Vegan Cheese Sauce

In the past few years I've never been one to eat cream or cheese sauces because of the amount of calories in them, BUT when I saw "cheezy sauce" in Veganomicon, I just have to try it! Ok, thank you Shannon for warning me, and fair warning to everyone else, but this doesn't exactly taste like cheese. It is similar and has a great creamy consistancy though. Oh! And it is very flavorful! I drizzled the "cheese" sauce over steamed veggies, which was yummy!

I had also made black bean burgers that night and got a little daring... I decided to dip my black bean burger into the "cheese" sauce.... AMAZING! I'm not sure why I loved it so much but both the burger and sauce went perfect together. This combo is a must and I will definitely do it again!

Cheezy Sauce (Source: Veganomicon)

Ingredients

• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• A pinch of dried thyme
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Ground black pepper
• 1/8 tsp turmeric
• 3/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp prepared yellow mustard

Directions

1. Combine the broth and flour in a small bowl and whisk with a fork until dissolved.
2. Heat the oil and garlic in a saucepan over medium-low heat, cooking for 2 minutes.
3. Add the thyme, salt, and pepper, and cook for about 15 seconds.
4. Add the broth, turmeric, and nutritional yeast, and raise the heat to medium. Stir constantly with a whisk. The mixture should bubble and thicken within 3 minutes.
5. Once the mixture is bubbling and thickening, stir and cook for about 2 minutes.
6. Add the lemon juice and mustard, and stir to combine.
7. Turn off the heat and cover the saucepan to keep warm until ready to use.
8. Yields ~3 cups.