Hidden Veg Sauce Pasta
Smooth tomato-free sauce with blended veggies, served on pasta.
Ready in
About 30 min · 10 min prep + 20 min cook
Gentle try
pasta
Texture
SmoothSoft
Contains (common avoids)
Tomato pieces
Ingredients
- Pasta
- Carrots
- Sweet potato
- Butter
- Cream
Step-by-step
- 1Peel and chop 2 carrots and 1 small sweet potato. Boil 12–15 min until very tender.
- 2Drain veg, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.
- 3Blend veg with 2 tbsp butter, 100ml cream and a pinch of salt until completely smooth. Add reserved water if too thick.
- 4Cook 300g pasta until al dente, drain.
- 5Toss pasta with the warm sauce. Serve plain — no visible veg pieces.
Adapt for a picky eater
- ·Make it milder: skip strong spices, herbs and onions — keep salt, butter or a touch of cheese instead.
- ·Swap an ingredient: trade anything they avoid for a safe favourite (e.g. cucumber sticks instead of cooked veg).
- ·Keep things separate: serve the parts side by side, not mixed — sauce on the side.
- ·Simplify: a smaller portion of just two or three familiar parts of the dish is a win.