Spicy Vegan Cheese Sauce

Try this spicy vegan cheese sauce in veggie wraps, on kale chips, nori rolls, over steamed veggies, as a queso dip, mixed in quinoa, millet and amaranth, over quinoa or brown rice pasta noodles. It’s sublime and the options are endless. From One Green Planet.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1  cup raw cashews (soaked for at least 3 hours, or raw sunflower seeds, also soaked)
• 1  garlic clove
• 1⁄2 cup nutritional yeast
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 2  tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  dried chipotle powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt (more to taste)
• 1  teaspoon cumin (more to taste)

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into a high powered blender.
2. Blend till smooth and creamy.
3. Adjust seasoning to taste and add more water for preferred consistency.