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Delicious slightly smoked cheddar style vegan cheese sauce.

It uses sprouted sunflower seeds as the base so it’s high in protein and a great source of essential fatty acids.

The bright colour of my dairy free cheese sauce comes from sweet potatoes, turmeric and smoked paprika.

Unlike many vegan cheese sauces this is totally free of nuts.

Cashews work great, but they are very easy to overeat on them so I try to not put them into every recipe.

This sunflower seed cheese sauce is great for someone that as a nut allergy. The seeds are sprouted so that they start to open and grow (only slightly) so that they are much easier for your body to digest and absorb all the goodness.

Used here with buckwheat pasta to make a gluten free and vegan macaroni cheese. However it is very versatile and can be used in place of cheese sauce anywhere. I have it often with steamed cauliflower, in a Mediterranean vegetable lasagna or simply as a dip for crackers.

Sunflower Seed Cheese Sauce For Pasta Video Recipe

Yield: 4 portions vegan cheese sauce Sunflower Seed Cheese Sauce Print This vegan cheese sauce can be used from pasta to lasagne. It has a great taste, is bursting with goodness and not too expensive to make either. Prep Time 10 minutes Total Time 10 minutes Ingredients 200g / 1.5 cups sunflower seeds

250g / 1 large sweet potato

4 tablespoons nutritional yeast

1 tea spoon of turmeric

2 cloves of garlic

1-2 tablespoons of smoked paprika Instructions Soak the sunflower seeds, at least for 10 mins but overnight is best, then drain. Peel and dice the sweet potato. Then simmer for about 10 minutes until soft. Place everything in the blender and whiz up until smooth. I usually use 2 tablespoons of paprika but put less in if you don’t like a strong smoked flavour. In the video I serve this vegan cheese sauce with about 100g buckwheat pasta (dry weight), cherry tomatoes and chives. Nutrition Information Yield 4 Serving Size 1

Amount Per Serving Calories 319 Total Fat 25g Saturated Fat 3g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 21g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 2906mg Carbohydrates 20g Net Carbohydrates 0g Fiber 8g Sugar 5g Sugar Alcohols 0g Protein 11g

Did you know there are about 2000 seeds in each sunflower?