Recipe
A Plant-Based, Vegan Cream Cheese Recipe To Your Morning Bagel
If you’re not vegan or a huge fan of cream cheese, I know what you’re thinking. “Ew, that’s gross, why would you ever want to swap real cream cheese for vegan cream cheese?” I know how you're feeling because I thought exactly the same way before I got experimental with food. A few years ago I would have never thought I'd be making a cashew-based, vegan cream cheese.
While I myself am not vegan, I do know that being vegan can be quite challenging. It’s a lifestyle that you have to choose day by day. Imagine walking into the kitchen and having someone telling you to make something delicious with a total of only a few ingredients of which meat, dairy, and eggs are out of bounds. I mean, that’s an episode of Chopped right there. Now, multiply that by 3 meals a day and then multiply it again by 365 days a year. You do the math. That is just impressive.
Upon creating this recipe, I felt inspired by those who commit to the daily challenge of choosing a sustainable, total plant-based diet. This recipe combines all of the protein, vitamins, and minerals in cashews as well as nutritional yeast to make a protein-packed version of the all too familiar cream cheese spread you know and love.
Vegan Cashew Cream Cheese
- Prep Time: 1 day
- Cook Time: 2 mins
- Total Time: 1 day 2 mins
- Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cashews
- juice 1/2 lemon
- 1 tbsp almond milk soy milk or cashew milk unsweetened
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- chives optional to taste
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
#SpoonTip: try this cream cheese spread with a fresh loaf of focaccia bread or even just a couple of your favorite flavor of Wheat Thins.
This vegan cashew cream cheese recipe is a more nutrient-dense alternative to your average cream cheese. Vegan or not, I challenge you to be open-minded toward this recipe and have fun in the kitchen creating vegan dishes. Soon you’ll find that you don’t have to be vegan to eat a delicious plant-based meal every now and then. Rather, you'll find how vegan cuisine is an art in and of itself.