5-Ingredient Lemon Basil Courgette Pasta Sauce
This lemon basil courgette pasta sauce (Exploring Vegan) is a nice unique sauce for your weeknight spaghetti dishes. It takes a while (40 minutes of simmering diced onion and courgette on medium heat) but the result is a ‘jammy sauce’ you’ll want to make again and again, due to the taste.
Choose organic courgettes (cross-pollinated versions can be unsafe).). Read more on food safety for people and pets (citrus, onion and garlic are unsafe near animal friends).
Just bin allium scraps (leeks, onion, garlic, chives, shallots), as acids could harm compost creatures (same for citrus/tomato/rhubarb).
What Brand of Pasta to Use?
The Yorkshire Pasta Company and Northern Pasta Co are both home-grown brands that use British wheat, and sell in paper (not plastic packaging). We think either of these are a great idea to support local farmers, and avoid plastic waste.
How to Cook Pasta (like the Italians)
Bring a pan of water to a rolling boil, and salt the water before adding pasta. Unless you have a medical condition. Not salting water in Italy when cooking, makes it ‘silly pasta!’ You will notice the difference in taste.
Serve with Plant-Based Parmesan
Everything tastes better with a little grated cheese on top. But Parmesan is not even vegetarian, as by law it contains a cheese made with calf rennet.
Instead, just grate your favourite vegan cheese on top. Or learn to make plant-based parmesan! It’s very simple, and once mastered, you’ll never go back!
