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My Favorite Vegan Mac & Cheese

12/15/2011

 
Want to try a mac & cheese that is not only healthy for you and your family and delicious, but also one that doesn't contain ingredients that contribute to animal suffering? Then try this delicious prize-winning recipe below from Gretchen Primack. You'll love it, and everyone you serve it to will too!

While perusing facebook I came across this recipe for vegan macaroni & cheese. There are lots of recipes out there, but this specific recipe caught my eye because it said that it won 3rd prize in a mac & cheese contest, and the judges had no idea it was even vegan! So in other words...it beat out others  that contained real cheese! I knew then that I had to try it. So I did, and loved it. So did my daughter (see picture below). This is now a staple at family holidays, and my family LOVES it...and they're my most honest critics!
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Charlotte eating mac & cheese for dinner


Here is Gretchen’s Velvet Vegan Joy Mac n Cheese which she tweaked from a VegNews recipe. Vegan or not, you will love it! Enjoy!

Ingredients:
- 8 oz macaroni
- 3 slices of bread torn into large pieces
- 1/2-1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 Tbsp. + 1/3 cup Earth Balance
- 2 Tbsp. chopped shallots
- 1 cup peeled, chopped potatoes
- 1/4 cup chopped carrots
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sliced onion
- 1/4 cup raw cashews
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 tsp paprika, plus extra for sprinkling
- 1/4 -1/3 cup nutritional yeast* (highly recommended, but optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Serves 4-6.

1) Cook the macaroni in plenty of salted boiling water just until al dente. Drain pasta and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
2) In a food processor, whir the bread, garlic powder, and 2 tablespoons margarine to a medium-fine texture. Set aside.
3) In a saucepan, add shallots, potatoes, carrots, 1/3 cup onion, and water, and bring to a boil. Cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are very soft.
4) While those are simmering, fry the 1/2 cup sliced onions in olive oil. Set aside.
5) In a blender, process the cashews, salt, garlic, rest of the margarine, mustard, lemon juice, black pepper, and cayenne. Add softened vegetables and their cooking water to the blender along with the nutritional yeast and process until perfectly velvety smooth.
6) In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta and blended cheese sauce until completely coated. Spread mixture into a casserole dish, top with fried onions, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, and dust with paprika. Bake for 30 minutes or until the cheese  sauce is bubbling and the top is gently browned.

* In case you don't know about this wonder food, nutritional yeast is a cheesy, flaky/powdery condiment that is packed with protein, B vitamins, calcium, and other minerals. (It's often in a shaker at cool movie theaters because it's so great on greasy popcorn, the flavor is wonderful when it's mixed with fatty stuff.) 

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Looking for a New Year's Resolution? Dump dairy (yes, including cheese)! Start by making this recipe. Your body will thank you for it... and so will the animals. Need more convincing....read my post on PETA.

Post written by Robyn Moore
gretchen link
8/28/2012 02:57:15 am

hey! so good to see this made its way onto your site! And Robyn, you'll probably want to know--if you don't already--about the book i co-wrote with Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary founder Jenny Brown. it's her memoir, and it's juicy and fun and very vegan--maybe you'd end up wanting to write about it, too! here's a link for more info: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781583334416

Katie
9/20/2012 12:08:25 pm

This is by far the best vegan cheese sauce I have ever made! I don't make the topping and I only add 1/4 tsp coconut oil vs 1/3 cup earth balance. We put it on top of everything! Bake potatoes are the best with this stuff drizzled on top and it last just fine and creamy in fridge for a few days!

katie
11/29/2012 07:20:25 am

Update; I have cut out all oil and it still taste amazing!

Courtney link
2/3/2013 11:49:48 pm

This sounds super delicious. I can't wait to test it with the omni boyfriend and his lovely omni kiddos.

RaisingVegKids link
2/4/2013 12:44:47 am

They will definitely LOVE it! My non-veg family loves it, so I make it every holiday.


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    Robyn Moore is a mom to two kids, whom she and her husband are raising vegan. She has a master's degree in elementary education. She has a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and a certificate in Humane Education from the Institute for Humane Education. She has organized the kids area at the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival since 2013, and is the organizer of NYC Vegetarian & Vegan Families Meetup, a book reviewer for VegBooks, and has taught English in Nepal, volunteered helping animals in South Africa, and lived abroad in Switzerland.

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