A healthier/cruelty-free option to nacho cheese you won’t regret trying. This delicious, creamy, vegan nacho cheese is made with soaked cashews, potatoes, carrots, and onions. Use it as a cheese dip for soft pretzel bites, add it to your favorite nachos, tacos or even baked potatoes, it’s delicious on everything!
Vegan Jalapeño Nacho Cheese
Yield:
8-10 servings
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
Vegan Nacho Cheese is so creamy and cheesy you'll want to put it on everything! Made with cashews, potatoes, carrots, and onions for a healthier option. So indulge!
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup cashews - soaked
- 1 and 1/2 cups golden potato - peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup carrot - peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt - or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1-2 jalapeño peppers (optional)
- Squeeze of lemon
Instructions
- Start by soaking the cashews, (This will help them blend to a smooth consistency.)
- In a saucepan, bring several cups of water to boil. While your water is heating up, peel and rough chop your carrot and potatoes, and rough chop your onion
- Add the veggies to the boiling water and cook until soft.
- While the veggies cook, place your cashews, vegan milk and one tablespoon of water from the cooking veggies to your blender and blend until smooth.
- When your veggies are fork soft, remove them from the water with a slotted spoon. Add them to your blender along with the seasonings.
- Blend until smooth and creamy. If needed, add a tablespoon at a time of veggie water to your blender to reach desired consistency.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 84 Total Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 277mg Carbohydrates: 9g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 2g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 4g
**Nutritional info is provided as an estimate based on the ingredients I used and for convenience and as a courtesy only.**
Becca
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