This creamy tahini broccoli pasta is the ultimate easy (and healthy!) comfort food dinner. Perfect for a busy weeknight, this vegan pasta comes together in less than 30 minutes!
Love tahini pasta? Then perhaps you may like to try out my herbed tahini pasta as well. It's full of flavour from fresh herbs and garlic.
And for a vegetarian option with all the good stuff, my green spaghetti sauce and my kale cream pasta is so tasty!
This broccoli tahini pasta is super easy to make, and a kid-friendly dinner in my family! It's healthy comfort food perfect for a quick meal.
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⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
- Comfort food - the combination of creamy tahini and pasta is just so cosy for fall and the colder months (or summer too!).
- Healthy - you get all your greens from the broccoli and herbs.
- Pantry staples - many of the ingredients are usually those we have to hand.
🥦 Ingredients
For this easy recipe, the main ingredients you will need are:
- Pasta - I use bow-tie pasta for this dish, but penne, fussili or other forms of pasta work equally well.
- Tahini - for the creamy sauce, I use light tahini.
- Broccoli - for the healthy aspect of the dish!
- Sage - you can use either dried or fresh sage.
- Pumpkin seeds - for a nice crunch.
- Apple cider vinegar - optional, but adds a nice tang to the tahini sauce.
- Garlic powder - to add flavour to the sauce.
- Salt and pepper (optional) - to season.
📖 Variations to the recipe
The apple cider vinegar is optional. If lemon works for you, then you could use a squeeze instead. My low histamine readers may prefer not to use either.
Fresh herbs are always nice as a garnish, so use those you prefer.
🔪 Step by step instructions
Making this tahini broccoli pasta is very simple, with just a few steps:
- Cook the pasta according to packet instructions.
- Fry the broccoli in a little olive oil in your skillet until starting to get tender, about 7-8 minutes.
- Make the tahini sauce by combining the ingredients and stirring well so that it becomes a sauce.
- Drain the pasta and return to the pan. Add the broccoli and then stir through the tahini sauce. Season with salt and pepper (if using).
- Transfer to your bowl and sprinkle with fresh herbs and pumpkin seeds.
💭 Recipe tips and notes
- If you prefer not to fry the broccoli you can boil or steam it instead.
- Adjust the consistency of the tahini to preference, with more tahini to thicken and more water for a thinner sauce.
- Salt your pasta water for a better flavour.
🍝 Gluten-free pasta options
As a note for my low histamine friends, wheat in regular pasta scores 1 on the SIGHI list, so be mindful of any sensitivities you have to it. Many people I have spoken with on my Low Histamine Kitchen Instagram prefer to use gluten-free pasta, and there are so many to choose from now. Some you may like to try out:
🍽 More tasty pasta recipes
Find so many options on my pasta recipes page, including these recent recipes:
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📖 Recipe
Creamy Tahini Broccoli Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 2 cups pasta adjust quantity to preference
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
- fresh herbs chopped
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper optional
For the tahini sauce
- ¼ cup tahini
- ¼ cup warm water more to texture preference
- ½ teaspoon dried sage or fresh
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder optional
- ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar optional
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to packet instructions.
- Fry the broccoli in a little olive oil until starting to get tender, about 7-8 minutes.
- Make the tahini sauce by combining the ingredients and stirring well so that it becomes a sauce.
- Drain the pasta and return to the pan. Add the broccoli and then stir through the tahini sauce. Season with salt and pepper (if using). Transfer to your bowl and sprinkle with fresh herbs and pumpkin seeds.
Notes
- Adjust the consistency of the tahini to preferred taste. Add more water for a thinner consistency, and more tahini for a thicker sauce.
- If you prefer not to fry the broccoli you can boil or steam it.
- If you prefer not to use apple cider vinegar as it scores 1 on the SIGHI list, you can either leave out completely, or use white distilled vinegar which scores 0 on the SIGHI list.
- Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- pasta (for wheat), tahini, apple cider vinegar and garlic, which score 1.
- black pepper, which scores 2.
Holly says
Claire...these all look fabulous. Thank you !
throughthefibrofog says
Hi Holly! Thanks so much, so glad you like the recipes 🙂