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Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese

April 16, 2016

easy vegan mac and cheese

Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese that comes together in only 25 minutes for a simple meal any night of the week. Gluten free macaroni is covered in a rich and creamy cheese sauce. Serve with steamed broccoli or a side salad for a complete meal!

easy vegan mac and cheese

How is your weekend going guys?! How’s the weather there? It FINALLY warmed up here and Toronto is looking and feeling gorgeous. It’s funny how weather is so relative, it was 10C (50F) here yesterday and I wanted to wear ALL my Summer clothing (and eat all the Vegan Gelato). I remember when I lived in Ottawa (where the winters are particularly frigid and long), the first day the weather would hit above freezing there’d always be that one guy on campus already wearing shorts and a t-shirt, ha! #SpringInCanada #ItsOnly10Degrees

Cold weather, warm(er) weather… it all calls for COMFORT FOOD like this Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese that is ready in under half an hour from start to finish. I made this easy peasy Mac and Cheese for dinner a few weeks ago and I’ve been making it at least once a week ever since (and enjoying the leftovers for lunch the next day, ha!).

I mean look at that creammy and tangyy sauce…

easy vegan mac and cheese

Stir it all in…. look at that VEGAN CHEEEEEEEEEESE!

easy vegan mac and cheese

I use brown rice macaroni in this recipe but you can really use any pasta your heart desires with this Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese. I’ve been cooking more and more with brown rice pasta and I’ve been super impressed by the texture it yields in pasta recipes. I also love to make this Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese with pasta shells, penne or even rigatoni.

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Sprinkle with paprika (I love to used smoked), parsley and panko bread crumbs to serve. If you whip this Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese up at home, leave a comment below or snap a photo and tag me #CearasKitchen on instagram – it makes my day hearing your feedback!

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Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese that comes together in only 25 minutes from start to finish for a simple meal. Macaroni is covered in a rich and creamy cheese sauce. Serve with steamed broccoli or a side salad for a complete meal!
Author: Ceara
Recipe type: Main
Serves: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 box macaroni or shell pasta (500 grams/17.6 oz)
  • 2 medium russet potatoes, chopped (about 2 cups, chopped)
  • 2 medium white onions, roughly chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • ⅓ cup cashews
  • 1 cup butternut squash, frozen and cubed*
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp miso paste or soy sauce
  • 1 tsp paprika or smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp mustard powder
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • pinch yellow curry powder (optional)
  • 5 splashes hot sauce
  • sea salt and black pepper to taste
Garnish
  • Panko breadcrumbs
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Parsley
  • Nutritional yeast
Directions
  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook and drain macaroni while preparing the mac and cheese sauce.
  2. Add potatoes, white onion, garlic and cashews to a large glass microwaveable bowl (I use my pyrex bowl). Add about 3 cups of water, just enough to cover the ingredients, and microwave on high for 3½ minutes (see notes for stove top version). Add the frozen cubed butternut squash. Microwave in 1 minute increments until the potatoes are soft when poked with a fork (the amount of time will depend on your microwave - mine took 6 minutes in total).
  3. Drain the remaining liquid from the vegetables. You can either use a high-speed blender or an immersion blender for blending. Add the vegetable broth to the vegetables and blend until creamy.
  4. Add nutritional yeast, tahini, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, miso paste (or soy sauce), paprika, mustard powder, nutmeg and hot sauce to the sauce. Blend until are the ingredients are combined. Taste and add additional salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste. Add a pinch of yellow curry powder if you want a bit of a kick!
  5. Pour sauce over cooked macaroni. Stir well. Garnish with panko breadcrumbs, smoke paprika, parsley and nutritional yeast.
Notes
1) It is very important to use frozen and cubed butternut squash in this recipe. You can find frozen butternut squash in the freezer aisle of the grocery store. Pumpkin also works in this recipe.
2) Do NOT leave out the hot sauce - it brings the flavors of the sauce altogether.
3) Use smoked paprika instead of regular paprika for a "smokey" mac and cheese.
4) I leave the skins on my potatoes and just make sure to blend the sauce really well. You can peel the potatoes if you prefer.
5) This recipe makes a lot of sauce because I love my Mac and Cheese really saucy! If you prefer a "dryer" mac and cheese - store a bit of the sauce in a sealed container in the fridge. It keeps well and tastes delicious over vegetables the next night for dinner.
6) Stove top (no microwave) version: Follow the directions except boil the potatoes, cashews, onion and garlic over high heat until the potatoes are almost soft. Add the cubed squash and cook until the potatoes are soft when poked with a fork. Drain and follow the rest of the recipe steps.
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Easy Vegan Mac and Cheese was last modified: July 13th, 2017 by Ceara
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14 comments

Nathalie June 26, 2017 at 8:52 pm

Why frozen squash? If I have a fresh one, do I need to modify or freeze it? Thanks for this recipe, I’ll be doing it soon.

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Lacy June 18, 2017 at 10:03 pm

What can I sub for cashews? We’re allergic to all nuts!

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Lacy June 18, 2017 at 10:02 pm

What can I sub for the cashews? We’re allergic.

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Taylor December 9, 2016 at 11:05 am

I made this recipe and it is my favorite cheese sauce by far out of the ones I tried. I love that it is oil free and really light. I poured it over chickpea pasta and wanted to lick to bowl. I’m going to use the extra sauce in a potato au gratin.

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Ceara December 13, 2016 at 9:33 pm

So happy you enjoy the cheese sauce! I am sure it would be absolutely delicious in potato au gratin… yum!

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Vegan Heaven April 24, 2016 at 8:57 am

This looks like the perfect comfort food, Ceara!! 🙂

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Linda @ Veganosity April 22, 2016 at 4:59 pm

This is the ultimate comfort food, Ceara. So cheesy, creamy, and delicious. Who says you need dairy to make a fantastic mac n’ cheese?

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Aimee April 22, 2016 at 9:21 am

You know I was never that fussed about mac n cheese before I became vegan. But vegan mac n cheese is so good, I am no obsessed! This looks perfect 🙂

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Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite April 22, 2016 at 2:42 am

Gotta love a good mac and cheese!! Pasta is simply the best isn’t it?!

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Alisa Fleming April 22, 2016 at 12:42 am

Another potato version of mac & cheez! I so need to try this.

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Mel @ A Virtual Vegan April 21, 2016 at 2:57 am

Now that looks like a good mac n’ cheese. I love the addition of panko breadcrumbs and paprika. Smoked paprika is my all time favourite spice!

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Jenn April 20, 2016 at 8:11 pm

This looks so creamy and so delicious!! Perfect comfort food!

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Natalie | Feasting on Fruit April 20, 2016 at 4:19 pm

Oh hello vegan cheesy pour shot porn 😮 My goodness this looks good! I like the combination of potato and cashew and butternut, it looks ridiculously creamy altogether! And you really dressed it up on the seasonings, so yum. Mac and cheese is definitely a year round comfort food 🙂

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Becky Striepe April 20, 2016 at 1:24 pm

Oh my gosh, this looks so good!

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