In this vegan mac and cheese recipe, sweet potatoes serve as the base to make the cheesy orange sauce that we all know and love. The spices and mustard balance out the sweetness, to create the ultimate sweet potato mac and cheese. It's a great dish to serve at family dinners and potlucks, or to make early on in the week so you have a quick meal to heat up! This sweet potato mac and cheese is perfect for all occasions!
Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese With Spinach [Vegan]
Serves
3-4
Ingredients You Need for Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese With Spinach [Vegan]
- 2 medium sweet potatoes (about 2 cups cooked)
- 1 pound dried pasta shells
- 1/3 cup vegan butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- 2 cups unsweetened non-dairy milk
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons white miso
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 cups baby spinach, chopped
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
How to Prepare Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese With Spinach [Vegan]
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Poke a few holes with a fork into sweet potatoes and wrap them in foil. Bake until cooked through, about 60 minutes. When sweet potatoes are cooked and slightly cool, scoop out the flesh and discard the skins. Set flesh aside.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
- In a medium pot, melt the butter. Stir in flour and cook, stirring frequently for 3-5 minutes until mixture thickens. Stir in half the non-dairy milk and continue stirring another 2 minutes or so as mixture continues to thicken. Stir in sweet potatoes. Add in remaining milk, garlic, mustard, miso, cayenne, nutmeg, nutritional yeast, and salt. Continue cooking another few minutes until a thick sauce consistency is reached.
- Transfer sauce to a blender and blend until smooth. Place cooked pasta into the saucepot. Over low heat, pour blended sauce over pasta and stir well. Stir in baby spinach and cook about 2 minutes until pasta is warm and spinach is wilted.
- Serve with freshly ground pepper.
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Nutritional Information
Total Calories: 2609 | Total Carbs: 428 g | Total Fat: 63 g | Total Protein: 83 g | Total Sodium: 1857 g | Total Sugar: 31 g
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Sara Hohn
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Through her website, Prep Green, Sara Hohn offers easy recipes, meal plans and guidance for thriving on a plant-based diet. Balancing work as a chef, recipe developer and user experience designer, Sara knows what it’s like to be pressed for time. Her straightforward recipes help busy people easily incorporate plant-based foods into their lifestyle. When she’s not discovering new ways to simplify meal preparation, she’s trying to conjure more space in her tiny Brooklyn kitchen.
I don\’t know if I\’d compare it to mac \’n\’ cheese as there was far too much nutmeg.
Didn\’t have white miso so sub\’ed in some marmite which helped balance it a bit. Maybe it tastes much different with it.
It was nice but not sure if I\’d make it again – will keep hunting for alternative recipes. Though if I tried it again, would reduce nutmeg and cayenne pepper (though I didn\’t use full recipe amount based on BJ\’s comment!). Would also try the cashew cream sub – sounds delish.
I think this dish would have been perfect had it not been so spicy. If I make it again, I will reduce cayenne at least by half.
I just made this tonight for dinner. We don\’t do vegan butter in this house, not big on processed fats, so I subbed it for cashew cream. Delicious!!!