Best Vegan Mac and Cheese in the entire world...seriously
1 1/2 pounds pasta, preferably macaroni "Cheese" Sauce:
1 1/2 cups unsweetened nondairy milk
1 1/2 cups nutritional yeast
1 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/3 cup tamari or soy sauce
1/4 (12 ounce) block firm (not silken) tofu
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon vegesal or in lack of fancy product, just use salt
1 dollop mustard, optional
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Boil water in a big pot and cook pasta according to package directions.
2. Add all of the "cheese" sauce ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Once pasta is cooked, drain and put it in the baking pan (about the size of a brownie pan). Pour the "cheese" sauce over the pasta.
3. Bake until the top of the pasta looks slightly browned and crispy, about 15 minutes.
This is very simple and tastes amazing! If you are cooking for yourself, it will last about 5 days if you eat it for all three meals of the day.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
this brought me back to my cheese eating days!!!! I halved the recipe and added an avocado to the mix and it was insane!
I really liked the flavor this had. I was only making it for myself so I cut back on almost everything: 1 cup of soy milk, no water, no salt, about a 1/5 cup of braggs, 1/2 cup NY, 1/4 cup oil, normal amounts of garlic and paprika, and I added a little turmeric for color.
I started with the regular 1/4 block of tofu because I wanted it extra creamy and it was still too watery. I ended up adding the whole block of tofu and it looked perfectly thick and creamy (so I thought).
When the pasta was done, I tossed it with about 1/3 cup of sauce and it was perfect. I wanted that baked crispiness though so I put it in a dish and threw some breadcrumbs on top. This is where things got ugly. I guess the oven dried out the sauce and it ended up being like pasta with a tofu scramble. The flavor was awesome though.
SO...all in all, great recipe that makes a TON of sauce (especially with the added tofu). But, I guess if you plan on baking this it is better to have the sauce on the watery/liquidy side. On the other hand, if you don't plan on it, then go ahead and up the tofu for a deliciously thick and creamy sauce.
I just made this recipe with 2 of my Vegan friends and one of them really liked it, however, my other friend and I didn't like it at all!!!
;)b I love this recipe!! It is comfort food no doubt. :)>>>
When I got out of the hospital and had to eat soft foods. this is that I ate and ate and ate. High in vitamin B and YUMMY!!!
The first time I made this tonight, I tasted the "cheese" mixture before adding it to the pasta. It was unbelievably salty. So I would agree to add far less soy sauce than recommended. I also added breadcrumbs on top before putting it in the oven. They gave it some texture and I would recommend adding them. Otherwise, it was good though not quite as good as I remember mac n cheese.
This is a really great recipe. I added more tofu. Cut the salt. 1/4th the recipe. Put 1/2 oil only and the other half margarine. No water. Baked double the time and stirred 1/2 way through. It was perfect consistency and tasted wonderful. I especially thank you for this recipe because this was the first time my 3 year old has had anything that resembled "mac and cheese". She has a severe dairy allergy so eat a lot of vegan food. Thanks again. By the way....she loved it. !!
I decided to follow the directions exactly, and it turned out really good...very creamy. I will definitely make this again, but will NOT use any salt. I like salty food, but this was even too much for me. I had only 1 dish, but would have had much more if not for the saltiness...
I left out the water, like the rest of the reviews recommended and I kept everything else the same. It was EXCELLENT. My roommates loved it and my "anti-vegan" girlfriend asked me to make it again asap.
Also-makes a HUGE amount of mac n cheese -itll last you several days depending on how many people are around.
EXCELLENT recipe, very delicious. :)>>>
I made this recipe for the first time Saturday for a potluck dinner at church. There are many vegans and vegetarians as it is a Seventh-day Adventist church. I used Bragg's instead of tamari but the rest I left as is...except a tad less salt...but it could have been left out all together I'm sure. Many asked me for the recipe stating it was the best vegan mac & cheese they'd ever had. It's definitely a keeper.
This satisfies cheesy cravings! It did remind me of traditional mac & cheese, despite some doubt after reading the reviews. Very anti-vegan friends who REFUSE to eat anything vegan because of low expectations LOVED this! They didn't even realize it was even vegan until I told them.
*Makes enough for a party main dish
*Skipped salt and still salty enough
*Used Braggs instead of tamari
*Used shell pasta instead of elbow noodles
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