One-Pot Cheesy Mac

Name: One-Pot Cheesy Mac
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked or canned white beans, drained and rinsed if canned; 1 cup cooked or canned white beans, drained and rinsed if canned; ½ cup raw cashews; 1 cup hot vegetable broth; 3 cups small broccoli or cauliflower florets or chopped baby spinach or chard; 3 cups small broccoli or cauliflower florets or chopped baby spinach or chard; 3 cups small broccoli or cauliflower florets or chopped baby spinach or chard; 3 cups small broccoli or cauliflower florets or chopped baby spinach or chard; 8 to 12 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni or other bite-size pasta; 8 to 12 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni or other bite-size pasta; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley; ¼ cup ground toasted almonds or walnuts; ¼ cup ground toasted almonds or walnuts; 1¾ cups plain unsweetened almond milk; ½ cup cooked mashed butternut squash or canned solid-pack pumpkin; ½ cup cooked mashed butternut squash or canned solid-pack pumpkin; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon smoked paprika; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; ½ teaspoon onion powder; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 1 teaspoon vegan Worcestershire sauce; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; 1½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; ⅓ cup nutritional yeast

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

One-Dish Vegan

By Robin Robertson

Published 2013

About

Everyone’s favorite, mac and cheese, has been retooled into a one-dish meal that includes beans, nuts, and vegetables along with the creamy pasta. To make this gluten-free and soy-free, use gluten-free pasta and replace the Worcestershire sauce with coconut aminos.

Ingredients

8 to 12 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni or other bite-size pasta
3 cups small broccoli or cauliflower florets or chopp

Pasta
Vegan

Method

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender. About 5 minutes before the pasta is done cooking, add the broccoli. Drain the cooked pasta and broccoli well and return to the pot. Set aside.
In a food processor, combine the cashews and broth and process until smooth. Add the beans, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, mustard, vegan Worceste