Easy Vegan Cheese Sauce
Servings: 12
Calories: 71kcal
Easy Vegan Cheese Sauce 🌱 The creamiest, dreamiest, tastiest cheese sauce made with healthy plant-based ingredients like cashews, carrots, potatoes and fresh lemon. Gluten-free and no added oil. Very vegan & very good!
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Equipment
- High speed blender or food processor
- mixing bowl
- large strainer or colander
- Vegetable peeler
Ingredients
Easy Vegan Cheese Sauce
- 1 cup raw cashews soaked overnight - see notes below
- 1 cup non-dairy milk we use rice milk, almond or cashew based milk
- 1 large potato cut into large pieces and boiled until tender
- 2 whole carrots cut into large pieces and boiled until tender
- 1-½ tablespoon nutritional yeast this our favorite brand
- ¼ cup lemon juiced - approx one whole lemon
- 2 teaspoon salt fine
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Soak cashews covered in room temperature water overnight or cover in boiling water and allow to soak for 2 hours. Drain in strainer and rinse with fresh water.
- Peel potatoes and carrots and cut into large pieces. Place in 4 qt or larger stovetop pot, cover with water (about 2" over veggies) and cover with lid. Bring to a rolling boil over medium high heat for 10-15 minutes until tender. Remove from heat and drain in colander or strainer.
- Place cashews, potatoes, carrots, and remaining ingredients into blender or food processor. Run at high speed until thoroughly pureed and creamy.
- Sauce can be used heated or cold, depending on how you like it. To heat, pour amount needed into a stove top pan over low heat, stirring frequently until desired temperature.
- Enjoy!
Notes
🥕This sauce can be served hot or cold. It's a great dip for veggies, chips, vegan buffalo cauliflower, veggie nuggets, meatballs. It's perfect for mac & cheese. Serve it on top of baked potatoes with fresh chives and vegan bacon bits or on sweet potato fries with a dash of chile lime salt. For nachos, add diced jalapeño or red pepper flakes to make a spicy queso dip.
🥕Leftover cheese sauce can be stored refrigerated in a covered container up to 4 days and can be frozen up to 3 months.
🥕I suggest heating the cheese sauce in a saucepan on a stovetop, however you can also heat the sauce in a microwave in short increments of 10-15 seconds until desired temperature is reached. Don't over heat in microwave, as the sauce may caramelize and possibly burn.
Nutrition
Calories: 71kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 399mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 105IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg
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