Our Family Recipes

Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 cup carrots or butternut squash, diced
• 12 oz Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 medium sized sweet onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled but whole
• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
• 2 Tbsp white or yellow miso paste
• 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 cup reduced-fat coconut milk, stirred
• 1 cup water

Instructions

1. Grease pressure cooker pot with cooking spray.
2. Add all ingredients and mix well.
3. Pressure cook on high for 7 minutes. Quick release.
4. Blend until creamy with an immersion blender or pour into a high-powered blender.

Queso

Ingredients

Cook the cheese sauce above with these additional ingredients:

• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin

After cooking, add the following when blending:

• 1/4 cup sliced pickled jalapeños
• 1/4 cup liquid brine from the jar/can of jalapeños
• 1/4 cup of salsa