5-Minute Miso Tahini Sauce (Vegan)

This vegan sauce is super easy to make! All you need is 6-ingredients, 5-minutes, and 1 food processor.

If you don’t own a food processor, you can whisk this sauce together in a bowl. The only difference is that it might not be quite as smooth, but it’ll still taste good ;).

To make, simply add the following ingredients into a food processor:

• tahini
• miso paste
• nutritional yeast
• garlic powder
• water

Blend until smooth and taste sauce. Adjust flavour if needed, adding a little salt or pepper as desired. If you’d like the consistency of the sauce to be thinner, you can add a splash more water.

And that’s it! Beyond easy, right?

Now that your sauce is made, it’s time to decide what to eat it with.

My personal fave? Stirring it into some freshly made pasta – it gets soo warm and creamy and delicious. Kind of like a healthier mac and cheese. You really can’t go wrong here haha.

More ideas?

• drizzle this sauce over some roasted veggies
• add to a grain bowl
• use as a salad dressing
• use as a dip or drizzle for a wrap

Let me know in the comments what you end up eating this sauce with. I’m always looking for new ideas!

Any leftover sauce can be kept in an airtight container or jar and stored in the fridge for up to a week.

This sauce makes an awesome addition to your weekly meal prep, since it can be used to elevate so many different meals.

Tahini is one of my favourite ingredients to keep in my pantry.

Made from ground sesame seeds, tahini is a source of:

• heart-healthy fats
• plant-based protein
• calcium
• iron
• magnesium

If you follow a plant-based diet, tahini is an excellent ingredient to use as it’s a source of many of the nutrients that are harder (but not impossible) to find when eating only plants.

Want more ways to use up that jar of tahini? Checkout my roundup of recipes with tahini for more ideas!

Miso paste is made by fermenting soybeans, and it’s a natural source of beneficial gut-friendly bacteria. In addition to its gut health benefits, miso is also a source of micronutrients like:

• manganese
• vitamin K
• copper
• zinc

Want more ways to use miso paste? Checkout my roundup of recipes using miso for more ideas!

Nutritional yeast is another pantry staple of mine, thanks to it’s deliciously cheesy flavour and impressive nutrient profile. While I do personally eat cheese, sometimes I like making dairy-free sauces and I always turn to nutritional yeast to give me that “cheesy” kick.

From a nutrition perspective, fortified nutritional yeast is an excellent source of many B-vitamins, like:

• thiamine
• riboflavin
• niacin
• vitamin B6
• vitamin B12

These B-vitamins play a critical role in producing energy from the foods that we eat. 

Nutritional yeast also contains trace minerals like:

• zinc
• selenium
• manganese