Cheese Sauce

By Gemalli Austin, DrPH, RD
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Ingredients

1/2 raw cashews
nutritional yeast flakes ( 2 TBS)
lemon or lime juice ( 2TBS)
onion( 1TBS)
garlic (1/2 tsp)
turmeric (1/2 tsp)
sundried tomatoes or can bell peppers ( 2TBS)
mellow white miso ( 1 heap)
smoked paprika (1 tsp)
1/4 cayenne or chipotle pepper
1/2 cup of water

Instructions

  1. 1/2 raw cashews ( soak overnight of for 1 hour in boiling water.)
  2. Drain and rinse the soaked cashews.
  3. In a blender, add cashews, nutritional yeast flakes ( 2 TBS), lemon or lime juice ( 2 TBS), onion ( 1 TBS), garlic (1/2 tsp), turmeric (1/2 tsp), sundried tomatoes or can bell peppers ( 2 TBS), mellow white miso ( 1 heap), smoked paprika (1 tsp), 1/4 cayenne or chipotle pepper, 1/2 cup of water.
  4. Blend all ingredients until smooth
  5. Use a cheese sauce for burritos, potato bar and etc.