Vegan Mac and Cheese without cashews
Thiseasy Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe is the ultimate comfort food and definite crowdpleaser. It’s nothing short of creamy, rich, and delicious.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 8 oz./2 cups elbow macaroni use gluten free if needed
- 1 medium potato peeled and chopped
- 1 medium carrot peeled and chopped
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 cloved garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter
- 1 ½ teaspoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon all-purpose seasoning
- 1 ¾ teaspoon kosher salt 1 ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric optional
- 1 cup oat milk
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon agave syrup
- 2 tablespoons vegan mayo optional
- 1 ½ teaspoons arrowroot starch optional or use tapioca flour
Instructions
- Bring salted water to a boil and cook your pasta according to the package instructions. I recommend you cook them until al dente. It normally takes five minutes for most elbow pastas to be cooked al dente.
- Add vegan butter to a medium sauce pan over low to medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and stir them continuously for a minute.
- Add potatoes, carrots, tomato paste, turmeric, salt and all-purpose seasoning to the saucepan. Sir occasionally for five minutes.
- Add the oat milk to your pan and simmer until the potatoes and carrots are tender. Remove them from the flame and add to a high-speed blender. Add the nutritional yeast, mustard, agave syrup, arrowroot starch, vegan mayo and blend until smooth.
- Pour this sauce over your cooked macaroni pasta and mix until everything is evenly combined. Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
- You can MAKE YOUR OWN OAT MILK by blending 1/2 cup of rolled/instant oats in a little over a cup of water.
- You can add vegan cheese to this recipe: use about a ¼- ½ cup of shredded vegan cheese to make this recipe extra creamy. This recipe is already decadent on its own though.
- To make an oil free sauce: cook your vegetables in water instead.
- If you don’t have agave syrup, you can use maple syrup as a sub or two teaspoons of brown sugar or granulated sugar.
- Steam broccoli, cauliflower or your favorite vegetable and mix into this pasta when serving.
- Garnish your mac and cheese with toasted breadcrumbs, parsley, smoked paprika or fresh basil.
- To make it spicy, add two teaspoons of cayenne pepper when blending the cheese sauce or top your individual serving with hot sauce.
- Make sure you cook the pasta until al dente to prevent it from getting soggy. When you drain it, rinse it under cold water to prevent it from cooking any further.
- Cook all your vegetables until they are very tender to achieve a smooth and velvety sauce when blended.