Cheesy Cheddar Sauce

[Snownoir]

Mine doesn't come out yellow, or super creamy... Why do you think that is?

[juliebove]

Are you putting bell pepper in it? If so, what color? When I make the nacho cheese I usually use a red pepper. I've tried other colors but red seems to give me the best color and flavor. Mine doesn't come out really smooth either though. I do mine in the food processor. I think you need a Vita Mix to get it really smooth. But I'm just guessing since I don't have a Vita Mix to try.

[carolg]

I forgot about yellow peppers would make yellow cheddar, but did have red pepper so used that. Mine was more pinky as I didn't use much red pricey pepper. I used a personal blender, tribest, that I own, and blended away. I needed to manually add water once done to the jar I put it in. It was very good. Hope this helps.
carolg

[Rawkinlocs]

Hi Lady Claire!

I stopped using red bell pepper and now use either orange or yellow to get the yellow-orange color.

As for making it creamy, are you blending in the blender or food processor? Firstly, unless you have a Vitamix or other high-powered blender, I'd soak the cashews (or whatever nuts you use) for an hour or so first to get 'em nice and soft. Then, I'd blend the ingredients in the blender, starting out with a little bit of water (enough to help it turn) and then add more a little at a time until it gets to the desired consistency. Sometimes this may mean REALLY blending it for a while. When I had the Hamilton Beach blender, I'd blend for a while, turn it off to let it rest, then run it again and I would do this until I had a really smooth and creamy cheeze sauce.

ORRRR...you could grind the nuts up as fine as you can with a coffee grinder first and then blend them with the other ingredients in the blender.

Hope this helps!

[Ama]

Mine doesn't come out yellow... more of a red/orange and mine is never creamy either but I love it as is. Did you soak the nuts/seeds? Soaking them will allow them to be creamier. Try just soaked cashews for the nuts, they get creamy, almonds DON'T get creamy so if you want creamy, say away from almonds.

So Snownoir.... aside from the color and texture, how did it come out without the yeast? Do tell!

[Carmella]

Ooops! My fault! I forgot to mention that I always soak my nuts for it, eventhough the original recipe didn't call for it...

[Snownoir]

Thanks everyone!

1. My bell pepper is red cause thats what the recipe said, but I'll try orange *they're my fav anyway* and see how that works.
2. I used my food processor. I do have a blender but its not strong... its only meant for smoothies.
3. Cashews.. I used sunflower seeds. Is there a big difference in taste?
4. Grinding them up really really good first sounds like a great idea! Thank you.
5. I DID find the yeast! Yea! There is a bulk section at New Frontiers and I was missing it cause its in the corner on the bottom.... =[ But I tried it with. So sorry that I can't give you a comparison. But here is a pic of my sauce on some broc.

Thanks for all your help. Hopefully next time will come out better (I'll try it with the expensive cashews.)

http://images22.fotki.com/v518/photos/9/948943/3970320/Broccoliandcheedarsauce-vi.jpg

[Rawkinlocs]

If you don't mind an extra step, you could take the mixture after processing in the food processor and transfer to your blender to finish blending, again, adding water (if needed) to smooth it out more.

[Snownoir]

Haa haa!! You see how chunky it is now. :P Thank you! I'll give that a try.

[WannaBraw]

Where is this recipe from?

[Carmella]

Hey WannaBraw,

Welcome to this Board!

The recipe is originally by Serene Allison and is absolutely delish! I've posted the recipe on my blog here (http://thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-sandys-sunny-kitchen-part-3.html).

It's also floating around somewhere on this forum, just do a search.

[WannaBraw]

Hi Carmella,


thanks for the warm welcome. When I have more time I will post an intro. Thanks.

Ellyn

[Veganforlife]

Hey WannaBraw - welcome! How'd you sneak it w/out too many noticing? Just kidding! Here's the recipe:

Nut Cheese
2c macadamias
1c pine nuts
2 T lemon juice
2 T nutritional yeast
2 yellow peppers
2T fresh parsley
1T fresh thyme
2t salt ½c water as needed

Process all ingredients together adding as little of the water as possible until a fluffy consistency is achieved.

And here is the thread it came off of:
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=23909&highlight=rich+cheddar

[carolg]

I smell lots of calories with the macs and pines. Yikes, but can it be creamy as "cream cheese?" I wanna believe so.

Yes, welcome WannaBraw.

Veganforlife, G/f, I hope she's not scared to return here. Well, we are all tested in one way or another...me with my cracker crumbs calzone till Rawk came to my "picture" rescue. I haven't tried it yet, but it's coming. Too bad the health food store packaged their own buckwheat, called it white and my husband saw the right word, but it was really kasha--the brown that returns to them untouched with a receipt.

carolg

[Veganforlife]

Oh no :eek: 'ya think I scared her? I tried to bribe her back by posting the recipe...man oh man!!! I sure hope not.
Calories? Who counts calories? Huh? You? Not me sistah! I just eat and enjoy. I eat way less then before, but I enjoy it so much more...
I get my buckwheat from www.sproutpeople.com
I get all my seeds from them. Good folks.

[WannaBraw]

Hey WannaBraw - welcome! How'd you sneak it w/out too many noticing? Just kidding! Here's the recipe:


And here is the thread it came off of:
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=23909&highlight=rich+cheddar

I'm a raw food Ninja! ;)

thanks for the welcome. I look forward to communing with all of you. Will post a bio soon.


Ellyn

[mercystreet]

Welcome to the party :D

[Carmella]

Wannabraw,
Veganforlife was right, I should have made the extra effort to find the recipe for you (I was a little lazy...LOL)

I thought the one VFL posted didn't sound quite right... It's actually a different one. So I'm making amends, here it is:

Rich Cheddar Sauce
Adapted from "Rejuvenate Your Life" by Serene Allison

1/2 large red bell pepper
¼ c water
1 c raw cashews, sunflower seeds, or almonds
1 T tahini
2 T nutritional yeast
1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons onion powder (or a small slice of onion or 1 tbs or so of green onions)
1 clove garlic
2 T lemon juice

Blend until creamy. Add more water if it is too thick.

Enjoy!

[rawpriestess]

also, I find that sunflower seeds don't get really smooth, but cashews, after soaking are really really really smooth,

that is what I use in nut cheeses and sour cream and cream cheese, soaked cashews, they are super smooth.