Almost Queso

 

If you have a gluten or dairy intolerance but would love some Queso then this is the recipe for you. My husband even went back for seconds... 

that is saying a lot!  

My daughter-in-law found a recipe on Pinterest that she really liked. I took it as a base and made it my own. Thank you DETOXinista.com

Ingredients:

2 C raw chashews (soaked in water for at least 2 hours)

1/2 C Nutritional Yeast

3 cloves garlic

2 tsp green chili powder

1/2 tsp Tumeric

1/2 cup toffuti sour cream  (or any non dairy sour cream)

1 Tbls fresh lime juice

1 Tbls fresh lemon juice

sea salt and peper to taste

1 10oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies (Rotel)

1 14oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes

1 jalepeno (finely chopped)

1 /2 C cilatro (chopped)

Directions:

Drain the water from the cashews, drain the cans of tomaotes and reserve this liquid. In a powerful food prcessor or blender add the first 9 ingredients. Blend until smooth---this can take a few minutes. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl. The mixture may be a bit grainy but it didn't seem to matter to any of my taste testers. Add the drained juice for the tomatoes slowly until you get the consistancy  that you want. Remove the mixture from the  processor and place in a suace pan and fold in the 2 cans of tomatoes and jalepeno. Heat on top of the stove on LOW until warm. Add the  cilantro. Serve with gluten free chips!

My husband also thought this would be good in a burrito.