Vegan Queso

Name: Vegan Queso
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 cup raw cashews; 1 medium sized potato (peeled and diced); 1 onion (diced); ½ tsp smoked paprika; ½ tsp cumin; ½ tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp salt; ¼ cup nutritional yeast; 3 tbsp pickle juice; 1 cup vegetable or chicken stock; ¼ cup unsweetened almond yogurt (optional); ¼ cup almond milk to thin sauce out to desired consistency; ½ cup salsa; ½ cup canned diced tomatoes plus more to garnish

3 steps

Prep:15minCook:5min

Queso that packs all the flavor without the dairy! Creamy, delicious and crowd pleasing.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:36:48 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories475.9 kcal (24%)

Total Fat30.7 g (44%)

Carbs37.5 g (14%)

Sugars8.7 g (10%)

Protein17.4 g (35%)

Sodium1504.5 mg (75%)

Fiber6.4 g (23%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

3 servings

2 Tbspolive oil

1 cupraw cashews

1potato

medium sized, peeled and diced

1onion

diced

½ tspsmoked paprika

½ tspcumin

½ tspgarlic powder

1 tspsalt

¼ cupnutritional yeast

3 Tbsppickle juice

1 cupvegetable stock

or chicken

¼ cupunsweetened almond plain yogurt alternative

optional

¼ cupalmond milk

to thin sauce out to desired consistency

½ cupsalsa

½ cupcanned diced tomatoes

plus more to garnish

Instructions

Step 1

In a medium sized pot over medium heat, saute onion, diced potato and cashews with olive oil until potatoes are tender.

Step 2

Toss all pot ingredients into your food processor or high powdered blender. Add in ALL ingredients from smoked paprika to tomatoes into your food processor and blend for 2 minutes until smooth.

Step 3

Garnish with extra diced tomatoes, chives and paprika. Serve warm!

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