Shockingly Good Vegan Cheese Sauce

BelovedRooster's Note:

I obtained this recipe from someone named Tracy over the vast Internet, at a website I cannot recall since I was doing a search through many at the time. Combining the below ingredients sounds wretched, but it was shockingly good! Could this be Kraft's secret?

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 cups water
• 1/3 cup carrot, peeled and cooked
• 1/3 cup white flour (I used half of that amount of cornstarch so that it would be gluten free)
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons salt

Directions:

1. Blend all ingredients together in a blender.
2. Pour into pan and stir until boils and thickens.
3. Take off heat and pour into noodles, over broccoli or potatoes, etc.

Reviews

[jellie]

Oh man. I apparently was the only one so far to use flour - maybe this was why it tasted absolutely horrible. Now, granted, I have never had nutritional yeast before, but this sauce tastes absolutely NOTHING like cheese or Kraft Dinner sauce. I followed the recipe to the letter. If anyone has any idea as to what I could have done wrong, let me know and I would love to try again. But as is, it was inedible and too salty to even stand.

[Chef #48136]

This sauce is a lot better than it sounds. It looks like a real cheese sauce. As for the taste, you wouldn't mistake it for the real thing but it's still good. I could get used to it. I used cornstarch instead of flour, too. Served over cauliflower the first time. I refrigerated the leftovers, and found it was quite possible to reheat in a saucepan with a bit of extra water added. I next tried it with whole wheat macaroni for a healthy vegan mac and cheese.

[yogi]

You are so right, this sauce really is (shockingly)good! Looks just like Kraft with the carrots giving it a nice orangy color. I used the cornstarch instead of flour too. Had it with pasta, which was fantastic, but I can't wait to try it on broccoli and other veggies!