vegan carbonara with zucchini cream sauce - hot for food

Ingredients

• 225 g spaghetti
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 small zucchini, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 5 garlic cloves
• 1/2 C finely chopped or crumbled smokey vegan meat substitute (vegan ham, smoked tofu, my tofu bacon bits, or vegan sausage)
• 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 3 tbsp pickle brine
• 1/3 C unsweetened nondairy milk
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 3/4 tsp kala namak/black salt
• 1/2 C shredded vegan parmesan