Sure cashews are good for you, but too much of anything is not a good thing. I realized about a year into my plant-based lifestyle that I was going way overboard. It’s so easy to go a little nuts with all the nuts when you switch to a plant-based diet. I’ve tried and still make cashew cheese mac and cheese, butternut squash mac and cheese, nutritional yeast cheese mac and cheese.Īnd honestly, they are all delicious but this version is the one I go back to most often because it’s the easiest and cheapest to make! And I like that it’s nut-free. Mom still made mac and cheese for all those special occasions but I skipped it and had the salad instead.Īnd then I was like “enough of this sh*t, I’m making my own”. Like many unpleasant things in life, the thoughts of giving up cheese are worse than the actual experience. The truth is though that the thoughts of missing cheese are the worst part. I polled some of my plant-based friends and they agreed – giving up cheese seemed daunting. Have you been there or maybe you’re there now? I hesitated at the plant-based start line because I was terrified I would bail halfway through and run right towards my mom’s pot of mac n’ cheese. Once I gave up cheese I thought for sure I would have night sweats about missing my favorite dish.
I haven’t had that mac and cheese in about 10 years. She would crunch up chips or crackers to out on top. I remember her grating massive blocks of bright orange cheddar and simmering milk on the stove. Whenever my sisters and I got to choose what was for dinner, whenever one of us came home from away, to celebrate birthdays, to applaud good grades (or to ease the blow of bad grades) my mom made her famous mac n’cheese. We used to beg her to make it for every special occasion. This version is inspired by my mom’s mac and cheese. So because vegan and nuts are often hard to separate, I want to offer up a creamy, comforting dish to all of you nut-free plant-based foodies. She, like me, is a fan of cashew sauces and puddings and cheeses. However, her son was just diagnosed with a cashew allergy. This recipe is dedicated to my friend Erin who went plant-based initially because she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and not only has it improved her symptoms and reduced her meds but she is feeling healthier and loving her food more than ever. It’s also the cheapest to make and is cashew-free with a completely nut-free option.
#VEGAN MAC AND CHEESE BEST NUT FREE FULL#
It may look watery and separated but simply reheat in a saucepan, whisking all the while and it will come back to its full glory.This is the easiest vegan Mac and cheese. It’s also freezer friendly for up to 3 months.
Keep leftovers stored in the fridge and enjoy within 4-5 days. If you want a cheese sauce to drizzle on your pizza, then you’re looking for a cashew cheese sauce! Or you can even grate up some hard sliceable cashew cheese and melt it on your pizza! Storing and Freezing It also makes a great sauce for a vegan mac and cheese. It’s what you want when you want a cheesy version of a white sauce to use in your lasagna! It’s also great as a pasta sauce or served over vegetables. Have you had a white sauce (bechamel) before? It’s exactly like that, just flavored to be cheesy! This isn’t the kind of cheese sauce you’re going to use on a pizza. To that you add some salt, black pepper, dijon mustard, great for adding a cheesy flavor don’t even ask me why but really it works, and some nutritional yeast.Īnd that might be as far as you need to go to get your perfect cheese sauce flavor! If you want to intensify the flavors a bit more, you can add in some optional onion powder and garlic powder too. There are just 3 basic ingredients – oil, flour and plant-based milk (I used soy milk) to make your basic white sauce. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos. You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
#VEGAN MAC AND CHEESE BEST NUT FREE HOW TO#
You start off with a basic vegan white sauce – also called bechamel sauce and then with just a few added extras, it magically turns into cheese sauce! How To Make Vegan Cheese Sauce Making a vegan cheese sauce really couldn’t be easier. Ideal for lasagnas, pastas, vegan mac and cheese or anywhere you would usually use a cheese sauce. Simple and fabulously cheesy vegan cheese sauce.
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