Vegnews Vegan Macaroni and Cheese
photo by Vin Cent
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 4 quarts water
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 8 ounces macaroni
- 4 slices bread, torn into large pieces
- 2 tablespoons non-hydrogenated margarine
- 1⁄3 cup non-hydrogenated margarine
- 2 tablespoons shallots, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup potato, peeled and chopped
- 1⁄4 cup carrot, peeled and chopped
- 1⁄3 cup onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup raw cashews
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne
- 1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
directions
- In a large pot, bring the water and salt to a boil. Add macaroni and cook until al dente. In a colander, drain pasta and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, add shallots, potatoes, carrots, onion, and water, and bring to a boil. Cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are very soft.
- In a blender, process the cashews, salt, garlic, 1/3 cup margarine, mustard, lemon juice, black pepper, and cayenne. Add softened vegetables and cooking water to the blender and process until perfectly smooth.
- In a food processor, make breadcrumbs by pulverizing the bread and 2 tablespoons margarine to a medium-fine texture. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta and blended cheese sauce until completely coated. Spread mixture into a 9 x 13 casserole dish, sprinkle with prepared breadcrumbs, and dust with paprika.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until the cheese sauce is bubbling and the top has turned golden brown.
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Reviews
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Oh my god. This recipe is fantastic. The texture of the cheese sauce is so dead on: it tastes rich without being heavy. It has a stickiness you wouldn't expect but appreciate. The flavor is impeccable. The lemon tang mimics the "bite" you'd get from a good block of cheddar. And best of all it doesn't leave you feeling guilty or bloated like a mac n cheese usually would. This is a recipe I will now frequently share with non-vegans...and I probably won't even bother saying cheese with air quotes because it's that good.
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Had to try this because I've been making a recipe called "The Best Vegan Mac & Cheese in the World...Seriously!" from VegWeb....which is actually is sooo good I don't think it could get any better....BUT I liked the idea that this had cashews and veggies in it and less fat, so I made it exactly as per recipe and yes, it was pretty darn good! Different from the VegWeb mac & cheese in that it has no nutritional yeast, etc....but I would most definitely call this the "Best Nutritional Yeast Free Vegan Mac & Cheese" I might tweak the recipe just a tad next time and add a little less lemon juice, a little more mustard and maybe twice the cashews for more protein...<br/><br/>update: I had doubled the recipe and froze 1/2 the sauce for later....So when I thawed it out, I added 1/2 cup nutritional yeast and OMG! it had so much more cheesy flavor! I'm not sure why anyone would want to avoid nutritional yeast but if there's a good reason, this is pretty good without it, but AMAZING if you do use it.
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i must be doing something wrong because every time i make this (three times already) it is just so bland tasting, it smells good great texture and tastes okay but it hasn't much taste to me <br/>everyone keeps saying that this is the best mac and cheese in the world, so it has to be me. maybe the recipe got lost in converting from cups to gram I don't know . too bad
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Wish I Could Cook
East Peoria, Illinois
I'm a recipe junkie and collect way too many cookbooks. But when it's time to actually make something, I quickly turn to the internet... I started avoiding meat more than 20 years ago for environmental reasons. (It takes so many resources and the pollution risks of confinement operations are huge.) I've been vegan for years now and can report that the health benefits are also real. I really don't understand why people insist on eating meat