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Baked Vegan Mac and Cheese updated

Still creamy, easy, and delicious. Comfort food at its best!

Shopping List

  • Pasta shells or pasta of choice
  • 1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 Tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour.
  • 2 Cups of unsweetened plant-based milk (almond, can coconut milk, or soy).
  • ½ Cup of Veggie stock
  • 1/2 a Lime
  • 1 Tablespoon of rainy or Dijon mustard
  • 2 Tablespoons of nutritional yeast
  • ¼ Cup of vegan butter
  • 1 Cup of plant-based cheese, shredded (I use almond, Violife, or Miyoko’s brand cheese), reserve ¼ cup for topping.
  • 1 Cup of panko breadcrumbs for topping
  • 4 Tablespoons of olive oil, divided
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 2 Tablespoons of chopped parsley
  • 2 Teaspoons of garlic powder
  • 2 Teaspoons of onion powder
  • ½ Cup of chopped spinach (optional)

Instructions: 

  1. Put pasta on to cook. Mince the garlic.
  2. Heat on medium, half the olive oil and vegan butter. Add garlic…sauté until butter has melted.
  3. Add the flour and whisk continuously for 2 minutes.
  4. Slowly whisk the almond milk (or coconut or soy milk) for a few minutes, stirring frequently. May be a little lumpy.
  5. Carefully transfer the sauce to a blender.
  6. Add the juice of the lime, Dijon mustard, nutritional yeast, and veggie stock to the blender and season with, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.
  7. Blend (be careful contents are hot) until smooth, taste, and adjust seasoning if necessary.
  8. Return the sauce to the pan and place over medium-low heat. Bring sauce to a simmer and stir in cheese and whisk gently until melted.
  9. Add in cooked pasta and spinach to the sauce, fold together. Add a touch more milk or stock if too thick. Mixture should be fairly thin – will thicken up during baking.
  10. In a separate small bowl, add panko breadcrumbs, other half of the olive oil, parsley, and a pinch of salt. Mix together. Set aside.
  11. Transfer mac n’ cheese to a buttered baking dish and top with more cheese and panko mixture. Bake on 400 until top is golden brown, about 12 minutes.
  12. Let cool slightly and serve.

Sit back and enjoy!

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