DAIRY-FREE ALFREDO SAUCE

This Alfredo Sauce is a delicious cashew-based sauce that gets its cheesy flavor from nutritional yeast, which is actually deactivated yeast. Found in most grocery stores (usually next to regular yeast), it provides a very nutty, cheese-like flavor that is a great source of B-vitamins. You can always sprinkle nutritional yeast on veggies or other foods by itself for a little extra cheesy flavor. You can use this Alfredo Sauce over any vegetable, spiraled vegetable noodles, chicken or anything you like.

Plan: (Standard & Vegan/Vegetarian)

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Serving information: One serving is 3-4 tablespoons and covers 1/2 a serving of fat for one meal.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup raw cashews, soaked overnight, drained and rinsed
3/4 cup filtered water
1-2 cloves garlic, peeled (based on your love of garlic!)
1-1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup onion, diced
2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp Pink Himalayan Sea Salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp dried rosemary or Herbs de Provence

INSTRUCTIONS

Add the cashews and all other ingredients into a high-powered blender or bullet, blending until smooth.
If you use a larger blender to get all the ingredients in and your sauce isn’t smooth, transfer the sauce to a bullet or similar small blender in order to make sure the cashews are smoothly blended.
If you don’t soak your cashews long enough, they will make your sauce lumpy. You should practically be able to mash the cashews between your fingers after soaking.
Store any unused portion in the refrigerator up to 4 days.