Creamy Mushroom Sauce

This Gluten-Free Vegan Creamy Mushroom Sauce is an easy and healthy recipe made with only 8 clean, real food ingredients. It's the perfect plant-based "no-cook" recipe for pasta, potatoes, veggies and is ready in about 5 minutes!

My Vegan Creamy Mushroom Sauce is a versatile plant-based staple recipe that's super easy to make.

Gluten-Free Vegan Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Here's why this recipe works - my top 3 reasons:

1. No cooking required
2. Ready in about 5 minutes
3. Made with clean, real food ingredients

No Cooking Required

You won't need a pot or stovetop to make this delicious and flavorful mushroom sauce.

Everything is mixed in a Vitamix making this a "raw" recipe since it's not heated.

You can even warm it in the same Vitamix container making clean up a breeze!

Ready In About 5 Minutes

It doesn't get any easier than this to make a healthy recipe in less than 5 minutes.

Just put everything into a Vitamix, blend, and it's ready to go!

Made With Clean, Real Food Ingredients

Traditional mushroom sauces typically contain butter, heavy cream, and even cheese.

You'll love how this recipe needs just a handful of real food ingredients and is much healthier than S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) sauces.

For example, we'll use mushrooms, cashews, garlic, shallots, rosemary, avocado oil, water, and Himalayan pink salt.

I've used this sauce over pasta with added veggies in my Pasta with Asparagus and Creamy Mushroom Sauce recipe, over quinoa, potatoes, cauliflower rice, and even mashed cauliflower - as a mashed potato replacement.

My healthier plant-based recipe is raw, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, keto/low-carb (6 net carbs per serving), paleo-friendly and Medical Medium compliant.

How To Make The BEST Vegan Creamy Mushroom Sauce | Step-By-Step Instructions

Here is how to make this recipe and I'll show you with step-by-step instructions below.

Step 1: Optional Soaking Of The Cashews

This step is optional but it will give you the smoothest and creamiest sauce.

Firstly, add the cashews to a medium-size mixing bowl with enough filtered/purified water to cover the cashews.

Allow the cashews to soak for at least (1) hour.

Drain and rinse the cashews before adding them to the blender.

Step 2: Add All Ingredients To A Blender

Secondly, add all ingredients for the sauce to a Vitamix and blend until it's creamy and smooth.

Taste and adjust the seasonings to your preference.

Step 3: How To Store The Sauce

Lastly, store the sauce in an air-tight BPA-free container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.

Expert Tips + Ingredient Substitutions for Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Here are some expert tips to make this recipe perfectly:

Mushrooms.  You can use your favorite mushroom variety to make this recipe. For example, I've used baby bella mushrooms, cremini, and even white button mushrooms to make this.

Cashews. Soaking the cashews is an optional step that will make the sauce extra smooth. Please visit "Step 1" in the step-by-step instructions above for directions of how to soak the cashews.

Shallots. It can be substituted with regular onions.

Rosemary. Fresh rosemary will give you the best flavor, but you can substitute with dried rosemary.

Avocado Oil. This can be substituted with organic extra-virgin olive oil in the same amount.

Himalayan Pink Salt. This is my salt of preference, however, you can always substitute with sea salt.

Warming the Soup. There are two ways to warm the sauce:

1. Vitamix -  If you set the Vitamix on the "HIGH" or "SOUP" setting (depending on which model you have) it will warm up the sauce slightly while still keeping the recipe 100% raw.
2. Stovetop - Transfer the sauce to a medium-size pot and warm it on the stovetop on the lowest setting. Keep in mind it may not be 100% "raw" depending on how much you heat you apply to it.

Want More Healthy Plant-Based Sauce Recipes?

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• Vegan Chimichurri Sauce
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Gluten-Free Vegan Creamy Mushroom Sauce

This Gluten-Free Vegan Creamy Mushroom Sauce is an easy and healthy recipe made with only 8 clean, real food ingredients. It's the perfect plant-based "no-cook" recipe for pasta, potatoes, veggies and is ready in about 5 minutes!

{ Plant-Based | Raw | Vegan | Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free | Soy-Free | Keto + Low Carb | Paleo-Friendly | Medical Medium }

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Yields: 12 servings

Calories : 107

Equipment

• Vitamix

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 cups organic baby bella mushrooms
• ▢ 1 1/2 cup organic raw cashews
• ▢ 1 1/2 cups water (filtered/purified) (filtered/purified)
• ▢ 4 cloves organic garlic (freshly crushed)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons organic shallots (diced)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon 100% pure avocado oil
• ▢ 1 1/2 teaspoons organic rosemary
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt

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Instructions

• Add all ingredients to a Vitamix and blend until creamy and smooth.
• Taste and adjust seasonings to your preference.
• Store in an air-tight, BPA-free container in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

Mushrooms.  You can use your favorite mushroom variety to make this recipe. For example, I've used baby bella mushrooms, cremini, and even white button mushrooms to make this.

Cashews. Soaking the cashews is an optional step that will make the sauce extra smooth. Please visit "Step 1" in the step-by-step instructions above for directions of how to soak the cashews.

Shallots. Can be substituted with regular onions.

Rosemary. Fresh rosemary will give you the best flavor, but you can substitute with dried rosemary.

Avocado Oil. This can be substituted with organic extra-virgin olive oil in the same amount.

Himalayan Pink Salt. This is my salt of preference, however, you can always substitute with sea salt.

Warming the Soup. There are two ways to warm the sauce:

1. Vitamix -  If you set the Vitamix on the "HIGH" or "SOUP" setting (depending on which model you have) it will warm up the sauce slightly while still keeping the recipe 100% raw.
2. Stovetop - Transfer the sauce to a medium-size pot and warm it on the stovetop on the lowest setting. Keep in mind it may not be 100% "raw" depending on how much you heat you apply to it.

Serving Size: This recipe will make approximately (3) cups of sauce. Nutritional information is calculated for 1/4 cup which is (1) serving.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1svg | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Sodium: 199mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Calcium: 13mg

Course:Appetizer

Cuisine:American

Recipe Author: Karielyn Tillman

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Karielyn Tillman

Hi, I'm Karielyn! I'm the published cookbook author of CLEAN DESSERTS and content creator of The Healthy Family and Home™ website since 2012. I specialize in creating easy, healthy plant-based and Medical Medium® compliant recipes that are gluten-free + vegan and made with clean, real food ingredients that you can feel good about eating.