30 Minute Meals
Five Ingredient Vegan Cheese Sauce
Yield
1
This easy Vegan Cheese Sauce takes 5-ingredients and only a few minutes to whip up!
I know I have talked about this amazing vegan cheese, but not cheese sauce before in a recipe but it is just so damn good that I think it deserves its own very short and sweet blog post. I get so many questions about vegan cheese: “But Maria, how do you make vegan cheese? How is cheese vegan?” Well let me tell you… it’s a lot simpler than you think and this Vegan Cheese Sauce is going to knock your socks off.
❤️ Why You’ll Love Vegan Cheese Sauce
- Easy: Just because this is vegan doesn’t mean this has to be complicated. This recipe is really simple to make
- Healthy: This Vegan Cheese Sauce is made with healthy ingredients that taste good and are good for you
- Versatile: Use this sauce as a dip or a sauce on anything you wish
🍲 Ingredients
Nutritional Yeast – What’s great about nutritional yeast is it gives that cheesy flavour you get from regular dairy cheese. It’s made from a single-celled organism called saccharomyces cerevisiae which is grown on molasses and then harvested, washed, and dried. Most yeast froths or grows, think about the baking yeast you use when you bake. However, since this yeast is deactivated or killed in the drying process it doesn’t have any ability to leaven. No animals are harmed in making nutritional yeast and it’s one of those fantastic additions to any recipe where you want that cheesy taste. I throw it on and in so many recipes!
👩🍳 How to Make Cheese Sauce
- Into a bowl add all the ingredients.
- Using a whisk beat till smooth – it will not take long!
- That is it!
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Use this Vegan Cheese Sauce on pasta for a delicious, plant-based mac & cheese
- Pour this Cheese Sauce on nachos or hot dogs in place of non-vegan alternatives
🗒 Best served with
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and use within the week.
🤔 Common Questions
Vegan cheese often doesn’t melt well which makes cheese sauce hard, however, an alternative is to use nutritional yeast for that cheesy flavor. This recipe combines nooch with a few simple ingredients to make a yummy, plant-based cheese sauce.
I LOVE cheese sauce on cooked veggies like broccoli and cauliflower. Cheese sauce is also good on fries, nachos and hot dogs too!
Five Ingredient Vegan Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast – I used Bob’s Red Mill
- 2 tbsp EVOO
- Juice from 1 Lemon
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- 1/2 cup shallots minced
Instructions
- Into a bowl add all the ingredients.
- Using a whisk beat till smooth – it will not take long!
- That is it!
