No Nooch Vegan Cheese Sauce! This is the best vegan cheese sauce, it’s whole foods plant-based with no processed ingredients including no ‘nooch’ aka nutritional yeast as the vegan community fondly calls it. Nutritional yeast is one of those things it’s easy to get addicted to and then you want to put it on everything. I’ve found what works best for me is to avoid those addicting foods all together so I can taste and enjoy the flavors of whole foods.
Epic vegan mac n’ cheese
It wasn’t till I read books by Anthony William the ‘medical medium’ where he mentions nooch is pretty much MSG, that I cut it out all together. The one thing I wasn’t sure I’d be able to pull off was vegan cheese without nutritional yeast, but luckily this turned out pretty epic. In fact, my husband says this is my best vegan cheese sauce yet and he prefers it without nooch!
Cheese fries yummmmm
This recipe is also very easy to make and comes together in a matter of minutes. One full recipe will make you a LOT of cheese, and as it cools it firms up nicely so can play with that to find a texture that works for you. With just one recipe of this cheese I was able to make vegan mac n’ cheese, vegan quesadillas, and vegan cheese fries! YUM. It’s also oil-free, low fat, soy-free, and gluten-free. So hopefully this will work for nearly anyone with allergies! If you are allergic to nuts substitute some cooked white beans instead. 🙂
perfect vegan quesadillas?! yes please
- 1 cup potatoes
- 1 large carrot
- ¼ large onion
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup cashews
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp turmeric
- Chop up the carrot, potato & onion then boil in the ¾ cup water until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Place all the ingredients in the blender including the cooking liquid.
- Blend until smooth.
- Let cool for a thicker cheese or use right away while hot! Enjoy
This will be even thicker if left in the fridge the next day.
This sounds delicious!!! I am going to make it for my daughters. I am raw vegan but my daughters are whole food plant based. This recipe works great for them. Thank you for sharing!!
Awesome!! Thank you so much! I’m raw as well but I make this for my husband who eats WFPB too and he loves it. I hope your girls enjoy! 😊💖
I’m trying to stay away from white potatoes can I substitute those for sweet potatoes, butternut squash or kidney beans?
Yes, you can sub sweet potato or butternut squash, it will be a bit sweeter though so you might want a pinch more salt! The color will also be more orange than yellow. 😋👍
I love your concept and My toddlers absolutely loved this Mac n cheese!!! This recipe is a life saver !!!! Please post more kid friendly recipes.
Yay!! Thank you so much! 💗 I’m so glad they loved it! 🤓🎉🎉
Hello… new to plant based/vegan due to MM protocol for healing. Do you have an insta?
Yes!! I’m @CultivatorKitchen, same name, on Instagram 😊💖
Does it matter if the cashews are raw or roasted.
I always use raw cashews! 😊
But do you soak the raw nuts? I ask because I’ve seen in many other post where you should soak them
I don’t soak the nuts, I use them straight from the freezer, but you are welcome to soak them if you like. 🙂
Thank you!
Thank You for sharing!
Thanks for the reply!
Love this, Can i use almonds instead of cashews
I think cashews would work a bit better, but I’d love to know what you think if you try almonds! Let me know. 🙂
Is this cheese stringy? I’m looking for one to put on pizza?
It’s not very stringy, but you could drizzle it over pizza, I haven’t tried that yet! If you do, let me know how it goes. 🤗
Cashews are expensive where I live, peanuts and sesame seeds are cheap and flax/sunflower seeds are in the middle. Can I use any of those in place?
Hello Sean!! That’s a great question, I’ve tried with other nuts & seeds and it hasn’t worked as well. White beans, like cannellini beans, work well instead of cashews and they are cheaper! I hope that helps. 🙂
Hi are the cashews: raw cashews or like roasted or salted roasted cashews because i cant figure out which one to buy.
I used raw cashews!
Would roasted Cashews work for this recipe or would it ruin it? Thank you for the recipe! This is a great recipe!
Thank you so much! I think raw cashews work a little better since they don’t have a strong flavor. If you use the roasted, please let me know how it turns out!! 🤗
AHHHH IT’S SO SO GOOD!! CHEESY, CREAMY, SCRUMPTIOUS, FINGER-LICKIN GOODNESS!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Awesome!!! 😎 Thank you so much Rohan! You’re so welcome! 💞💞
It looks like there is 2 cloves of garlic with the spices but I didn’t see on ingredient list. Do you use garlic?
Good catch Dan, I normally make it without garlic cloves since they are a bit strong, this cheeze doesn’t need it. Hope that helps! 🙂
Soooo, I just found this recipe by accident…I had everything and I made it! Delish! I made one the other night that was 10X more work and was NOT good. SO THANK YOU~Rachael.
Yaaaay!!! Thank you Debbie, that’s so great! You made my day. 🥰💖
Sounds great! I am looking forward to trying it.
What paprika do you recommend? I know that there is sweet, Hungarian, Spanish, smoked etc.
That’s a great question! I get the Frontier Co-op brand paprika it says ‘sweet & bright’ 🙂
Is 3/4 cup of water really enough to boil the vegetables in?
Yes, it works great! I use a really small pot which helps too. 🙂
Hello, just about to make this, but just wondering how long can it stay in the ridge for once being made?
Thank you so much 🙂
It can last up to a week in the fridge! 🙂
Do you recommend a particular white bean?
I like to use cannellini beans 😋
THANK YOU!!! I am extremely sensitive to yeast. My boyfriend and I are trying to transition to a plant-based diet, but my allergy to Nutritional yeast has been a real obstacle. It seems to be in everything. I can’t wait to try this!!!
Yaaay!! I’m so glad! I hope you like it. 🥰💕💕
Hey, is it okay if we don’t add in the paprika? Or any other substitute for it?
Going to try this recipe tonight! So excited, thank you for sharing💓
Yes, you can leave it out, but it definitely add to the flavor & color 😋
I added some plant based umami dust, roasted garlic and a jalapeño and used it as a nacho cheese dip! So good! Thank you for posting this recipe!
That’s awesome!! I’m so glad you liked it 😊👍
Rachael, Rachael, Rachael!!!! (Saying this while I’m bowing to you 😆). You. Are. My. Savior.!!! I went on a hunt for a no hooch cheese sauce and found you on you tube. Wow, am I glad I did! I just made this. I wanted a little bit more salt so added 1 1/2 tsp. of my white miso. I probably added a bit more of potato and carrot than you called for in the recipe, so mine was super thick. No ooo problem, I just added more water.
The result…. I’m running around the living room like a new little puppy peeing all over myself!!! Lol!
Yes, I am bowing to you again. You ROCK. Thank you, thank thank you! 🙋❤👍🌼✌
Yaaaaay!! Haha, and you gave me a laugh! I’m so glad you loved it, you made my day!! Thanks for sharing. 🥰💞💞
Oh lady, hooch should be nooch above. 😂
I just made this and it is delicious. I really appreciate a vegan cheese style sauce without nutritional yeast. I will have to make a couple of changes when I make this again.
1. I found it too salty for me. I will try it with 1/2 tsp of salt next time and see how that goes. I think some salt is necessary to keep the cheesy flavor.
2. 3/4 cup of water was not enough to boil the potatoes, carrot and onion. It boiled away before 10 minutes passed. So I will use more water in the pot but still only take 3/4 cup for the blending.
I might try a bit of smoked paprika once I’ve got the salt balanced.
Thank you again. I will definitely follow your insta.
What gluten free noodles do you use for this?
I have a few favorites, I think these are Tinkyada brown rice noodles!! 😊
I don’t know what I did wrong here but the carrot totally overpowered everything. 🙁 I used Sweet potato instead of potato but I can taste is carrot.
Hello! I think it’s the sweet potato throwing it off, this should definitely be made with potatoes instead or it will be sweet instead of savory. Hope that helps!