Todd (4) eating Mac ‘n Cheez

PICKY KID-FRIENDLY MAC ‘N CHEEZ*
{*requires a high-powered blender}

One of my most popular blog posts lately is “What My Vegan Baby Eats.” It’s funny because now Todd eats a tiny fraction of the things on that list. I need to do a new post called “What My Vegan Almost 5 Year Old Eats”! Anyway…this easy mac ‘n cheez dish got Todd saying, “Mmm, this pasta is so good.” Victory!

INGREDIENTS

1/2 C organic raw cashews
1/2 C water
1/8 t salt
2 T nutritional yeast flakes
1 T unsweetened/plain soy milk (I use EdenSoy)

1/4 C (dry) mini penne noodles (this is the amount Todd will eat in one sitting)

CHEEZ SAUCE PREPARATION

  1. Soak nuts in the water for at least 4 hours, up to 24 hours.
  2. Use a Vitamix blender (or other high powered blender) to blend the soaked nuts, the soaking water and the rest of the ingredients (but not the pasta, silly!).
  3. Blend until smooth.
  4. Store in a jar in the fridge (it fills up about half of a pint jar).

Cheez Sauce

MAC & CHEEZ PREPARATION

  1. Cook the pasta & drain.
  2. Spoon the amount of cheez sauce that you want on the pasta.
  3. EAT!

Picky Kid Friendly Mac ‘n Cheez

Tags: Vegan, Dairy-free, Non-dairy