Vegan cheese recipes

Plant-based cheese Recipes

BBQ Stuffed Capsicums (Recipe from Angel Food Recipe Club)

Cook the couscous with the 1 tablespoon of vegan ‘chicken’ flavoured stock powder (add to water). Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onions and cook for 5 mins, until soft. Add the za’atar and garlic, and cook for another minute. Stir in the brown...

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Easy herb and garlic cashew cheese

Soak cashews in water overnight for the smoothest texture (or in boiling water for ten minutes) Drain cashews before adding to a food processor with the flour, garlic, yeast, lemon, and salt. Blend until smooth Add herbs and blend just a little bit (otherwise you get green cheese!). Or, save...

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Vegan cheddar

Soak the cashews in boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain Add all of the ingredients, except for one of the two cups of water and agar agar powder and blend in a food processor until smooth In a pot, add the remaining cup of water and stir in the...

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Vegan herbed feta

Blend all of the ingredients in a food processor, except the agar agar powder and the cup of water In a pan, stir the agar agar powder into the cup of water and bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Let it boil for one minute Pour the agar agar water...

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Hard vegan cheese (perfect for grating)

Prepare all ingredients apart from the almond milk and agar agar in a bowl Mix the almond milk and agar agar and bring to boil. Simmer for 4 mins Blend everything in a food processor until smooth (act quickly to avoid setting!) Quickly pour into an oiled dish and freeze...

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Vegan cheese sauce

Steam the cauliflower until tender. Keep approximately 1-2 cups of the cooking water. Place the cauliflower in a blender with tahini, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, salt, olive oil, turmeric and mustard. Add just a little of the reserved cooking water as needed, in order to blend your cheese sauce into...

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