Make sure to watch the flour closely and stir often – it can burn easily! The flour will help the cheese sauce to get thick and creamy without the need for extra nuts or other thickeners. I toast some all-purpose flour (gluten-free all-purpose flour can be substituted) in a dry sauce pan until it takes on a tan color and releases a slightly smoky aroma. How to Make Vegan Mac and Cheeseįirst, I make the vegan cheese sauce. I plan to post more cheesy vegan recipes in the future. For example, see my vegan ricotta cheese recipe that’s ideal for use in any recipe that calls for dairy-based ricotta. I’ve had lots of fun experimenting with making my own vegan cheese substitutes. This vegan mac and cheese is one of the 15 kid friendly vegan recipes from the blog that have been approved by my 2 year-old toddler. I’ve tried nut-free, low-fat vegan mac ‘n cheese recipes, but I find that they usually don’t have the richness that the non-fat-free recipes allow.

This recipe is oil-free, but I’m still using raw cashews to get that delicious, creamy depth of flavor. So today I’m excited to share with you my final creation: That’s why I recently set out on my own journey for the best vegan mac and cheese recipe I could come up with. Still healthier than hormone-filled dairy, but not quite where I wanted it health-wise. They often used oil, processed ingredients, or relied on large amounts of nuts to make the cheese sauce rich and creamy. The only thing I didn’t love about those good recipes was that they usually were still far from healthy. Nuts! Potatoes! Cauliflower! Carrots! While I’ve had a few bloopers, I’ve also found a few recipes that my family loved a lot. Speaking about variations, I’ve seen all kinds of ingredients in vegan mac ‘n cheese recipes. However, with vegan mac and cheese, there are so many variations in existing recipes that I myself have probably made at least ten of them in the six years of being vegan. Regular, dairy-based mac and cheese that non-vegans consider to be good is usually made with about the same ingredients – cheese, cheese, and let’s see how much more cheese we can stuff in there. Mac and cheese is one of the foods that I like to talk about when I want to explain why vegan diet has more variety than the standard American diet (another food I mention is lasagna).

Best vegan mac and cheese sauce