Crazy Easy Vegan Queso

• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (optional, for colour)
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 t teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon sea salt (or sub regular table salt, but reduce to 1/2 teaspon, adding more to taste)
• 1/2 cup coconut cream (this is thick layer at the top when you open a can of coconut milk. If your coconut milk is blended, just use the milk.)
• 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
• 2 cups water
• 2/3 cup Mother Mix

Optionally, if you don't have the Mother Mix:

• 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1 tablespoon tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour)
• 1.5 tablespoons nutritional yeast (this is in addition to the nutritional yeast above)

Optionally

• 1/4 cup diced tomatoes, or tomato salsa, or Rotel

For serving

• 1 tablespoon jalapeno pepper, finely diced
• 2 tablespoons diced tomatoes, tomato salsa, or Rotel