Vegan Mac & Cheese

Baked Vegan Mac & Cheese!!!

Ingredients:

• Pasta of your choice - I chose pin wheels, macaroni is good too :)
• 2.5 cups Vegetable Broth
• 0.5 cup Coconut Milk
• 2 cups of Raw Cashews - soaked in water for 4-8 hours
• 1/2 Yellow Onion
• 5 Garlic Cloves
• 2 Tbsp. Corn Starch
• Small Can (4oz) Green Chilies
• Chili Powder
• Turmeric
• Cayenne Pepper
• Paprika
• Mustard seed or powder
• Cilantro
• Salt & Pepper
• Bread Crumbs for topping when broil
• Broccoli and Cauliflower (optional)

Start:

1. Cook the onion and garlic in a pan with some olive oil until transparent
2. Boil Pasta al dente while you set everything up - then spread out in a cast iron skillet
3. On the side, you can cook up small pieces of broccoli and cauliflower in a pan with some olive oil, a little bit of the sauce you just made and a small amount of water
4. Put everything in a blender: cooked onion & garlic, vegetable broth, soaked cashews, coconut milk, corn starch, green chilies, chili powder, turmeric, cayenne pepper, paprika, mustard seed, salt & pepper - liquefy the sauce
5. Pour sauce over pasta in the cast iron skillet and sprinkle bread crumbs over the pasta
6. Place in oven on broil for 2-4 minutes, or until breading looks toasted
7. Serve Vegan Mac & Cheese HOT and mix in broccoli and cauliflower if interested!