This Creamy Cauliflower Queso Dip is completely dairy and nut free! It’s perfect for chip dipping or drizzling over nachos!
For some reason my days are really off this week. I meant to have this Creamy Cauliflower Queso Dip post up early this morning but it wasn’t until I was lying in bed last night that I remembered that today is Thursday! Not sure where the week has gone!
But, it’s here now and I think you are going to enjoy it! I’ve made a ton of cashew based “cheese” sauces in the past that I love, but wanted to experiment making one with cauliflower so it would be nut free and have much less fat.
I do eat nuts but I feel like I see a lot of comments on cashew based cream sauces from people saying they can’t eat cashews and looking for a substitute. That is where this Creamy Cauliflower Queso Dip comes in! As long as you use a nut free non-dairy milk then it’s completely nut free and still so creamy and delicious!
It does have a slight sharp cauliflower taste, so if you really hate cauliflower this queso dip might not be for you, but I don’t find it off putting and my husband even enjoyed this dip so I say that’s a win 🙂
It’s flavored up with a lot of other delicious spices so the cauliflower taste isn’t too potent. I also used a yellow cauliflower for this recipe which is a littler milder in flavor than the white kind.
Recipe Tips for this Creamy Cauliflower Queso Dip:
- I used a yellow cauliflower for my recipe. It’s slightly milder in taste and helps give it a nice yellowish queso color, but you can use a regular white cauliflower if you can’t find the yellow one.
- If making nut free, make sure to use a nut free milk in the recipe.
- Creamy Cauliflower Queso dip is best served warm and it may need to be stirred a bit before serving if it’s been sitting.
- I used a little bit of rotel in my dip to give it a nice kick but you could leave out if you want your queso to be on the milder tasting side.
Creamy Cauliflower Queso Dip
Prep Time: 10 mins- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 1x
- Category: Dip, Gluten Free, Vegan
- Cuisine: American
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This Creamy Cauliflower Queso Dip is completely vegan and nut free! It’s creamy and flavorful and perfect for chip dipping!
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized yellow cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1/2 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk, make sure it’s nut free if necessary
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or more if you like
- 1/2 cup rotel, optional
- Optional toppings: tomato, onion, cilantro
Instructions
- Steam cauliflower florets until fork tender.
- Add cauliflower, milk, butter, nutritional yeast and all the spices to a blender and blend until creamy.
- Pour into a bowl and mix in rotel, if desired. Garnish with your favorite garnish and enjoy with chips!
Amy says
October 19, 2018 at 6:42 amHi, this looks amazing! We can’t get rotel in Canada. Any substations you could recommend?
Leslie Drake says
October 19, 2018 at 12:52 pmYou can use any chunky salsa that you like, or add canned green chiles to canned chopped tomatoes if the chiles are available. I actually live in New Mexico, so I can get green chile 24/7, and the canned ones are nationwide now, but I don’t know what you have at the grocers in Canada. But the chunky salsa will certainly do the trick.
She Likes Food says
October 19, 2018 at 5:30 pmYup!
She Likes Food says
October 19, 2018 at 5:29 pmYes, a chunky salsa would work great too!
Elva L Bevan says
December 23, 2018 at 10:46 pmI live in Canada and found Rotel at Safeway.
Janine says
October 30, 2018 at 4:28 pmI’m actually really excited to make this! Thanks for the recipe!
She Likes Food says
October 30, 2018 at 11:05 pmYah! I hope you enjoy! 🙂
Brooke says
January 3, 2019 at 12:38 amOh my gosh, I’m so excited to see that I can make this recipe!! I’m allergic to raw cashews, so unfortunately cashew creams and cheeses are out for me, as for so many others, but I have the added whammy of being allergic to raw cauliflower, as well!! So sad. When I saw the cauliflower was steamed, I literally squealed with joy! I cannot wait to make this!
Thanks for thinking of those of us with nut allergies; I cannot wait to try this!
She Likes Food says
January 3, 2019 at 10:35 pmI’m so glad you are able to make this recipe too! There are so many cashew based vegan cream sauces that I thought it would be nice to make one out of cauliflower! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂