"Creamy cashew cheese sauce, ladled over roasted orange cauliflower. Cheesy, warm, comforting, and GOOD FOR YOU."
Plant based "Mac&cheese"
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Prep time: 8hrs
Cook time: 25mins
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ingredients
- 1 cup roasted cashews (or raw)
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric (optional, for color)
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 head orange cauliflower
- 1 1/2 teaspoons avocado oil
- a pinch of salt and pepper
Method
Step 1
The longest part of this recipe, is soaking the cashews. I use roasted cashews, because I find they're softer already, and easier to blend.
Step 2
Soak cashews covered in water over night. I've read about "quick soak" methods, but haven't tried! So that would be up to you if you wanted to try it.
Step 3
When you're ready to get cookin': Preheat oven to 425.
Step 4
Break apart head of orange cauliflower (regular will do, but the orange assists in the "cheesy" look of this dish- and it's also got way more vitamin!
Step 5
Place cauliflower pieces on parchment lined baking sheet, drizzle with avocado oil, and toss with a little salt and pepper. Bake for about 20-25 minutes until tender.
Step 6
Drain cashews, and place in blender.
Step 7
Add spices, lemon juice, and nutritional yeast, and 1- 1.5 cups water to blender and puree. (you can always add more water, so start small!)
Step 8
Taste, and add more salt, or lemon if needed.
Step 9
Transfer sauce to pot on the stove top, and heat on low until slightly thickened. Add more water if your sauce is too thick for your liking at this point.
Step 10
Ladle sauce over cauliflower and serve! You could also lay this sauce over noodles, use it as a dip, and so much more!
Step 11
Keep extra sauce in the fridge for up to a week- reheat as needed!