Vegan Mac and "Cheese"

Wanting a dairy free answer to that lovely dish Mac and Cheese? This dish hits the cheesy taste spot utilizing nutritional yeast! It's also really simple to make, taking about 10 minutes.

Also this recipe is vegan AND gluten free! Dietary restrictions FTW!

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Step 1: Ingredients

For this you will need

Pasta of your choice (i got gluten free pasta)
2 tbsp Vegan Margarine or Olive Oil
1 tbsp Braggs
4 tbsp or more of Nutritional Yeast
1/2 c. blanched almonds ( i got mine preblanched and chopped, you can blanch your own)

zzoe says: Feb 19, 2012. 10:34 AM

YUM!

Eacon says: Oct 30, 2011. 4:20 AM

I would really like to try out this recipe, but I live in Europe and had to google Braggs. I really don't know where I could get it - could you recommend a substitute? Also: how much pasta did you use for this amount of sauce? Thanks

mcatbagan in reply to EaconOct 30, 2011. 11:28 AM

You can use soy sauce or tamari. I've seen similar recipes stating that those are options.

You could probably find it near the soy sauce at the super market or health food store. I only know this because that's where I had seen it at a local Whole Foods.

Momodot in reply to mcatbaganFeb 16, 2012. 5:22 PM

Heads-up: The reason for using Bragg's is that regular soy sauce is a no-no for most celiac/gluten-intolerant people as it contains wheat... I use San-J tamari which is expressly gluten-free. Tamari should be gluten-free as a matter of course but San-J is labeled as such.

BTW I find ground almonds in many recipes to be a bit gritty and where I live almonds are very expensive so instead I use blanched walnuts or cashews pulverized in a cheap coffee grinder I use only for nuts, spices and rice.

adrianspeak says: Jun 6, 2011. 7:37 AM

Yammy!

zazenergy says: Jun 3, 2011. 2:34 PM

This looks delicious. One question -- can you explain more about what nutritional yeast does? What are some other ways to use that. I don't think I've heard of it before.