Medium Cheddar Cheese Sauce (Live! Raw, and Vegan)
"Everyone (well, almost!) loves cheese sauce over veggies, or for dipping. But of course there are all the pitfalls of eating cow dairy products. Here is a raw, live!, vegan alternative that really stands up for applause! Serve over gently chopped broccoli (food processor may over-chop and thus juice your broccoli!), chopped asparagus, and any other food you would normally top with a cheese sauce. This is also a fabulous dip, room temp or cold. Take a walk on the alive food side..."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sunflower Seed | 1 oz (28g) hulled | 165 |
| Cashew | 1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts) | 157 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3 cups raw cashews
- 3 cups water, or as needed
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (optional)
- water to cover (optional)
- 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons sunflower seed oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon tamari sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste