(Actually Good) Vegan Cheese Sauce

I've tried so many vegan cheese recipes and they all taste, well, not like cheese. So I gave up and made my own. You can mix the sauce into macaroni, drizzle over fries, or use it in any other deserving dish.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 153 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• black pepper to taste
• 2 pinches salt, or to taste
• ⅓ cup coconut milk, or more as needed
• ½ cup carrots, chopped
• 2 small russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
• ⅓ large yellow bell pepper, chopped
• ¼ large yellow onion, peeled and chopped
• 5 tablespoons prepared garlic hummus
• ½ tablespoon nutritional yeast

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Fill a pot with water and bring to a boil. Add potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, and onion and cook until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Cook 1 more minute. Drain.

Step 2

Combine potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, onion, hummus, coconut milk, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt in a blender or food processor; blend until smooth and creamy.