23 Tomato Free Pasta Sauce Recipes - Through The Fibro Fog (2024)

What are No Tomato Pasta Sauces?

No tomato pasta sauces are just that, pasta sauces that don't include tomatoes! So many homemade and store bought pasta sauces focus on tomatoes, including marinara sauces, bolognese, arrabbiata and more. It's quite the tomato experience to go to an Italian restaurant don't you find?!

But there are so many pasta sauce recipes without tomatoes to enjoy, with tasty ideas including fresh cheese, lots of vegetables, pesto and creamy sauces with tahini and vegetables. So let's liven up our dinner recipes and include some easy no tomato sauces for pasta night!

Why May You Like a Pasta Sauce without Tomatoes?

There are quite a few reasons why you may prefer to leave out tomatoes in your meals. Perhaps you simply don't like the taste of tomatoes, or good quality fresh tomatoes are hard to find in your area in the winter months.

It's also the case that people are allergic to tomatoes, or have to avoid them as they are a high histamine food (per the SIGHI list). This need to stick to low histamine meals and snacks may due to living with mast cell activation syndrome, histamine intolerance, urticaria or eczema.

Just a note to my low histamine readers that this is a broad informational post and may contain recipes with higher histamine foods. I have made every effort to choose recipes that are either low histamine as they are, or can be easily adapted with some food swaps to fit the diet.

Types of Sauces for Pasta without Tomato

There are so many options if you are looking for pasta recipes without tomato sauce, from nomato sauces to pesto, and healthy vegetable options too:

Nomato sauces - nomato sauces combine tasty ingredients such as roasted red bell peppers and beets to cook up a 'faux' tomato sauce with similar flavors and even the same red color!

Cheesy sauces - always a comfort food classic, choose from recipes using fresh cheeses such as ricotta, mozzarella and cream cheese.

Creamy sauces - find lots of different ideas, such as cauliflower alfredo, tahini sauce and butternut squash sauce.

Green vegetables sauces - let's get some leafy greens and vegetables into our meals, with kale, broccoli and mixed green pasta sauces!

Pesto sauces - pesto is a classic tomato free sauce for pasta and so full of flavor. You can find some fun alternatives here including my red pepper pesto pasta, artichoke pesto pasta and broccoli pesto pasta, which are both pasta sauces without tomatoes or dairy.

Best Tomato Free Pasta Sauce Recipe

Always a reader favorite, my ricotta and roasted red pepper pasta recipe is so creamy, indulgent and has that delicious sweetness from the bell peppers. It's a no tomato pasta sauce that both kids and adults alike will love for a comfort food dinner!

Nomato Pasta Sauces

Nomato sauces use ingredient swaps to cook up a meal that has a similar taste to traditional tomato sauce, typically with veggies such as beets, carrots and bell peppers. There are lots of different versions of 'no tomato' sauce to try:

Easy Nomato Sauce with Coconut Milk (Whole 30)

Nomato Sauce with Italian Herbs

Nomato Sauce with Beets

Cheesy Pasta Recipes

Cheese sauces always feel a bit indulgent, don't you think? A comfort food classic, we can use fresh cheese to make a gooey creamy pasta sauce that is so moreish!

Whipped Ricotta Pasta

Ricotta Pesto Pasta

Cream Cheese Pasta

Butternut Squash Pasta Bake

Green Vegetable Pasta Recipes

While pasta is often thought of as comfort food, we can get in some green goodness too! These green pasta recipes make the most of fresh produce for so much flavor and you won't miss tomatoes at all.

Creamy Kale Pasta

Spaghetti with Cavolo Nero and Almonds

Tahini Broccoli Pasta

Green Spaghetti Sauce

Creamy Pasta Recipes

Whether it's from tahini or vegetables, a creamy pasta dish is always a crowd-pleaser I find! These tomato free pasta sauce recipes are smooth, creamy and very moreish for a weeknight dinner!

Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo

Vegan Pumpkin Alfredo

Vegan Fettuccine Alfredo

Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

Sweet Potato Pasta Sauce

Tahini Pasta Sauce

Pesto Pasta Recipes

Pesto pasta is such a classic, and so flavorful with fresh basil leaves, garlic and olive oil. But we can add even more goodness with some fun additions, as these recipes show!

Artichoke Pesto Pasta

Pesto Cavatappi

Roast Vegetable and Pesto Pasta

Broccoli Pesto Pasta

Coriander Pesto Pasta

What to Serve with Pasta Recipes

Add some extra flavors and goodness with some tasty sides for your pasta creations!

• A light and fresh salad is always delicious with creamy and cheesy pasta sauces, and recipes such as my cucumber fennel salad, mango and cucumber salad and apple cucumber salad are so easy to make.
• Hot vegetable side dishes such as my air fryer leeks, air fried bok choy, garlic spaghetti squash and roasted Brussels sprouts and asparagus all add so much flavor and are healthy too!
• A slice (or two!) of garlic bread is always a classic side for pasta.
• Having a date night at home or just feeling a little fancy? Why not serve your pasta with drinks such as my sparkling passion fruit mocktail, lychee mocktail recipe or blueberry mint mocktail!

And you may like to see my round-up of side dishes for chicken soup as so many of them work equally well with pasta dishes!

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