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Best Vegan Cheese Recipe

November 29, 2017 in Recipes, Snacks & Sides, Vegetarian

This Best Vegan Cheese recipe is a lactose-free cheese made with macadamia nuts, nutritional yeast and other delicious flavors. Ready in 5-minutes!

Best Vegan Cheese Recipe

When Mauna Loa approached me to collaborate with them and their delicious macadamia nuts, I immediately knew what I was going to make!

I’m not vegan, but I’d been hearing about this cashew dip from Trader Joes’s all over instagram. It made me really curious so I decided I wanted to make my own savory nut dip.

Most vegan cheeses are made from cashews. I’m not sure why, but I love me some cashews so maybe it’s just a taste preference?

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The problem with using cashews is that they have to soak before you can blend them up. Macadamia nuts are already a very soft nut, so they require no soaking which means you can go straight to whipping up this delicious vegan cheese!

Best Vegan Cheese Recipe

I might be a little bias, but this is the best vegan cheese recipe… ever!

Okay so maybe I don’t have much to compare it it to. I did have a delicious vegan ricotta cheese on a butternut squash pizza from True Food Kitchen that was absolutely incredible! But, I would still consider this macadamia nut cheese to be the best vegan cheese out there 😉

PLUS, it’s ready in 5 minutes!

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This macadamia nut cheese is insanely flavorful and the perfect thickness for dipping, spreading or eating straight from the spoon. Which I may or may not have done all while I was making it.

Best Vegan Cheese Recipe

This vegan cheese recipe gets its cheesy flavor from nutritional yeast. You can read all about the benefits of nutritional yeast if you’ve never used it before, but if you follow this blog, I’m sure you’ve seen it used plenty time before!

Buttery
Cheesy
Garlic-y
Delicious

Just a few of the words I would use to describe this “best vegan cheese recipe”.

Best Vegan Cheese Recipe

I chose to pair my nut cheese with roasted carrots, homemade sweet potato chips, cucumbers, pretzels, pita chips and whatever veggies I had in the fridge. (AKA not that many because as you all know, I like to save my money and buy frozen vegetables!

I also added this vegan cheese to a turkey sandwich (not very vegan of me) and it was amazing! Ever had avocado toast with eggs? Then you would LOVE macadamia nut cheese toast with eggs.

Best Vegan Cheese Recipe

Seriously, the opportunities are endless with this stuff. But watch out, because it’s insanely addictive.

Do you have a recipe for your best vegan cheese!? I wanna know!

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x, elizabeth

5-Minute Vegan Cheese Recipe

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Best Vegan Cheese Recipe
Best Vegan Cheese Recipe
Cuisine american
Servings
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Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 Cup Raw Macadamia Nuts
  • 1/2 Lemon Juice
  • 2 Tbsp Nutritional Yeast
  • 1/2 Tsp Garlic Salt
  • 1/4 Cup Water
  • Crushed Red Pepper Flakes Optional!
Cuisine american
Servings
People
Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 Cup Raw Macadamia Nuts
  • 1/2 Lemon Juice
  • 2 Tbsp Nutritional Yeast
  • 1/2 Tsp Garlic Salt
  • 1/4 Cup Water
  • Crushed Red Pepper Flakes Optional!
Best Vegan Cheese Recipe
Instructions
  1. Add macadamia nuts to a food processor or a high-speed blender along with lemon juice, nutritional yeast, garlic salt and 1/4 cup (60 ml) water.
  2. Mix/blend, scraping down sides as needed. Then add more water 1 Tbsp (15 ml) at a time until a thick paste forms. I find I get the best texture results with a food processor, but in a pinch, a blender can work too. It just might require more work!
  3. Taste and adjust flavor as needed, adding more nutritional yeast for cheesy flavor, salt for saltiness, lemon juice for brightness, or garlic salt for garlic flavor.
  4. Blend again to combine. If adding herbs or spices (like red pepper flakes) add at this time.
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Comments

  1. Megan says

    November 30, 2017 at 1:06 pm

    Found this post in the TSC group! I am sitting at work starving right now and that looks so delish!! Might need to make it this evening.

    Great photos!

    Megan
    http://www.todayisthedaylifestyle.com/blog

    Reply
  2. Laura says

    December 1, 2017 at 2:59 am

    Have to try this recipe! It looks so tasty!

    Reply
  3. francesca says

    December 1, 2017 at 5:26 am

    This recipe is going straight to my Vegan cheese Pinterest board. So yummy! 😀

    Reply
  4. Emily Hornburg says

    December 2, 2017 at 9:51 am

    Cashew dip???? Sign me up!

    Reply
  5. Kong @ Kongtemplate says

    December 2, 2017 at 9:56 am

    This actually sounds really good. Might have to try it today…

    Reply
  6. Prosecco and Projects says

    December 4, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    I am dying to try this! Adding it to my holiday recipe line up!

    http://www.proseccoandprojects.com/

    Reply
  7. Tar'Lese Trainer says

    December 4, 2017 at 3:10 pm

    Thank you for this recipe!! SO making it!

    Reply
  8. Kate says

    December 4, 2017 at 3:15 pm

    I am not vegan but so often I have a problem with dairy. This sounds delicious and it wouldn’t hurt my stomach. Thanks!

    Reply
  9. Megan Haney says

    December 4, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    This sounds so good! The perfect holiday party dish.

    Xx,
    Megan http://www.styledbymegan.com

    Reply
  10. alexis neusch says

    December 4, 2017 at 4:31 pm

    Yum!!

    Reply
  11. Marie says

    December 5, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    Um YUM!!! I am about to make the change to vegetarian and this is for sure a recipe I am going to put on my list to try!

    Reply
  12. Heather LeGuilloux says

    December 11, 2017 at 12:45 pm

    This looks like a really tasty but also healthy dip. I really enjoy nuts and know how many healthy benefits they contain so this is definitely something I will try.

    Reply
  13. Roxanne says

    December 15, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Is that the juice of 1/2 lemon, or 1/2 a measure, like teaspoon, tablespoon, or ounce? Thanks!

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    • eyontz says

      December 16, 2017 at 10:42 am

      Hi Roxanne! I used juice from 1/2 a lemon, but you could do 2 tbsp to start and always add more! I’m just a huge lemon fan 🙂

      Reply
  14. Ashley says

    February 7, 2018 at 12:47 am

    Absolutely love how easy and versatile this is.

    Reply
  15. Kathryn cargill sage says

    April 17, 2018 at 4:44 pm

    Anyone have any vegan cheese you can make without using probiotic…

    Reply

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