A question for the dairy free ladies

[jellykat2]

Hi ladies. Does anyone know of a good way to make a creamy dairy free pasta sauce? Prior to being dairy free I would use all the butter and cream I could get my hands on to make pasta sauces. I want to make a cream sauce to go with some wild rice and cranberry sausage and pasta tonight. Has anyone done this successfully? Has anyone just used almond milk? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[babybeluga]

I haven't done this myself but it sounds interesting and have been wanting to try it. It's a cauliflower cream sauce. detoxinista.com/2013/05/creamy-cauliflower-alfredo-dairy-free-nut-free/

[jellykat2]

Jan 24, 2015 17:10:08 GMT -5 babybeluga said:

I haven't done this myself but it sounds interesting and have been wanting to try it. It's a cauliflower cream sauce. detoxinista.com/2013/05/creamy-cauliflower-alfredo-dairy-free-nut-free/

I've always wondered about a sauce like this. For whatever reason, I imagine it being kind of gritty. If i decide to try it out I'll let you know. 

[sweetadeline]

Good question! I have been craving creamy sauces for two months now. I remember seeing a soy and dairy-free recipe for Mac by cheese somewhere. Lemme see if I can find it.

[sweetadeline]

veganyumminess.com/creamy-vegan-mac-and-cheese/

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Some use coconut milk almond milk Etc
To make Creamy sauces with dairy free margarine
I would probably try that before caulifkower

[jellykat2]

Jan 24, 2015 17:44:48 GMT -5 sweetadeline said:

veganyumminess.com/creamy-vegan-mac-and-cheese/

This looks amazing. I've been craving me some Mac and cheese (well, really just all cheese). I wonder if it can live up to real cheese.......

[noname]

I made a dairy free creamy salad dressing using full-fat canned coconut milk that turned out great. I've also made a few sauces using almond milk with a thickening agent but wasn't as successful. I think the fat from the canned milk helped with the creamy factor so I'd suggest that route.

[jellykat2]

Thanks all for the suggestions. noname, I'm going to have to try using canned coconut milk next time. We ended up using almond milk, coconut oil, and olive oil with some flour to thicken it up. It was okay. I think the main problem is that nothing really compares to to full fat buttery creamy sauce. We also bought some cauliflower. I think we might try to make a sauce with that sometime soon.

[starla487]

I have better luck cooking with coconut milk than the other alternatives. I think it's just thicker.

[jellykat2]

Jan 24, 2015 17:10:08 GMT -5 babybeluga said:

I haven't done this myself but it sounds interesting and have been wanting to try it. It's a cauliflower cream sauce. detoxinista.com/2013/05/creamy-cauliflower-alfredo-dairy-free-nut-free/

I finally tried making a sauce with cauliflower tonight. We didn't follow this recipe exactly, but something very similar. It turned out super delicious! Had it with sautéed shrimp and pasta.

[babybeluga]

Glad it turned out! I'll have to try it myself.

[ajh1230]

I love this recipe.

paleomg.com/bacon-delicata-cream-sauce-chicken-pasta-aka-paleo-bacon-alfredo/#.ULg2BWkbE_U.pinterest

I've also used cashews to make a cream sauce, I was a little skeptical of it turning out but it was pretty good.

[jellykat2]

ohsheglows.com/2014/01/20/cauli-power-fettuccine-alfredo-vegan/

Here is the recipe I used. I didn't use nutritional yeast. I don't even know what that is. I did add some coconut oil, and put shrimp in it.