Homemade Vegan Pasta – a rookie’s first shot at tagliatelle
One of the things I’ve discovered whilst doing the vegan thing is that with a lot of my favourite foods, I have to really go back to basics to make sure I’m sticking to the rules. I’ve turned in to one of those terrible label-checkers, and in doing so have been surprised to find that a lot of pasta is not vegan friendly at all. So this weekend I set out to make my own, turning of course to the internet to search for a homemade vegan pasta recipe that I could handle. Minimalist Baker is one of my favourite food blogs, and this recipe is based heavily on hers. But I wanted to do something a little different to make this a really summery supper, so I’ve experimented with herbs. Adding mint to the pasta dough itself was a bit of a shot in the dark, but it resulted in a deliciously fresh taste with the avocado sauce. Having not made pasta from scratch since a lacklustre food technology lesson 7 years ago, I …