Easy vegan carrot mac and cheese with peas is the ultimate comfort food for kids and adults alike. Made even better with a veggie packed creamy carrot cheese sauce and sweet tender peas!

Macaroni and cheese pasta on plate with fork. small bowl of nutritional yeast on the side for decoration.

This vegan mac and cheese is everything you want a mac and cheese to be.

Its creamy, addicting, and so incredibly delicious! This is a perfect weeknight dinner that everybody will love.

This simple vegan mac and cheese sauce made from one of my favourite veggies- carrots!

Cooked carrots are a great source of beta-carotene, a carotenoid that your body converts into vitamin A. It makes a surprisingly creamy, dairy free “cheese” sauce—and you can’t even tell it’s made from veggies! Plus, when combined with the tahini it adds extra creaminess and the healthy fats actually help your body absorb the vitamin A.

Very close up shot of cheesy carrot pasta.

I love that you don’t have to use nuts for this one– no soaking required and a way cheaper recipe! You only need 8 ingredients for this one, and they are all staple ingredients I always have on hand! No tahini? You can easily sub almond, cashew or sunflower seed nut butter.

Easy Vegan Carrot Mac and Cheese

The ingredients are simple, and you probably have most of the them on hand in your fridge and pantry!

Gluten-free pasta: Any noodle, any kind, just use your favourite one! – elbows, shells, penne, fusilli, rigatoni or fusilli work well. I used these gluten-free quinoa and rice mini penne.
Peas: The peas I used here were frozen, but fresh would be great too! They cook together with the pasta, making this super easy!
Cheese Sauce: The base of the sauce is cooked carrots. You can steam the carrots on to stovetop, boil them or cook in a microwave if your pressed for time. A few added spices like garlic and onion powder will add flavour. The addition of dijon mustard and nutritional yeast add even more depth and create a delicious “cheesy” flavour! You’ll find tahini in the ingredients too, most recipes use cashew nuts for a creamy consistency, but I prefer to use tahini or nut butter because I always have those on hand.

Large pot of cooked pasta, peas and carrot cheese sauce poured over.

How To Make Carrot Tahini Cheese Sauce

Simply steam the carrots in a steaming basket for about 8 minutes or until tender.

Add the cooked carrots along with the dijon, nutritional yeast, tahini garlic, onion powder, lemon juice, salt and pepper and nut milk to a high-speed blender, and puree until creamy, for about 1 minute. That’s it, so easy!

I love using my Vitamix blender, for creamy sauces like this. It’s super powerful, and creates amazing silky smooth veggie packed sauces . Seriously, it’s the best!

Pot of cooked pasta and peas mixed with carrot sauce.

How To Make Vegan Carrot Mac and Cheese

Making healthy vegan mac and cheese is easy as can be!

Cook the pasta and peas together.
While pasta is cooking, steam the carrots.
Make the vegan carrot cheese sauce.
Add the cheese sauce to the pasta and peas, stir and enjoy!

And that’s it my mac & cheese loving friends – easy, peasy carrot mac & cheese everyone will love!

If you try this vegan carrot mac and cheese recipe or have a question, please let me know! Leave a comment and rate it below. I love to hear what you think, or any changes you make.