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🥣 Dairy-Free Mac and Cheese

Our Dairy-Free Mac and Cheese is such an easy dinner option for the family. Who needs the cheese when you have this deliciousness?!
Course Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 613kcal

Equipment

  • 2 Medium-large pots
  • 1 Colander/stranier
  • 1 Vitamix oor blender

Ingredients

  • 5 Teaspoon salt (divided)
  • 1 Pound medium shell pasta
  • 2 medium yukon gold potatoes, peeled & cut into small ½" pieces
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup raw cashews
  • 5 Tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • 1 Tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 Teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

  • In a medium-large pot, heat water for pasta. Add 3 teaspoons (or 1 Tablespoon) of the salt to water. Once boiling, add pasta and cook according to package. Strain and put pasta back into the same pot.
  • Meanwhile, fill a medium pot with water and potatoes, bring to a boil, and cook until potatoes are soft (~ 10-15 mins). Strain potatoes and set aside.
  • Carefully add potatoes to the blender/Vitamix container, along with the rest of the ingredients (including the remaining 2 t of salt). Puree altogether.
  • Now pour your "cheese" over the pasta and mix together.

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Notes

  • To serve...scoop mac & cheese into bowls or plates. Serve alone or with a side, like a mixed greens salad.
  • To make this nut-free...use carrots or flour as a thickening base, instead of cashews. If you're gluten-free, use a wheat-free pasta, like Banza chickpea-based pasta. And, FYI, nutritional yeast is gluten-free.
  • Because of their fun shape, we love shells. But other excellent pasta options are: macaroni (obvs!), rotelle (wheels), farfalle (bowtie) or cavatappi (corkscrews).
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 613kcal | Carbohydrates: 108.6g | Protein: 24.3g | Fat: 9.4g | Saturated Fat: 1.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.1g | Sodium: 2967.9mg | Potassium: 912.2mg | Fiber: 8.5g | Sugar: 4.7g | Vitamin A: 4.4IU | Vitamin C: 17.3mg | Calcium: 47.8mg | Iron: 3.9mg