Recipe: Delicious Vegan mac n cheese

Vegan mac n cheese. Try my Sweet Potato Mac n' Cheese recipe, or use my nut-free Vegan Cheese Sauce or Cauliflower Cheese Sauce recipes. You could possibly use a nut other than cashews, such as macadamia nuts or blanched almonds, but keep in mind that substitutions might change the flavor. This vegan mac and cheese is one of my all-time favorites!

Her mac and cheese with potato, carrots, and cashews. Watch how to make the most amazing vegan mac and cheese in this short recipe video! Who knew dairy-free mac and cheese could be SO good? You can have Vegan mac n cheese using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vegan mac n cheese

1. Prepare 300 g of pasta (doesn't have to be macaroni).
2. It's 400 g of tin chickpeas.
3. Prepare of Sliced jalapenos.
4. It's 0.5 tsp of paprika.
5. You need 0.5 tsp of chilli powder.
6. Prepare 0.5 tsp of ground cumin.
7. It's 0.25 tsp of garlic powder.
8. It's 1 clove of minced garlic.
9. Prepare of Cheese sauce.
10. It's 200 ml of milk alternative.
11. It's 75 ml of water.
12. It's 50 g of nutritional yeast.
13. Prepare 1 tbsp of plain flour.

This classic vegan mac and cheese is ultra cheesy, saucy and creamy. Topped with breadcrumbs and baked until golden brown and crispy. This is really a 'classic' vegan mac and cheese recipe in the sense that a classic mac and cheese usually involves a bechamel sauce with heaps of cheese added. I always feel bad when a non-vegan tastes vegan "cheese" for the first time.

Vegan mac n cheese instructions

1. Rinse the chickpeas and allow to drain. Preheat the oven to 200°..
2. Mix the paprika, garlic powder, chilli powder and cumin in a bowl..
3. Add a little oil and mix. Then add the drained chickpeas and a handful of the sliced jalapenos. Stir well, coating the chickpeas thoroughly..
4. Spread out on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes..
5. Put the pasta on to boil. Allow 75g of pasta per person (depending on hunger)..
6. For the 'cheese' sauce: In a small saucepan place the flour and nutritional yeast. Adding just a little of the milk alternative to mix to a lump free paste. Add the remaining milk alternative and water and stir well..
7. Heat gently stirring continuously until the sauce thickens..
8. Once the pasta is cooked, turn off the heat, drain and return to the pan with a little oil. Stir in the sauce once thick and creamy and finally add the roasted chickpeas. Serve with sweet corn on the cob and braised broccoli & spinach..

Like, how can this stuff be described except to call it a cheese alternative? I use plenty of vegan margarine in cakes and desserts, when I eat them, but for mac and cheese? I have always loved mac and cheese before I was vegan, and thankfully, I don't have to give it up! Here is the recipe I use, Hope you enjoy! xx. This healthy vegan Mac and Cheese recipe is easy to make and contains only plant-based whole food ingredients.