If you’re looking for a show-stopping vegan cheese sauce to put on everything, then you must try this incredibly silky smooth vegan cheese sauce.
Our recipe is made with cashews, nutritional yeast, tons of garlic, and spices. It’s truly the best vegan cheese sauce recipe.
Best Vegan Cheese Sauce
Looking for an epic cheese sauce to top your noodles with or serve with chips, but looking to hold the dairy? Try this easy vegan cheese sauce recipe!
This is our basic vegan cheese sauce that’s packed with nutrition and made with a base of cashews, sweet potato puree, and nutritional yeast.
We promise you that this cheese sauce made without any real dairy is delicious and a great supplement for those who don’t eat animal products!
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What You Need
- Raw cashews: make sure to buy raw cashews as they soften much easier than roasted.
- Sweet potato puree: sweet potato puree not only adds a cheesy color, but so much flavor and nutrition!
- Nutritional yeast: nutritional yeast is what gives you that cheesy taste without the dairy. Our favorite brand is Bob’s Red Mill.
- Broth: broth adds flavor and salt. You can use any kind of broth for this recipe, but to keep it vegan, we’re recommending veggie broth.
- Apple cider vinegar: ACV adds a little tang and also balances out all of the flavors of this vegan cheese sauce.
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Serve it Hot or Cold!
Feel free to serve this vegan cheese sauce as is. Or, you can serve it hot too!
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- 1 cup soaked raw cashews*
- 1 cup sweet potato puree pumpkin puree works too
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable broth** or water
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Begin by submerging 1 cup of raw cashews in water. Let soak overnight or for at least 12 hours.
- Once your cashews have softened, strain and rise and place into a high-speed blender.
- Then, add sweet potato puree, nutritional yeast, salt, vegetable broth, and apple cider vinegar.
- Blend on high until everything is pureed together and smooth. You may need to stop and scrape the sides. If your cheese is too thick, add a little bit more vegetable broth by the 1 tablespoon.
- If you’re looking to serve this hot, transfer it into a medium saucepan and heat over medium/low heat. Cook until hot. You may need to add more broth as it thickens.
- Enjoy over pasta, on broccoli, as a dip, on nachos, etc!
- *Option to flash boil your cashews. Place your cashews on the bottom of a bowl and then pour 2 cups of boiling water on top of them. Let sit for 30 minutes.
- **If your cheese sauce is too thick for you, add more vegetable broth by the tablespoon.
- This recipe yields 1.5 cups.
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