Extremely cheesy vegan nacho cheese sauce is easy to make. It’s full of healthy ingredients so you can indulge, smothering your nachos, or having a big bowl cheese sauce with your chips.

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What is in vegan cheese sauce?

This amazing vegan nacho cheese sauce may surprise you when you find out how cauliflower and potatoes can create such a cheesy sauce.

The addition of raw cashews makes the sauce thick and gooey. But the real secret to a smoky chipotle nacho cheese sauce flavor is adding chipotles in adobo sauce.

Fresh garlic, organic olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and some onion powder rounds off the ingredients in the recipe that creates this nacho cheese sauce.

What to eat vegan cheese sauce with

The nacho cheese sauce was great over these nachos and it is also great to put in a burrito just before you roll it up.

We had some leftover cheese sauce so the next day we decided to try it out as a sauce over roasted cauliflower and broccoli. Total winner! It would also make for a great cheesy topping over baked potatoes or fries. All the flavor, non of the guilt of not eating healthy.

Be sure and try my Green Tomato Salsa recipe, it has a combination of green tomatoes, chilies, onions, and cilantro which creates a salsa with authentic Mexican flavor. It is perfect with chips or as a condiment for fajitas, burritos, and quesadillas. 

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VEGAN NACHO CHEESE ON TACO
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Vegan Nacho Cheese

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes
Servings: 4
Incredibly cheesy vegan nacho cheese sauce is easy to make. It’s full of healthy ingredients so you can indulge, smothering your nachos, or having a big bowl cheese sauce with your chips.

Note: Be sure to read through the recipe’s post for tips and details about this recipe.

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup cauliflower, chopped
  • 1 cup Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1/3 cup raw cashews
  • 3 tablespoons water, or more
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons organic olive oil
  • 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
  • 1 clove garlic , minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Place cauliflower and potatoes in a medium saucepan, cover with water, about an inch above. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil over high heat then bring down to simmer. Cook until vegetables are fork tender which will take around 10 minutes.
  • Drain, running cool tap water over them so they become room temperature.
  • In a high-speed blender like a Vitamix place cooked cauliflower, potatoes, cashews, water, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, chipotle pepper, garlic, onion powder, and salt. Blend until smooth and creamy. You might need to add more water, try a tablespoon at a time to get the consistency you want.

Notes

*Recipe adapted from Love & Lemons
Serving: 1g, Calories: 179kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 352mg, Potassium: 406mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 189IU, Vitamin C: 24mg, Calcium: 20mg, Iron: 1mg
Cuisine: Mexican
Author: Gina Dickson
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