Vegan Creamy Pasta Sauce

-1 Cook the pasta as instructed on package, and reserve at least 1/2 cup of pasta water. Drain and set aside. *You'll need only 1/4 cup for the sauce, but may need more later on to thin the sauce out. 
-1 Blend all of the pasta sauce ingredients in a blender until smooth.  
-1 Heat your pot with 1 tbsp of olive oil, and cook the onion for 3-4 minutes on medium/low heat until fragrant. Add in your garlic and cook for additional 2 minutes. Keep stirring so the garlic doesn't burn.  
-1 Pour the sauce back into the pot and mix together for 1 minute over a low flame. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. 
-1 Pour your pasta into the pot and stir together. If you want a thinner sauce, you can add 1-2 more tbsp of pasta water.  
-1 Sprinkle extra red pepper flakes and chopped basil, and serve fresh.