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Vegan, Appetizers and Sides, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Top 8 Free · April 4, 2018

Basic Vegan Cheese Sauce from The Veginner’s Cookbook

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This Vegan Cheese sauce is everything you've wanted in a sauce!

This vegan cheese sauce is so ooey gooey and stretchy! Perfect for Nachos, Pasta or Mac & Cheese.

This simple Vegan Cheese Sauce comes together in just 5 minutes and is made with simple ingredients. It’s easy to make, gooey & melty and everything you’ve ever wanted in a sauce! Best of all, it’s nut-free which makes this allergy mama happy.

Easy to make, vegan cheese sauce from the cookbook Veginner's

THE COOKBOOK

All this cheesy goodness comes from The Veginner’s Cookbook by Bianca Haun and Sascha Naderer. They are the power couple and blogger’s behind one of my favorite blogs, Elephantastic Vegan. What I love about this cookbook is that it’s perfect for anyone, whether you’re a veteran vegan, a new vegan, or vegan curious. It takes their first hand knowledge of transitioning to a vegan lifestyle to help others.

You’ll find helpful information on how to answer questions from family or friends, tips for ordering at restaurants, learning vegan swaps and time-saving tricks. They really want to help you succeed in your plant-based diet.

Vegan Cheese Sauce from The Veginner's Cookbook

The Veginner’s Cookbook also includes seventy-five vegan recipes that will help you navigate the plant-based lifestyle like a pro, including this delightful vegan cheese sauce, which is perfect for dipping your favorite nacho chips into. Of course you can also use it to mix into your pasta bake, layer between lasagna noodles or drizzle all over your papas nachos.

The reason I chose to share this recipe out of all the others is simply because most of the non-vegans I talk to swear that they cannot give up cheese. Well, thankfully when you have awesome products on the market and recipes like this, it makes ditching the dairy a whole lot easier.

But let’s not forget the other recipes! Breakfast, Bread, Sauce, Party Foods, Main Meals and Desserts….it’s all there with beautiful photos to lead the way.

Vegan cheese sauce only needs a few simple ingredients

VEGAN CHEESE SAUCE INGREDIENTS

The list of ingredients are pretty simple, in fact, you probably have most of these if not all of them in your pantry already!

  • coconut oil or vegan butter (I choose to use vegan butter)
  • all-purpose flour (I used all-purpose gluten-free flour)
  • spices – salt, paprika powder, curry powder, ground pepper, and garlic powder (switch out the paprika and curry for chili powder for a more Mexican flavor)
  • nutritional yeast flakes  (don’t leave this out, it gives you all the cheesy flavor!)
  • water

Did you notice the ingredients did not call for nuts of any kind? That’s right, this is a nut-free recipe, so if you’re allergic to nuts, then this sauce is for you!

Vegan cheese sauce with nachos and salsa

One of the most difficult things for our own personal diet is that not only have we gone vegan (no dairy, eggs, or animals) but we also cannot do nuts (AT ALL) and I cut back on gluten due to some other issues. That being said, there’s a lot of label reading or making from scratch going on. Because I know many of you have multiple restrictions as well, I made sure to try this recipe using Gluten-free flour instead of all-purpose.

It was a success ya’ll! No dairy, no nuts and no gluten in this yummy sauce.

Creamy, melted vegan cheese sauce

DELIGHT YOUR TASTEBUDS

Are you ready to get your sauce on? What will you try it on first…..nachos, noodles, veggies?  Let me know in the comments below and don’t forget to order your copy of The Veginner’s Cookbook here.

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Basic Vegan Cheese Sauce

Basic Vegan Cheese Sauce

Yield: 3/4 cup
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes

This sauce is perfect on pasta, pizza, mac & cheese, or as a dip for your favorite nachos. It’s easy to make and everything you’ve ever wanted in a sauce!

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (we used all purpose gluten-free flour)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1/3 cup nutritional yeast 
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions

  1. Heat the coconut oil in a small pot on low heat.
  2. Once the oil is a complete liquid, add in the flour and whisk.
  3. Add the salt, paprika powder, and curry powder and whisk again.
  4. Then, add the nutritional yeast and whisk again. It should be clumpy–that’s normal, don’t worry.
  5. Add the water and whisk on the lowest heat setting for about 1 minute until the sauce thickens nicely. If it gets too thick (or if you want to reheat at a later time) you can add a little more water and whisk again and it should be good as new.
  6. Use it as a dip, pour it over some lasagna or pizza or whatever you like.

Notes

*The original recipe calls for AP flour but I made this with All Purpose Gluten-free flour which turned out wonderfully.  Be sure to adjust the liquid accordingly if you use a different flour (I had to add about 1/2 cup extra). 

© Nicole Dawson
Cuisine: gluten-free, vegan, nut-free

I received a free copy of The Veginner’s Cookbook in exchange for writing a review. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own!

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Posted In: Vegan, Appetizers and Sides, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Top 8 Free · Tagged: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, nut free, vegan

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Comments

  1. Kortney says

    April 4, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    My sister is vegan and has had a hard time giving up cheese. I will need to send her this recipe!

    Reply
  2. Jules Shepard says

    April 4, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    I will certainly be trying this recipe. The spices make my mouth water!

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 4:06 pm

      The spice is delightful. I’m going to try using taco seasoning and chili powder next time for our nachos.

      Reply
  3. Amanda says

    April 4, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    Ok. I bought nutritional yeast and have not used it yet. I guess it is time to give it a shot and make this cheese sauce. I’m not vegan nor dairy free, but a little less dairy cheese in my diet may be a good thing.

    Reply
  4. Jenn says

    April 5, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    I’ve been loving this book. Such classic easy recipes! This cheese sauce is fab!

    Reply
  5. Jasmin // VeeatCookBake says

    April 5, 2018 at 4:34 pm

    Wow I love cheezy things. And this sauce looks pretty cheezy. 🙂

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 3:39 pm

      Then you’ll be a huge fan of this sauce.

      Reply
  6. Celeste says

    April 5, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    I can’t believe you can make vegan cheese sauce that actually looks like cheese lol! I really want to try this.

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 3:38 pm

      I know, right? I never would have thought it was possible when we went dairy-free 10 years ago.

      Reply
  7. Kelly says

    April 5, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    I need to check out her book. Looks like a winner – just like this recipe!

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 3:38 pm

      It’s a great cookbook and the recipes are so easy to make. If you have a nut-allergy, you have a few to modify, but thankfully its not heavily nut based for us.

      Reply
  8. Andrea says

    April 5, 2018 at 8:13 pm

    it is so hard if you have to be dairy free and nut free but this recipe looks amazing, you should try adding roasted carrots, it would totally add some extra flavor and it can switch up the flavor profile so you get a little variety.

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 3:37 pm

      Hey Andrea, love the recommendation of adding roasted carrots. In my mac & cheese recipe on the blog, I use roasted butternut squash which does add that extra flavor profile.

      Reply
  9. Madison Haycock says

    April 6, 2018 at 7:59 am

    Wow! What an awesome book! I need to check it out and that cheese looks so CREAMY! It’s hard to believe it’s vegan!

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 3:33 pm

      It’s very creamy and the perfect fix when you need/want something cheesy.

      Reply
  10. Bianca / Elephantastic Vegan says

    April 6, 2018 at 9:35 am

    Thank you so much for the awesome review, Nicole!
    I’m so happy to hear that the cheese works with gluten-free flour as well. Yeay!
    It’s my fav cheese sauce and I’m making it again tonight for some good old Mac & Cheese ^.^

    Reply
    • Nicole Dawson says

      April 6, 2018 at 3:32 pm

      Of course Bianca! The cheese sauce was a huge hit! I bet it tastes amazing in Mac & Cheese. We’ll try that next.

      Reply
  11. Linda from Veganosity says

    April 6, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    I love Bianca and Sasha’s book! I reviewed it as well, but I haven’t gotten around to trying their cheese sauce. Thanks for the review and for reminding me to make that sauce!

    Reply
  12. Kristina says

    April 6, 2018 at 6:07 pm

    INTERESTING addition of curry…I know it is not a lot, but I am wondering if I would taste it… 🙂

    Reply
  13. Jen says

    April 6, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    Yum! This sauce looks great. I have the book but yet to try this one… maybe it’s next 😉

    Reply
  14. Kaila (The Wanderlust Celiac) says

    April 6, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    What a neat book, I’ll definitely be recommending it to some of my vegan friends (or buying it as a gift). The sauce looks amazing, and I love how quickly you can make it. 🙂

    Reply
  15. Cassidy says

    April 8, 2018 at 2:39 pm

    Looks so creamy and delish!

    Reply

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