Cheese Sauce Recipe

The first recipe came from really special friends, Gary and Penny K.
It is really good. Plus so quick and easy to make. Most of us have these ingredients readily available.
Below are 3 different cheese recipes. Hope you find one you really enjoy!!

Cheese Sauce recipe-from Gary and Penny
Ingredients:

• 1 Russet Potato, peeled and cut into bite size pieces-(1 & 1/2 cups)
• 1 cup of carrots cut into 1/2 inch rounds
• 1/4 of a yellow onion diced (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup Earth Balance  buttery spread-use container with red cover
• 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 3 Tablespoons of any milk replacement ( use plain)

Directions:

1. Place potato, carrot and onion in a small kettle with 2 cups of water.
2. Simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Drain and put in a food processor, adding the rest of the ingredients..
4. Process well, scraping down the sides as needed.

Verna made a few changes  just cause I like to keep trying to improve recipes if possible ) or maybe I am just being difficult).  :)

Anyway I added the following to the recipe.

• 2 teaspoons tomato paste. (I freeze the extra in a freezer bag and just slice off what I need.)
• 3/4 teaspoon plus garlic powder
•  2 twists of Himalayan salt.
  A touch of dried herbs mixture.
• I also cut back a whisker on the Nutritional yeast. It has a very strong flavor
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•  The recipes below are some of the recipes I have used in the past. 

Garlic Cheeze Sauce
My good friend Jean L gave me this recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of water
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 Tablespoons flour-do not omit
• 1teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt-do not omit
• 1/4 garlic powder-I used more
• Verna added
• Mrs Dashes Southwest Chipolte Seasoning to taste.
• Black Pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon Braggs Sprinkles 24 Herbs and Spices

Directions:

1. Blend first 4 ingredients until smooth.
2. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly
3. Whisk in 2 Tablespoons water or more if needed to get the consistency you want.

Can be used as a dipping sauce,as a topping for burritos, use in place of canned soups in casseroles, or wherever you like. Just make sure to season to your taste. Verna's says be creative.

Cheese Sauce.

This is a Verna recipe 

Ingredients:

• ·         ¼ cup Earth Balance with red cover
• ·         1 & 1/3 cup flour of choice
• ·         3 cups unflavored rice milk
• ·         ½ cup nutritional yeast
• ·         2-3 Tablespoons tomato paste-put leftover tomato paste in a freezer bag and slice off as needed.
• ·        1 teaspoon salt-go  very easy
• ·         1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ·         1 teaspoon onion powder
• ·         Freshly ground black pepper
•      1 Tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
• ·       1 Tablespoon agave nectar-go easy.

Directions:

1.      Make a roux with earth balance and flour
2.      Add the rice milk. At this point I used my submersible blender and it went really quick.
3.      Add yeast, tomato paste salt, garlic and onion powder
4.      Continue to cook to thicken.
5.      Add lemon juice agave nectar and pepper to taste.

So You have 3 cheese recipes. Hope you find one you really enjoy. Or maybe all three.

Have fun trying these recipes!!