Easy Avocado Pasta

Avocado pasta is a quick, easy, and delicious dairy-free meal! With just a fork and 15 minutes, you can whip up our creamy avocado sauce – no food processor needed.

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Avocado Pasta Recipe Video

The creamy sauce in this avocado pasta is surprisingly simple – just avocado! No butter or cream is needed. I love how easy it is. It takes less than 15 minutes to make, perfect for busy weeknights.

We love this recipe so much! We’ve even tried it with sweet potato noodles. For more delicious ways to use avocados, check out our collection of avocado recipes.

What You’ll Need for Avocado Pasta

  • Pasta: Use your favorite type!
  • Tomato: Adds color and freshness.
  • Green onion and garlic: For flavor.
  • Ripe avocado: The star of the dish!
  • Lemon or lime juice: Adds brightness.
  • Salt and pepper: Essential for seasoning.

How to Make Avocado Pasta

What I love about this recipe is that we can make the creamy avocado sauce while our pasta cooks. This recipe goes FAST.

Cook your pasta. Use well-salted water and follow your pasta’s package directions. While it cooks, you’ll prep the sauce.

Mash the avocado. Use a fork to mash a ripe avocado in a bowl until creamy. (You can use a food processor for extra smoothness.) Check out our tips for picking the perfect avocado.

Mashing avocado for pasta sauce

Add flavor. Stir in grated garlic (a microplane is best), lemon or lime juice, salt, and pepper. Some of our readers were skeptical, calling this guacamole pasta, but everyone returned to tell us they LOVED it.

Create the sauce. Add a splash of hot pasta water to thin the avocado mixture to your desired consistency. This starchy water thins our sauce nicely and helps it stick to the pasta.

Adding a little hot pasta water to mashed avocado for the pasta sauce

Toss in the pasta, green onion, and tomatoes. Give everything a really good toss in the avocado sauce, adding a little more pasta water if necessary.

Tossing the avocado sauce and pasta together in a bowl

That’s it! Your very own bowl of creamy avocado pasta.

How Long Does it Last in the Fridge?

Avocado pasta is best enjoyed fresh, as the avocado sauce will start to brown over time.

Quick and Easy Avocado Pasta

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Creamy avocado pasta in a white bowl

Easy Avocado Pasta

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Avocado pasta is a quick, fresh, and super easy meal! You can make the flavorful, dairy-free avocado sauce while your pasta cooks.

For the best texture, grate your garlic with a microplane. If you don’t have one, mince the garlic finely. Need help choosing the perfect avocado? Check out our tips!

Makes 4 servings

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You Will Need

8 ounces dry pasta

1 large ripe avocado

1 medium tomato, diced

1 green onion, finely sliced

1/4 teaspoon finely grated garlic

Juice from a quarter of a lemon

Salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste

Directions

    1Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook your pasta following the package instructions. Reserve 1/2 cup of hot pasta water before draining the pasta.

    2While the pasta cooks, mash the avocado in a large bowl. Stir in garlic, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

    3Add 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water to the avocado mixture and stir.

    4Add the cooked pasta, tomatoes, and green onion to the bowl. Toss everything together until the sauce evenly coats the pasta. Add a little more pasta water to thin out the sauce if needed.

Adam and Joanne's Tips

  • Add pesto: Several readers have suggested transforming this into avocado pesto pasta – and we love the idea! Add a tablespoon of pesto to your avocado sauce, use lemon juice, and skip the garlic.
  • Gluten-free: Choose your favorite gluten-free pasta or vegetable noodles like zucchini noodles or sweet potato noodles.
  • Nutrition Facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.
Nutrition Per Serving Serving Size About 1 cup, 1/4 of the recipe / Calories 295 / Total Fat 7.7g / Saturated Fat 1.5g / Cholesterol 5.1mg / Sodium 593.4mg / Carbohydrate 47.4g / Dietary Fiber 4.6g / Total Sugars 2.7g / Protein 9.6g
AUTHOR:  Adam and Joanne Gallagher
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109 comments… Leave a Review
  • Betsy March 8, 2024, 7:22 pm

    This was great, and so quick and easy! I had cherry tomatoes on hand and used those, and it was yummy!

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    • Joanne March 8, 2024, 7:57 pm

      Hi Betsy, We are so happy that you tried it! Thanks for coming back and sharing.

      Reply
  • Shaina Alissa Clingempeel November 3, 2023, 4:59 pm

    Love simple, healthy recipes like this. We used chickpea pasta for protein and added green peas. Will definitely make this again!

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  • Laura June 24, 2023, 2:33 pm

    This recipe is so quick and easy absolutely delicious.

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    • Adam September 18, 2023, 2:58 pm

      So glad you enjoyed it 🙂

      Reply
  • Riley March 7, 2023, 1:23 pm

    Very quick and easy which I love. I started eating the sauce with tortilla chips while I was waiting for the noodles to finish cooking, it’s basically a really creamy guacamole lol. Delicious nonetheless.

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  • Linda November 17, 2022, 5:46 pm

    I made this tonight and added a can of diced tomatoes as I didn’t have fresh. I also cut up some turkey pepperoni for protein. It was so delicious. I’ll definitely make it again!

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    • Adam September 18, 2023, 2:59 pm

      Great idea. Thanks for coming back to leave a kind review 🙂

      Reply
  • Annie Hayes August 30, 2021, 5:26 pm

    Awesome, I am so excited about this recipe. I recently started eating avacoda and this recipe is by far one the best,simple,quick and tasty. My new go to meal. Thank you so much

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  • Liz May 9, 2021, 8:09 pm

    This was fabulous! I folded in some torn up kale leaves, massaged with sea salt and lemon juice, and a handful of pistachios. Really delicious and a definite keeper.

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  • Alexis Hogue April 21, 2021, 12:48 am

    THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this recipe. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT I made it for my little brother and I and he never eats veggies of any kind, but he likes this! It was so easy but I would recommend adding lots of lemon.

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  • Frankie Lockard February 11, 2021, 10:17 pm

    Thank you for sharing i can’t wait to try this looks so good

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  • Viv September 2, 2020, 9:56 pm

    It was delicious!! I wasn’t sure if there would be enough texture in the dish, so I added a half pound of mushrooms, used 2 large tomatoes and sauteed it with some garlic and shallots. The dish came together quickly. Also used 2 avocadoes (we love them). What a hearty meal. Great idea using avocadoes as the sauce!

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  • Leslie May 31, 2020, 10:26 pm

    Just having your pasta w avocado sauce. For one. Yummy! Never heard of sweet potato pasta! Sounds good maybe with some bacon? Thanks!

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  • gma4 April 8, 2020, 7:22 pm

    sooo easy!! and tasty!! and healthy (especially with whole wheat past)

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  • Terri November 17, 2019, 4:40 pm

    I looked at a few avocado pasta recipes and decided on this one. I used it as a base and added more stuff to our liking…the juice of 1/2 a lime, 4 avocados, peas, red pepper, and a can of Petit diced tomatoes. Big hit. It made enough for 5 adults. We all loved it! ♥️

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