vegan smoked gouda mac and cheese - hot for food

Ingredients

• 2 C salted kettle chips
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• ¼ teaspoon chili powder
• 2 C elbow macaroni
• ½ C raw cashews (soaked for 20 minutes in hot water)
• 1 C nondairy milk
• 200 g vegan smoked gouda, cut into cubes (1 block or stack of slices)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• ½ tsp ground black pepper