Macaroni and Casheeze!

I just finished eating this about five minutes ago, but it was sooooo good that I had to post it right away.  This is kinda a spin off of Macaroni and Cheese, the ultimate comfort food.  It tastes amazing and is healthy! I have tried about 3 different recipes and read about a million others.  This one was a mixture of a bunch of them plus I added some things I thought would be yummy to the mix.  It turned out to be the best ever! Warning:  You will not be able to eat just one helping, but it's OK...no one has to know. -insert wink here-

First you have to gather your supplies:

4 cups dry macaroni noodles

1 cup cashews

1/2 cup Brazil nuts

1/8 cup rice vinegar

2 tablespoons coconut oil

2 3/4 cups almond milk

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/2 tsp dry mustard

1/2 tsp onion powder

1 1/4 tsp sea salt

2 cloves garlic (I used leftover roasted garlic so I used 4 cloves this time because the flavor is a little less strong when roasted, but 2 fresh cloves are about the same.)

About 1 1/4 cups crunchy fried onions for topping. (You can use crackers, bread crumbs, or chopped nuts as a topping too if you want, but I wanted the onions.)

-First, boil your macaroni noodles until they are just cooked.  Do not overcook them or you will end up with mushy macaroni and texture is everything.  While that is cooking, throw the cashews and Brazil nuts in a food processor, blender, or coffee bean grinder and grind into a fine flour.  

-In a blender or food processor, combine all the other ingredients (except for the topping.) and blend well.  Add the ground up nut flour and blend again. (This is what I am calling "Casheeze sauce" and would be really good in lots of other recipes!) 

-Once the noodles are done, drain them completely and return them to the pot.  Pour the Casheeze sauce over the noodles and mix well.  Pour this all into a lightly greased baking dish and top with the fried onions.  Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.  Uncover and bake an additional 5-7 minutes. The Casheeze sauce will thicken up quite a bit.

Serve with some leafy greens and your favorite salad dressing!
Yummmmy!

<3 Ashlyn

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