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Cashew Cheese Sauce (Vegan Cashew Dip)
Learn how to make vegan cashew cheese sauce easily at home with just a few ingredients and enjoy it guilt-free. This vegan cashew dip recipe is very versatile, and you can use it in many ways - as a dip, pasta sauce, and top over nachos and tacos.
Course
dip, Sauce
Cuisine
American, Global
Keyword
cashew cheese sauce, cashew dip, vegan cheese sauce
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
0
minutes
minutes
Total Time
10
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
Calories
97
kcal
Author
Sravanthi Chanda
Equipment
Blender
Ingredients
1
cup
cashews
preferably raw
1
tablespoon
lime juice
4
tablespoon
Water
2
tablespoon
nutritional yeast
½
teaspoon
ground black pepper
½
teaspoon
salt
Instructions
Soak the cashews for a couple of hours.
Discard the water from soaked cashews and rinse them well.
Take a blender or Nutri Bullet jar and add cashews, nutritional yeast, salt, red chili flakes(if using), ground black pepper, lemon juice, and water.
Blend everything into a smooth sauce. Add water little by little.
Empty the sauce from the blender jar and store it in the glass container. Refrigerate the creamy vegan cashew sauce and use it within five days.
Notes
Nutrition values are my rough estimates. Please feel free to use your calculator if you rely on them for your diet.
Nutrition
Calories:
97
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
6
g
|
Protein:
4
g
|
Fat:
7
g
|
Saturated Fat:
1
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
4
g
|
Sodium:
148
mg
|
Potassium:
148
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
1
g
|
Vitamin A:
2
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1
mg
|
Calcium:
7
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg