Fauxveeta Vegan Cheese Sauce
Rich, creamy and velvety faux cheese sauce, made using real food. Totally plant based, vegan, oil free. This makes enough sauce to completely coat one pound of macaroni pasta, about 4 cups of sauce. Nut-free option in notes.
Servings: 4
Calories: 193kcal
Cost: $4
Equipment
- High speed blender I use Blendtec, but a Vitamix or Ninja would also work
Ingredients
- 3 cups yukon gold or russet potatoes about 5 medium potatoes (or 530 grams), peeled and cut into large squares
- 1 ½ cups carrot about 5 medium carrots (or 210 grams carrot), peeled and cut into large pieces the same size at the potatoes
- 1 small onion (or 175 grams), quartered
- 5 cloves garlic (20 grams), chopped
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup almond milk unsweetened, unflavored
Optional (but recommended!) Flavor Boosters
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon miso paste
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- In a medium-large stock pot, add cut potatoes, carrots and onion. Cover with water. Then, boil potatoes, carrot, onion until fork tender, then drain.3 cups yukon gold or russet potatoes, 1 ½ cups carrot, 1 small onion
- Add cooked veggies to blender with garlic, nutritional yeast, turmeric, salt, almond milk and optional (but recommended!) flavor boosters, if using. You may need to do this in more than one batch, depending on your blender size.5 cloves garlic, 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast, ½ teaspoon ground turmeric, ½ teaspoon sea salt, 1 cup almond milk
- Blend until completely smooth (I use a Blendtec and press the soup button). If it will not blend, you may need to add a bit more almond milk.
- Taste the sauce and adjust salt, as needed.
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Notes
This makes enough sauce (about 4+ cups) to completely coat one pound of macaroni pasta, for mac and cheese.
Feel free to add more nutritional yeast to see if you like it the flavor with more. For us, 3 tablespoon is just right.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 473mg | Potassium: 1004mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 8148IU | Vitamin C: 39mg | Calcium: 125mg | Iron: 2mg
