Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Ingredients

• •½ cup breadcrumbs
• •1½ cups butternut squash
• •1 box elbow macaroni
• •3 tbsp nutritional yeast
• •1 Dash pepper
• •1 dash salt
• •2 cups soy milk
• •1 tablespoons vegan buttery spread
• •1 cup vegan cheddar shreds
• •4 cups water

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Begin by Preheating oven to 350. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium heat, add in elbows and cook until pasta is al dente.
2. 2While waiting for pasta to cook begin preparing your sauce. In a medium size sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat, add in nutritional yeast and mix together to form a paste
3. 3Add in soy milk, using a whisk combine together ingredients make sure your sauce is lump free, let simmer for 5 minute or until sauce begins to thicken
4. 4Add is pureed butternut squash, thoroughly mix together ingredients to ensure everything is well blended (you may notice that the butternut squash also helps to thicken the sauce). Stir in Cheese, let sit for 1 to 2 minutes or until sauce has a creamy velvety smooth consistency.
5. 5Remove Sauce from heat and let sit
6. 6Drain pasta and add pasta to the cheese sauce, stir together and pour mixture into a greased 9 x 9 baking pan
7. 7Sprinkle breadcrumbs over macaroni and cheese and let bake for 15 minutes or until cheese begins to bubble
8. 8Serve Warm and enjoy this creamy Vegan home-style comfort food!