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Vegan Cheese Sauce

Vegan Cashew Cheese Sauce Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 163
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup raw cashews
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
  • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • ¼ tsp Dijon mustard
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • Pinch ground turmeric

Method
 

  1. Soak cashews in boiling water for 15 minutes, then drain and rinse. Blend with water, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, garlic, salt, mustard, onion powder, and turmeric until completely smooth.
  2. Taste and adjust with more salt, lemon juice, or water as needed.
  3. Pour over hot pasta, roasted vegetables, or nachos and serve right away.

Notes

The 15-minute soak is not counted in the prep time since it is hands-off. If you have time, an overnight soak in cool water works even better for standard blenders.