  45. I follow you on Pinterest.

  46. I like most of your recipes. the avocado pasta sounds delicious but has too much fat for me. I am going to try it with low fat milk instead of the cream. Would love to win your cookbooks.

  47. I love avocado and this looks delicious. So do the recipes in the cookbooks. Yum.

  48. Can’t wait to try!!! I have spaghetti squash in the freezer that I am going to have to dethaw!! I follow you on FB, pinterest, twitter!!

  49. Lorena Muñoz
    Te sigo en IG y Facebook!!! ^_^ (me encantaría participar en el concurso)
    Me encantan todas tus recetas!!
    Lo que sí, una duda que me surge. En muchas de tus recetas de repostería usas aceite de coco, pero he visto por varias webs que no es tan sano como ponen porque creo que decían que tiene muchas grasas saturadas y no sé si los usas en vez del de oliva porque el sabor de este ultimo es mas fuerte o no sé.

    Muchas gracias por adelantado!!!

    PD: No sé si tendría que estar escribiendo en ingles para que todos me entendieran jejejeje XD

    • El sorteo ya paso :-) El aceite de coco tiene un componente q hace q se metabolize en el cuerpo differente q las grasas saturadas normales por lo tanto es differente. No es igual q las grasas saturadas normales. Tiene q ver con su composicion quimica con unos “bonds” q se llaman MTC en ingles. No se como se dice en espanol :-)

  50. So, Do you not boil the quinoa first?

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