Name: Vegan Cheese Sauce
Ingredients: ½ cup uncooked white quinoa; 1 cup sweet potato (peeled & grated); 2¼ cup water; ½ cup canned corn; 2½ Tbsp corn starch or ground flax seeds; 1 tsp hot sauce (optional); 1½ Tbsp chipotle mustard (or flavor of choice)

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Quinoa, Sweet Potato & Corn ‘Cheese’ Sauce

By Mark Sutton

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Quinoa not only brings a marvelous nutritional profile to the sauce, but imparts a delicate and subtle texture. Sweet potato adds color, taste, and fiber and the corn balances them both.

Gluten Free Low Sugar Nut Free Soy Free

Ingredients

½ cup uncooked white quinoa
1 cup sweet potato (peeled & grated)
2¼ cup water
½ cup canned corn
2½ Tbsp corn starch or ground flax seeds
1 tsp hot sauce (optional)
1½ Tbsp chipotle mustard (or flavor of choice)

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Instructions

1. Put quinoa and sweet potato into pot with 1¼ cups water. Bring to boil, cover, let simmer for 20 minutes (until the water is gone). Turn off heat and let sit for 5 minutes (still covered). Uncover, let cool to room temperature.
2. Add quinoa & sweet potato mixture to blender or food processor. Pulse the mixture a few times.
3. Add rest of the ingredients, with the water (¾ to 1 cup) added in between pulse blends, gradually increasing processing until a smooth pancake-like batter is achieved.
4. Makes 3 cups of sauce.