Recipe: Perfect Vegan Mac and Cheese

Vegan Mac and Cheese. The combination of soaked cashews and nutritional yeast creates a savory sauce for this vegan mac and cheese. The cashews don't blend up completely smooth, but will have a fine texture even after processing, which helps the sauce cling to the noodles. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bring a large pot of water to a boil. We might be biased, but this super creamy, vegan mac and cheese is hands down the best vegan mac and cheese recipe you'll ever make.

The vegan macaroni and cheese recipes out there are definitely hit or miss… and the bad ones are really bad. I remember back when I first went vegan, trying a recipe that attempted to mimic the cheesy taste by using a combination of nutritional yeast and Dijon mustard. How To Make Vegan Macaroni and Cheese. You can have Vegan Mac and Cheese using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vegan Mac and Cheese

1. You need 1/4 c. of Flour.
2. It's 1/8 c of vegan butter.
3. It's 2 c. of Rice milk.
4. Prepare 1 pk of daiya cheddar.
5. It's 1 pk of daiya pepperjack.
6. Prepare of Garlic powder.
7. Prepare of Onion powder.
8. You need of Cajun seasoning.
9. It's 1 box of pasta of choice cooked and cooled.
10. You need of Italian bread crumbs.

Start by melting the butter in a pan. Once it has completely melted, add the flour and whisk it into the melted butter to form a roux. Next, add the plant milk, shredded vegan cheese, all of the dry seasonings to the saucepan to make the cheese sauce. The Best Vegan Mac and Cheese.

Vegan Mac and Cheese step by step

1. Make a roux using vegan butter and flour.
2. Add rice milk and cook till roux thickens milk to sauce consistency.
3. Add cheese to sauce and stir till cheese melts.
4. Add onion garlic and Cajun seasonings to taste.
5. Combine cheese sauce and cooked pasta.
6. Place Mac and cheese in greased baking pan and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
7. Bake at 400° till sides bubble about 10 minutes.
8. Enjoy.

Nutritional yeast is key, in addition to the grated potato. It has less funk than the regular store-bought brand, so if you haven't enjoyed nutritional yeast in the past, please give. To make this easy vegan Mac and Cheese recipe, prepare pasta according to package directions, meanwhile, blend cashew cheese sauce. Mix with drained pasta, additional ingredients. I do not usually think vegan mac n cheese is ever *really* that good…but this one is!!