“Cheaze” Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 C. cashew milk
• 1 C. chopped sweet potato
• 1 C. cashews
• 10 cloves garlic
• 1 eggplant, roasted and peeled*
• 2 Tbsp. rice vinegar
• 3 Tbsp. “nooch”**
• 2 Tbsp. white miso
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 2 tsp. smoked paprika
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)

Instructions

1. Add sweet potato, cashews, garlic, and vinegar to a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a simmer for 10-15 minutes until sweet potatoes are soft
2. Drain saucepan contents and add to a blender with salt, pepper, paprika, and cayenne (if using).
3. Blend whilst slowing adding cashew milk. Blend until extremely smooth.
4. Let cool slightly. Add nooch and miso. Blend until mixed well.

Cook’s Notes

*Roast eggplant at 350′ for 40-45 minutes. Cool. Peel. Rip open and let drain whatever liquid.

** Nutritional yeast. Hippy fish food. Whatever you wanna call it.

*** Based on a recipe from The Wicked Healthy Cookbook