
Cashew Mac & Cheese
This creamy, vegan, cashew butter-based mac and cheese is packed with bold flavors like cumin, paprika, and hot sauce, creating a rich, savory sauce that perfectly coats the al dente pasta. Topped with fresh cherry tomatoes and green onions, it’s a comforting and satisfying side dish with no dairy!
Shelly Kreml
Category: Side Dish
Servings: One 2" Hotel Pan
Ingredients:
- 60 g neutral oil
- 820 g onion
- 82 g garlic
- 10 g ground cumin
- 16 g ground paprika
- 16 g garlic powder
- 15 g salt
- 75 g dehydrated potato flake
- 40 g hot sauce
- 464 g Once Again Cashew Butter
- 33 g yellow mustard
- 35 g nutritional yeast
- 454g water
- 908 g dried macaroni
Toppings
- cherry tomatoes, quartered (as needed)
- green onions, sliced (as needed)
Directions:
- Heat pan over medium heat, add oil and once hot, sweat onion and garlic until translucent and soft.
- Add ground spices to the pan and bloom for 1-2 minutes while stirring.
- Transfer mixture to a processor with remaining ingredients except water and pasta. Process on high while adding water. (Adjust the amount of water to achieve the desired consistency of the sauce.)
- Cook pasta in salted water to al dente according to manufacturer’s instructions. Reserve ¼ of the cooking the liquid before draining the pasta.
- Add sauce and cooked pasta in a pan and cook for 1 minute over medium heat. Add small amounts of the reserved pasta water, if necessary, to adjust consistency of sauce. Transfer mixture to a hotel pan and top with tomatoes and green onions.