Easiest Vegan Cashew Cheese Sauce is the ultimate quick & easy way to get your cheese fix. It's the easiest vegan cheese sauce that tastes like real cheese!
Place all ingredients in a high speed blender and process on high speed until thoroughly blended, about 20-30 seconds. Taste and adjust seasoning/nutritional yeast as desired.
Notes
You can skip soaking the cashews if you have a high speed blender. Place the cashew pieces and hot liquid together in the blender first, while you gather and add your other ingredients. Process on high, and the sauce will be smooth and creamy.
I recommend vegetable bouillon for the extra flavor and saltiness it adds, but water will work. You may want to increase the salt by ½ teaspoon or so.
Depending on what you're going to do with your cheese sauce, you may want a thinner or thicker consistency. (For example, you may want a thinner sauce for pasta and a thicker sauce for nacho dip.) I recommend starting with about 1 cup of liquid and adding more until you reach the desired consistency.
Makes about 3 cups of sauce.
Nacho Cheese variation: add ½ cup salsa or taco sauce to 1 cup of thick cheese sauce, and process in a blender.