Dinner upgrade: plant-based mac & cheese with nowfoodsofficial pasta
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Serves 4 (with extra sauce):
1 sweet potato cut into 1-inch cubes
½ medium yellow onion, roughly chopped
8 oz nowfoodsofficial Organic Multigrain and Cauliflower Rotini, or any short pasta noodle
½ cup raw cashews
â…“ cup nutritional yeast
½ cup canned coconut milk
Juice of 1 lemon
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus additional as needed
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Bring a large pot of water to a boil. There should be enough water in the pot to cover the sweet potato by at least 1 inch. Add the sweet potato and onion. Decrease the heat to medium-high and cook the vegetables until the sweet potato can be pierced with a fork, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the sweet potato and onion.
While the veggies are cooking, you can cook your pasta. Reserve 1/2 cup cooked pasta water before draining the pasta.
Blend the cooked sweet potato and onion with nutritional yeast, cashews, coconut milk, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt a...