Alan and I are pretty excited that the San Francisco 49ers are kicking off Monday Night Football this week. So excited in fact, that I am also kicking off our annual Meatless Monday Night of deliciously vegan Football Food. Of course, every night is meatless in our household, but Monday nights during football season are my opportunity to create a fun, easy, and delicious menu that somehow just says “football.”
I decided to go with my favorite version of vegan Mac and Cheese for week one. Alan and I both love this rich and creamy pasta dish. And even though I call it football food, it’s actually much healthier than you’d expect. In addition to skipping the actual cheese, my recipe also has no added oil or vegan butter. Instead, I make it creamy with raw cashews and Silk Cashew Milk, cheesy with nutritional yeast, and even throw in some vegetables for more nutritional value and to add both creaminess and color to the sauce.
I originally based this sauce on one of the many cashew cheese recipes I’ve tried. Cashew cheese is delicious, and I got to thinking that it would make a pretty good pasta sauce (because cheese sauce + pasta is nearly always awesome). I’ve played around with this recipe a bit and I believe it is one of the best that I’ve tasted. I think that you’ll agree.
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I’m not the biggest fan of Mac n Cheese but this sounds amazing. I love making “cheese” sauces with nooch. So good!
I never even at Mac and Cheese as an adult until I was vegan. Now I love it!
Ah, I’ve been craving Vegan Mac n’ Cheese and this is going to motivate me to make some! And cashew milk is my new favorite non-dairy milk…so creamy and delicious!
Yes, that’s why chose the cashew milk. It is so creamy and rich.
That would be a treat! I Loooooveeee mac and cheese, and I Looooovee that Silk Cashew milk! Great idea! Thanks so much for joining up, and sharing!
Thanks Tina. I hope you like it!
I had to check this one out…Mac and Cheese is a staple here! I really like your creativity with this recipe, but we will have to take a pass. For me and my family, skipping cheese is not an option!
I understand. Cheese is quite the addiction.
THis sounds so good! But I’m not the biggest nooch person. I think possibly because of the name 😀 Maybe I would try a straight up cashew cheese or something in it!
I never call it nooch. And I’m not a huge fan either, but it really works here. I think it must be the cashews and cashew milk that calm down that nooch flavor. (Oops, I just called it nooch 🙂 )
Well our boys are excited for the Eagles tonight-good luck to both of us! This looks great. Never would have thought of using cashew milk for mac n cheese. Thanks for linking up with us for Meatless Monday
Cashew milk is so creamy it would probably be good with the real thing too.
YUM! If I didn’t eat carbs all weekend I’d totally make this tonight, haha! Pinned for later 🙂
LOL. That never stops me!
I’m always looking for new vegan mac & cheese recipes to try and this one looks great! Football season always is a good time to start up some tasty treats like these. 🙂
I agree. I like to convince myself that eating vegan football food is much better for me :-).
Not sure how my husband would feel about that recipe but it’s definitely on my “to-do-soon”list!
Oh YUM! I’m coming over for MNF! Save me a dish 😉
Come on over! I’ll feed you and stretch you 🙂
That sounds awesome! I’ll have to get me some potatoes (I only have sweet potatoes, which would probably work).
I love mac & cheese. I never thought about making it without dairy. This looks awesome and I can’t wait to try it!
I love this recipe!! I think I have a mild form of lactose intolerance and this recipe looks like a yummy fix for that!!
Oh yay for comfort foods – can’t wait to make my first batch of mac and cheese this fall 🙂 I love this simple vegan recipe!!
Love the addition of the carrots and potatoes!
Hey there! Stopping by from the Sunday Blog Hop linky on BecauseImCheap.com Thank you so much for linking up! I’m not vegan, but I’d totally dig into this vegan mac n cheese. Hope to see you again on the next linky 🙂