- prep: 15 min
- cook: 25 min
- total: 40 min
Summary
This vegan mac and cheese recipe is incredibly creamy and remarkably cheese-like! You won't believe how delicious dairy-free mac and cheese can be. Recipe yields 2 large or 4 modest servings.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces whole-grain macaroni elbows
- 1 head of broccoli, florets cut into small bites (about 1 1/2 to 2 cups), optional*
- 1 1/2 tablespoons avocado oil or extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 1 cup peeled and grated russet potato (4 ounces, about 1 small or ½ medium potato), preferably organic
- 3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt, more to taste
- Small pinch of Frontier Co-op red pepper flakes
- 2/3 cup raw cashews**
- 1 cup water, more as necessary
- 1/4 cup Frontier Co-op nutritional yeast
- 2 to 3 teaspoons apple cider vinegar or distilled white vinegar, to taste
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 463 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 17 g 26.26%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 15.29%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 434 mg 18.08%
- Calcium: 50 mg 5.03%
- Potassium: 588 mg 16.81%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 4 mg 22.04%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 65 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 5 g 20.94%
- Sugar: 6 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 0.05%
- Vitamin C 21.05%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat3
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total2 oz-eq