Delicious nut-free vegan cheese sauce made with potatoes, carrots, and onion. It’s smooth, creamy, low-fat, and healthy! Pour over veggies, use to make some incredible guilt-free nachos, breakfast burritos, or potato skins.
2-3cupswater or vegetable stock, reserve 1/2 cupenough to cover vegetables plus 1/2 inch (the amount of water will be dependent upon the stock pot size)
½cupnutritional yeast
1tablespoonlemon juice or apple cider vinegar
1tsponion granules
1tspsriracha or any other hot sauceoptional, add more if you like it hot
½tspgarlic granules
½tspground mustard seed
¼tspground turmeric
¼tspsmoked paprika
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Place potatoes, carrots, and onion in a medium saucepan. Cover vegetables with water (or vegetable stick) plus 1/2 inch. Bring to a boil and cook until soft – usually 15-20 minutes. Once they’re fork tender drain but reserve the poaching liquid.
While vegetables are cooking, add the nutritional yeast and dry spices to your blender. Place measured vinegar in small bowl and set aside.
Once the vegetables are fork tender, drain reserving ½ cup of poaching liquid. Allow to slightly cool and add to your blender. Add the vinegar and 1/4 cup poaching liquid.You may need to work in batches. Blend until all the cooked vegetables are smooth and creamy resembling melted Velveeta or nacho cheese.
If it’s too thick you can add additional reserved poaching liquid or warm water (1 tablespoon at a time) while you’re blending. Before transferring to a bowl, place a cloth to cover the top of the blender lid to avoid burning from potentially hot steam of built up pressure when top is loosened.
If using immediately you shouldn’t have to reheat on the stove as the veggies will still be hot.