Vegan Cauliflower Cashew Cheese Sauce

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Grillin’ is not just for burgers … this hearty salad is a killer stand-alone meal! We are excited to bring you this latest Wicked Healthy recipe that we’ve created with our friends over at Purple Carrot!

Ingredients

for the Ginger-Miso Dressing
  • 1 cup mandarin (or orange) juice
  • 1/2 cup white miso
  • 1/4 C olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp ginger, grated
for the salad
  • 1/2 cabbage, cut into (3) large wedges
  • 1 zucchini, sliced in (3) long planks
  • 1 sweet white onion, peeled and sliced into (5-6)rounds
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 C chickpeas
  • 3 T sesame seeds
  • 1/4 t sea salt
  • 1/4 C cilantro, rough chopped
  • 1/4 C mint, rough chopped
  • 6 leaves of green kale, removed from stem and coarsley chopped
  • 1 orange, sliced into bite-sized wedges
  • 1 Thai chiles, sliced in thin rounds
  • 3 green onion, sliced thin

Instructions

to make the dressing

  1. In high speed blender, blend all ingredients until smooth.

to prepare the salad

  1. Heat up grill to high heat.
  2. Rub the cabbage wedges, zucchini planks and onion rounds with oil. Brush or rub with a little oil, then season each side with salt and pepper.
  3. When grill is up to heat, place these items on the grill and allow to cook for about 3-4 minutes on each side to get some nice coloration and caramelization. Remove from grill.
  4. Coarsely chop the cabbage and onion. Cube the grilled zucchini. Keep them separate and set aside.
  5. In saute pan on medium heat, add about 1 tsp of olive oil followed by the chickpeas. Once these start to cook, toss them around to get a bit of color. Add in the sesame seeds and sprinkle of salt. Toss well to coat the chickpeas with sesame, and remove from heat.
  6. Combine the chopped cilantro, mint and rough chopped kale. Drizzle with some of the citrus miso dressing to lightly coat.
  7. On a platter, compartmentalize all ingredients. Separate the chopped kale, chopped grilled vegetables and sesame chickpeas. Garnish as desired with the orange wedges, sliced chilis and green onion.
  8. Serve warm with the remaining of citrus miso dressing on the side.
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Notes

It’s all about nailing the textures, flavors and bringing that familiar, comfort food feeling filled with memories and safety back to our plate.  For us, that’s a warming Queso, fondue or creamy, melty, sticky cheese sauce for fries, pizza, jacket potatoes, and Mac & Cheese.  This is definitely on the Wicked side of things, however, it is healthier than any dairy product out there and it can be done with no oil if you’re watching calories so keep that in mind.

Over the years we’ve worked with several chefs and recipes to create mock cream sauces and this one is a great base and staple to make often.  We call it the Wicked Awesome Sauce, cause it is just that, awesome!  If you search our site you’ll find a couple of versions of ‘cheeze’ sauces that are similar, some more healthy than others, all of them delicious and can be switched out for this one in any recipe.

Let’s dig in.

This Wicked Awesome Sauce is creamy, dreamy, and on point. Remember the recipe is a guide, it’s not gospel.  Make it a couple of times, get used to it, and then play around with it.  Try switching the cauliflower out with Butternut squash, sweet or regular potato.  The miso for Tahini or the PepperJack V-cheese for your favorite V-cheese that you can get near you.

Whatever you call it, it’s the perfect creamy sauce for a silky, smooth, lush mac and cheeze, to drizzle over nachos, top a sandwich, spread over pizza or use as a decadent dip. For more wicked healthy ideas on how to use this cheese, check these dishes out!

So when those cheese cravings hit, whip yourself up a batch of this vegan cauliflower cashew cheese sauce and put it on everything.

Keep a lookout for the following videos for the best dishes to use this Wicked Awesome vegan cauliflower cashew cheese Sauce.

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