Quick and Easy Mac N Cheesy *vegan

Soooo I had this craving for cheese, but not real cheese because I know that would make me sick to my stomach (it kind of does just thinking about it now).


I got in my head that I would make the best mac n cheese vegan style.  I went online and looked up tons of recipes to get some ideas and advice....I liked some of the recipe ideas, but was a little surprised at the amount of oil and other items added that just did not seem necessary!


So I came up with my own concoction! 
ingredients:
1 cup of Cashews
1/2 cup of nutritional yeast
salt, garlic powder, dry mustard and a touch of turmeric
1 cup soy (or other nondairy) milk
1 tbsp of lemon juice


First -- add your cashews, nutritional yeast, salt, garlic powder, dry mustard and turmeric to a ninja/food processor/blender/whatever you have and mix it all up.


Second-- throw in the milk and lemon juice and blend it together until you have a nice creamy texture.  You can make it thinner or thinker depending on the amount of milk product you add.


Third -- boil some water, when ready add your noodle (we used shells, yum)


Fourth-- move your creamy cheesy mixture to a pan and heat on low heat.  Stir every couple minutes, taste test and add anything else you think you would like to taste.  I just added about a tbsp of soy milk and a touch of chili powder for fun!

Fifth -- drain your cooked noodles and pour into bowl.  Pour your creamy cheesy mixture over the noodles and stir it up!

After I mixed it up, I let it sit for a few minutes while I cooked some corn on the cob so that my flavors could engulf the noodles!

Then just serve and ENJOY! and it is deceivingly filling, even Stephen didn't need much seconds, and Stephen said, I quote "This is better than the real thing"


Oh and did I mention, entirely healthy and wonderful for your body! Oh the wonderfulness of being vegan really shines through at moments like this :)