

Meanwhile, soak 1 cup of raw cashews in hot water.In a medium saucepan, bring a pot of water to a boil then add carrots and potato.If youre pressed for time, they can be soaked for two hours, but youll need a high powered blender like a Vitamix to get the creamy consistency were after.


Vegan cashew cheese sauce mac#
Just tone down the cayenne and voila! You have a vegan mac and cheese that you can feel good about inhaling! Here’s how you’ll make Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce: ingredients Ingredients Cashews: Youll need raw, unsalted cashews to make vegan cashew cheese sauce. Not only can you use this cheese sauce for nachos, but it makes for an absurdly good vegan mac and cheese. I know what you’re thinking… HOW could vegan, non dairy cheese taste as good as the real creamy thing?! There’s no way! I promise you, this blend of veggies, cashews, nutritional yeast and spices transforms into the most insanely delicious, creamy, gooey cheese sauce that you could fool even the most anti-vegan palate with 🙂 WOW did I have the absolute best time competing on Guy’s Grocery Games twice during their “food fanatics” (aka home chefs!) championship! One of the most requested recipes from my two episodes is my vegan cheese sauce - which Rocco DiSpirito called “the best he’s ever had”!!!!! I mean, he knocked my socks off with that compliment. Just like the post yesterday –> Easy 5 Ingredient Tomato Basil Sauce, this vegan cashew cheese sauce can be your staple go-to sauce when a recipe calls for a vegan cheese sauce or a vegan alfredo sauce.I’m so excited to share with you my Guy’s Grocery Games winning recipe for vegan nacho cheese! Using a couple simple vegetables, cashews and nutritional yeast, you’ll create a creamy, spicy sauce perfect for game day! You could also substitute roasting the butternut squash with frozen microwaved squash and still get a good result. I’ve found that using roasted, salted cashews provides the best flavor. When you soak and blend them with the other ingredients, the result is a creamy and delicious sauce. This version replaces the whole roasted head of garlic with garlic powder and chops up the butternut squash for faster preparation. Recipe IngredientsWhat You Need Cashews Cashew nuts are the main ingredient in this vegan cheese sauce. This vegan cashew cheese sauce is a slight variation from the butternut cream sauce I made for this pasta –> Butternut Squash, Spinach, Cipollini Onion, & Pasta with a Roasted Garlic Butternut Cream Sauce. This vegan cashew cheese sauce, quick and easy to make (pre-soaked cashews needed). It really is a versatile sauce that can be tossed with pasta, drizzled over a pizza, used in a burrito, poured over broccoli on top of a baked potato, or do like Jen and dip some tortilla chips in it. Not exactly what I intended the sauce for, but she goes crazy for this cheesy sauce. I made this last night and as I was taking photos of it in the other room, Jen sneakily opened up a bag of tortilla chips and was dipping them in the vegan cashew cheese sauce. You will dream about this vegan cashew cheese sauce for days after having one bite. Cashew based cheese sauce made in a blender with butternut squash, miso, vegetable stock, and nutritional yeast.
