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 🧀✨ Dairy-Free Cheese Sauce

 

 🧀✨ Dairy-Free Cheese Sauce

This is a silky, golden, deeply nourishing cheese-style sauce made entirely from whole plants — no dairy, no processed vegan cheeses, no gums or oils required. Just potatoes, carrots, and a handful of simple ingredients gently steam-cooked using the long-and-low method to preserve vitamins, minerals, and flavour.

The result is a creamy, pourable sauce that feels grounding, comforting, and incredibly satisfying — the kind of recipe that calms the nervous system just by making it.

We’re pairing it with baked potatoes today simply because they’re an easy, cozy canvas…
but truly?
✨ This sauce is the star of the show.

🥕🥔 Ingredients (Measure Precisely for Best Texture)

Veggies

  • 190 g (1¼ cups) diced potatoes — skins on or off

  • 50 g (heaping ⅓ cup) diced carrots

Creaminess + Flavour

  • ¼ cup raw cashews, soaked

    • Quick soak: 15–20 minutes in hot water

    • Full soak: 2–4 hours room temp

    • Optional — omit for nut-free

  • ⅓ cup nutritional yeast

  • 1 clove garlic

  • 1½–2 tsp fresh lemon juice

  • ½–1 tsp apple cider vinegar

  • ½ tsp fine sea salt, or to taste

  • 2 tbsp water, plus more for thinning

  • Optional: 1–2 tbsp neutral oil (or simply add more water)

  • Optional: Sriracha, to taste

🔥 Directions — Long & Low Steam Cooking

This is your calm, nervous-system-friendly method.
No boiling. No rushing. No nutrient loss.

1. Steam-Cook the Veggies

  1. Add diced potatoes + carrots to a heavy-bottomed pot.

  2. Add just enough water to cover the bottom — about ¼ cup.

    • Do NOT cover the vegetables with water.

  3. Place the lid on tightly.

  4. Turn heat to high for 1–2 minutes, until the lid becomes hot to the touch.

    • This creates the steam seal.

  5. Immediately reduce heat to low.

    • Electric: about ½ a notch above the lowest setting

    • Gas: use a heat diffuser to prevent scorching

  6. Cook 30–45 minutes, without lifting the lid.

    • Keeping the lid closed preserves all the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and flavour.

2. Blend Until Silky

Transfer the softened veggies to a high-speed blender.

Add:

  • soaked cashews

  • nutritional yeast

  • garlic

  • lemon juice

  • vinegar

  • salt

  • 2 tbsp fresh water or a splash of cooking liquid

Blend on high until completely smooth and glossy.

3. Adjust

  • More water → thinner, pourable sauce

  • More nutritional yeast → cheesier

  • More lemon/vinegar → brighter

  • More cooked veggies → thicker

  • Sriracha → gentle heat

🧀✨ Serving Suggestion: Cheesy Loaded Baked Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 4 baked potatoes

  • Potato–Carrot Cheese Sauce

  • Green onions, chives, parsley, or smoked paprika

Instructions

  1. Slice baked potatoes open.

  2. Fluff with a fork.

  3. Pour warm cheese sauce generously over top.

  4. Add herbs or paprika, and serve immediately.

🌿 Nutritional Commentary

This recipe is a beautiful example of nutrient-dense comfort food that supports energy, stability, and emotional regulation:

  • Potatoes deliver potassium, B-vitamins, fibre, and steady energy — all deeply regulating for the nervous system.

  • Carrots add beta-carotene and sweetness that balances the sauce naturally.

  • Cashews (optional) offer a gentle creaminess plus magnesium, supporting calm and muscle relaxation.

  • Nutritional yeast provides B-vitamins and a natural cheesy flavour without dairy.

  • Long-and-low steam cooking protects heat-sensitive vitamins while keeping minerals inside the vegetables — not poured down the drain.

  • This sauce is low-fat, whole-food, gluten-free, and minimizes stimulation, making it ideal for anyone healing burnout, stabilizing blood sugar, or rebuilding their relationship with food.

This is comfort food that loves you back.
Warm, soothing, and beautifully aligned with nervous system nourishment.

🌟 More Ways to Use This Cheese Sauce

1️⃣ Broccoli “Cheese” Bowls

Pour over steamed broccoli for a grounding, mineral-rich meal.

2️⃣ Whole-Food Mac & Cheese

Mix with gluten-free pasta, quinoa pasta, or steamed veggies.

3️⃣ Chip-Free Nachos

Use roasted potato or sweet potato slices instead of tortilla chips.

4️⃣ Roasted Veggie Drizzle

Perfect over roasted cauliflower, carrots, squash, or Brussels sprouts.

5️⃣ Casserole Base

A gorgeous binder for next week’s long-and-low potato casserole.

6️⃣ Warm Veggie Dip

Serve with cucumbers, bell peppers, or steamed potato wedges.

7️⃣ Buddha Bowls & Grain Bowls

Blend into bowls with quinoa, brown rice, or millet.

8️⃣ Sandwich Spread or Wrap Layer

Use as a creamy base for gluten-free wraps or lettuce cups.