We don’t know about you guys but something about mac and cheese has always left a craving and a sense of guilt inside us. Well, fear not. Guan’s has come up with a solution to your problems.

Marie Reginato and our R&D team have developed a clean and light Vegan Mac N’ Cheese that is both delicious and healthy. We love how the sauce and pasta came out and we made it easy by using the mushrooms from our Pasta Blend.

Check it out below:

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Vegan Mac N’ Cheese

Pasta Blend

Serves 2

Prep Time: 25 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cream Sauce:

2 cups roasted butternut squash, chopped into small bite-size cubes
½ cup organic, silken tofu
½ – ¾ cup almond milk
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
½ teaspoon turmeric
Pinch of nutmeg
Juice of ½ lemon
Generous pinch of sea salt

For the Pasta:

1 tablespoon avocado oil
1 shallot, roughly chopped
2 cups Guan’s Pasta Blend Mushrooms
1 sprig thyme, roughly chopped
2 large handfuls spinach
Pinch of sea salt
Pinch of pepper
2 cups dry pasta (we use rigatoni)
¾ cup frozen peas

Instructions

Start by making the cream sauce. Add everything into a blender and blend until creamy. Taste the sauce and see if you’d like to add any extra seasoning – sea salt, lemon juice, etc.
Now prepare the pasta – bring a pot of water to boil and add in a generous pinch of salt to flavor the pasta water. As water comes to a boil, prepare the sautéed veggies. In a medium saucepan on medium-high heat, warm the avocado oil and toss in the shallots to cook for a minute or so, till shallots soften. Add in the mushrooms, a generous pinch of sea salt, thyme leaves and touch of pepper. Sauté for about 3-5 minutes, or until the mushrooms soften and brown. Now toss in the spinach and warm until the leaves wilt. Set aside as the pasta cooks.
Thirty seconds before the pasta is done cooking, toss in the frozen peas into the boiling pasta water. The boiling water will cook the peas. Now strain the noodles and peas in a colander. Transfer the noodles and peas to the veggie saucepan and mix. Now pour the cream sauce on top of the veggie-pasta and stir very well, until everything is well combined. Top with a drizzle of olive oil, pinch of chili flakes and sea salt. Enjoy!