How to make the BEST Plant-Based Cheese Sauce | Addicting & Flavorful!
Channel: LivingTheAlleyWay
Date: 2024-02-25

Who doesn't love cheese?  If you or someone you love does, this is the recipe for you!  So creamy and cheesy, this sauce goes great on almost anything!

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Plant-Based 'Cheese' Sauce That Tastes GREAT!

Ingredients:
1/4 cup diced carrots
2 cups peeled diced potatoes (Yukon gold works great - no need to peel!)
1/4 cup raw cashews
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
pinch of paprika, optional
pinch of cayenne, optional
2-3 cups hot water, reserved from the boiling process
NOTE:  Russet potatoes can be substituted for the Yukon gold potatoes; just be sure to peel them before adding to the boiling water.

Method:
Bring a medium size pot of water to a boil
Add the potatoes and carrots to the boiling water
Boil over medium-high heat until the potatoes and carrots are tender
Drain the potatoes and carrots BEING SURE TO SAVE THE BOILING WATER
Add the cooked potatoes, carrots, cashews, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, vinegar, lemon juice, paprika and/or cayenne (if using) to a high-speed blender (we use a Vitamix or bullet-style blender)
Add 1 cup of the reserved water to the blender
Blend on high until smooth and creamy
Keeps for about a week in the refrigerator.

Other versions of this 'Cheese' sauce that are all fantastic:

Original - the version above using raw cashews
Fat-Free - replace the cashews with white beans and using only 1/2 cup of the reserved water
Lower-Fat - use 1/2 cashews and 1/2 white beans - in this case use about 3/4 cup of water
White Cheese Sauce - omit the carrots
Nacho Cheese Sauce - add 6-8 pickled jalapenos + 2 tablespoons of the pickled jalapeno juice

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Timecodes:
00:00 - intro
00:28 - Ingredients
00:32 - Boiling the water
00:52 - Peeling potatoes and carrots
01:15 - Boiling potatoes and carrots
01:38 - Draining potatoes and carrots
01:56 - Blending the ingredients
03:32 - Taste Test
05:45 - Outro