This roasted garlic pasta with broccoli and pine nuts is super creamy. You’d never know it was dairy-free. This garlic pasta is quickly becoming a summer staple in our house. It is really easy, super delicious, and is a fantastic gluten-free, vegan meal for the whole family.

I got inspired to make this garlic pasta earlier this year when my sister and I spent a week together eating our way around New York City, and going to theater shows. The trip was my gift to her for her 40th birthday. It was so much fun, and so amazing to spend that quality time together.

We had garlic pasta for our last meal in Little Italy. We were laughing because we felt like such gullible tourists walking through the Mott Street mayhem being accosted by every menu-wielding restaurateur in the neighborhood.

We eventually settled on a homey-looking place where we had a mind-blowing roasted garlic pasta with red pepper flakes. It was so delicious that I found myself furiously scribbling notes into my phone with ideas for how I was going to replicate the experience when I got home.

I had a few goes at this pasta sauce to get the balance juuuuust right, and I settled on using pine nuts in the garlic sauce instead of the ubiquitous cashews or blanched almonds not only to make this dish nut-free, but also because pine nuts deliver an incredible depth of flavor that coats the pasta so beautifully in this dish.

As usual, I used the Massel broth to blend up the garlic sauce. Broth with roasted garlic pulp, toasted pine nuts, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, mustard, onion powder, tamari, and red pepper flakes blends up magic in this simple sauce.

For those of you watching your sodium intake, use the Massel seasoning powder in place of salt. The powder does contain some natural salt, but a teaspoon of the seasoning powder contains a lot less salt than adding plain salt, and it delivers a lot more flavor. If you don’t have the Massel seasoning powder, use natural sea salt.

I use Massel broth to infuse flavor to my pasta. It is always in my pantry, and I am so excited that it’s now available in stores in the U.S. Use the store locator to find out where you can get the broth in your local area. Or, order it from amazon. For those of you in Australia, it’s available nationwide at all grocery stores.

This pasta is a fantastic summer dinner. We’ve just built a new deck, and we’ve been eating outside most nights to make the most of the balmy summer weather.

Try this pasta and leave a comment below to let me know what you think.

*I’m an ambassador for Massel, but my opinions are my own.