This Dairy Free Cashew Cheese Sauce is delicious. Two weeks ago we took the kids to the zoo. Afterward, we decided to try out a vegan restaurant here in Dallas called The Spiral Diner. The food was so good!
My husband got a vegan nacho plate and the cheese sauce was made from cashews. He liked it so much he decided to try to create his own cashew cheese sauce and after a few tries it worked out pretty good.
This dairy free cashew cheese sauce is really quite a good replica. We never would have thought to make a cashew cheese sauce.
A lot of vegan cheeses are soy based, but we wanted to do something different since a lot of people are avoiding soy these days. The cashews gave it a nice creamy feel.
This would not only be a good sauce to eat with nachos, but it makes a great base for a dairy free mac and cheese.
With so many kids having dairy allergies these days, it’s nice to have a soy free cheese option. To give this a cheesy flavor, we used nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is a great source of protein, fiber and vitamin B12.
Here is a quick little video of my husband and daughter making this. For more videos, you can subscribe to my You Tube Channel.
Dairy Free Cashew Cheese Sauce
Dairy Free Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw cashews (soaked overnight and drained)
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak the cashews in water overnight.
- The next day, drain and rinse them.
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Recipe Notes
You can store it in the fridge in an airtight container. Should keep for a few weeks. You may even be able to freeze it.
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