This quick and easy recipe for creamy mac & cheese uses only natural ingredients, is completely vegan, and only takes 15 minutes to prepare. It’s certain to please both vegetarians and omnivores.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups whole wheat elbow macaroni
- 2 potatoes
- 1 small onion, chopped
- ½ carrot, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons water, or as needed
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup cashews
- ¼ cup soy milk
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 dash ground paprika
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 cups chopped broccoli florets
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
- Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain. Peel and finely chop potatoes when cool enough to handle.
- Combine potatoes, onion, carrot, and garlic in a small pot over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons water and cook until soft enough to blend and water is mostly evaporated, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer sauce to a blender. Add 3/4 cup water, cashews, soy milk, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt, paprika, and cayenne. Cover the blender and hold lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth.
- Heat 2 tablespoons water in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add broccoli and cook until soft but still a little crunchy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a large serving bowl. Pour sauce in and mix until thoroughly coated.
Reviews
The potato took way longer to soften. Ingredients should give an indication about the size of the potato. Needed adjusting in flavouring. Also soaking the cashews in hot water makes it creamier. Otherwise, this was a great substitute for a high saturated fat cheese version.
It definitely wasn’t 15 minutes or less haha but it was good for what it was! I made this recipie while on the Daniel Fast, so I left out the yeast and used chicpea pasta in order to get more protein. It was not very flavorful with the ammount of suggested spices so I addad a ton more, The sauce was also very thick, so I added a bit more almondmilk and water. after that it was a good substitute for when I was craving something cheesy!