Gluten Free, Vegan Nacho Cheese!!

Ever since we moved into our new house, Saturday night has become Nacho night. We’ve had a different combination of toppings every time but one thing I’ve been lacking throughout is a good cheese topping! I’ve been wanting something like the cinema nacho cheese dip so I got creating…

Turns out its super duper easy peasy. Takes a few minutes. AND it doesn’t look remotely vegan, if you know what I mean… melted vegan cheese definitely looks ‘different’, doesn’t it?!

And the real test: my boyfriend eats both gluten & dairy. I made a version for myself and then a totally separate, gluten & dairy filled version for him. He couldn’t tell which was which!!!! Result.

THE NACHOS:

Let me introduce you into my new best friend. Mister Free’d. If you haven’t tried these before, you need to.

This is especially true if you’re dairy free/vegan as their Cheezie flavour is like nothing else. This was the flavour I chose to use with my vegan nacho cheese.

All gluten free and vegan. Available in Waitrose, Ocado, Planet Organic & Wholefoods. Check out their website for more info.

RECIPE:

I bet you’ve got all of these ingredients in your cupboard!!! Honestly takes 5 mins, max. Game changer for my Nacho Saturdays!!!

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Gluten Free, Vegan Nacho Cheese!!

Prep Time2 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Course: dinner, lunch, Snack

Cuisine: American, english

Keyword: GLUTEN FREE NACHOS, nachos

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter - I use Dairy Free Flora Spread
• 2 Tbsp gluten free plain flour
• 150 grams dairy free cheese
• 250 ml milk of your choice - Almond/Soya/Oat works best
• Generous sprinkle of salt and pepper

Instructions

• Add the butter to a pan. Heat on a low-medium temperature until its melted.
• Add the flour and whisk until fully combined. Stirring continuously, allow it to bubble for about 30 seconds, to stop the flour from tasting grainy.
• Add the milk and whisk again until fully combined.

  >If you’d like the mix to be thicker, leave to simmer for a couple of minutes. If you’d like it to be thinner, add a little more milk and stir until incorporated. It should be the consistency of thick gravy!
• Take the pan off the heat. Add 1 small handful of cheese and stir until incorporated. Repeat for the rest of the cheese.
• Once all the cheese is melted, add salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

NOTE: Whilst the cheese sauce is cooling down, it will thicken up. If you’d like it runnier, just add more milk and stir, stir, stir!

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*This post was sponsored by Mister Free’d. I approached them because I LOVE their gluten, dairy free cheezie tortilla chips and I wouldn’t want to use any other tortillas under that cheese sauce!!!? *