Vegan Cheese Sauce
This vegan cheese sauce is the best topping for a variety of snacks and dishes. I made pair this easy sauce with nachos, potatoes or just using it as a dip with some cut veggies like cucumbers.
This cheese sauce recipes calls uses butternut squash. I got the butternut squash from my Good Apple Food box which delivers organic produce in the Austin, Texas area.
I cut the butternut squash in half, spooned out the seeds and peeled the skin into compost. I steamed it all together. 1 cup of the butternut squash was used for this vegan cheesy sauce. The other half was used to make a butternut squash soup.
Ingredients for Vegan Cheese Sauce
- butternut squash
- full fat coconut milk
- minced garlic
- chopped onion
- olive oil
- nutritional yeast
- salt
- turmeric powder
- black pepper
- ground red pepper (optional)
- ground flaxseed (for thickening)
The key ingredient of this recipe is the nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is a staple in any plant-based kitchen. It gives recipes a delicious cheesy taste. It also acts as a thickener. Best part, it’s high in protein, B12 and other essential vitamins. It’s great for sprinkling onto top of snacks or creating sauces such as this vegan cheesy sauce.
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Vegan Cheesy Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup butternut squash
- 3/4 cup full fat coconut milk
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 Tbsp salt
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 tsp ground red pepper (optional)
- 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed (for thickening)
Instructions
- Steam the butternut squash for 10-15 minutes until soft
- While the butternut squash is steaming, cook the garlic, onion and oil in a sauce pan on medium-low heat until fragrant and translucent. (Careful to not burn the garlic otherwise it will become bitter)
- Add in butternut squash, full fat coconut milk, turmeric powder, black pepper, salt, nutritional yeast and ground red pepper (if you want a little kick to it.) Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
- Transfer all ingredients from the sauce pan into a blender and blend for 1 minute.
- Place ingredients back into the sauce pan and add in ground flaxseed. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes until thickened.
- Add salt and pepper to taste if needed. Enjoy!
