Oat “Cheese” Sauce

(Adapted from a recipe on the Mrs. Plant Web Site)

If you’re looking for a plant based “cheese” sauce without cashews or tofu, you may want to give this a shot.

1/2 cup old-fashioned organic rolled oats

1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes

1 t. fresh lemon juice

1/4 cup of roasted red bell pepper (about 1/2 of a medium-sized roasted pepper)

1 t. cumin powder

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. onion powder

dash (or more) of cayenne pepper

dash (or more) of black pepper

1 T. non-GMO corn starch or arrowroot powder

2 cups of water

Throw everything in your blender and blend for a few minutes until very smooth. Pour into a saucepan and cook over medium heat until thickened, whisking the entire time after about one minute. BE PATIENT! It will thicken to a beautiful, smooth, cheesy sauce.

NOTE: You can take out the cumin, onion powder, and cayenne to make a non-Mexican flavored sauce to put over baked potatoes, steamed broccoli or cauliflower.