4 Ingredient Vegan Parmesan Cheese

4 Ingredient Vegan Parmesan Cheese

Cheesy and full of flavor using the healthiest nut! Skip out on fillers, additives, oils, and other chemicals you get when you buy store-bought dairy-free cheeses. Take 2 minutes to make this healthy recipe instead. It really only takes 2 minutes! Try for yourself! Another bonus – It doesn’t even need to be refrigerated! It can be stored in your cupboard our pantry for months.

Ingredients: 

1/2 Cup of Walnuts 

1 Tablespoon of Nutritional Yeast 

1 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder 

1/4 Teaspoon or a pinch of Salt 

Instructions: 

1.) Add all ingredients to a blender or food processor. 

2.) Pulse for 2-4 seconds. You should have a nice crumbly Parmesan cheese texture. Enjoy! 

NOTES:

1.) Check the expiration dates on your walnuts, nutritional yeast, and garlic powder. Whichever expires first will be your expiration date. Store in a small mason jar or tightly sealed container. Refrigeration is not required.

2.) Adjust your seasonings as you desire. Feel free to add in your own twist.

3.) This recipe is excellent on sauces, soups, salads, spaghetti, pasta dishes, fries, pizza’s etc! Get as creative as you like with it. I use this so often in my household I always double the recipe.

4.) Be sure not to over blend or over-process your cheese. You do not want it to be pasty at all. Instead, you want it crumbly. You really should only need a few seconds of pulsing. If your blender or food processor does not chop your walnuts up evenly into perfect sized crumbles right away, be sure to stop the machine, take a spoon, scrape off what is sticking to the walls and bottom of the blender/processor, and pulse again for a second or two.

5.) If you are allergic to walnuts or simply don’t have any walnuts, feel free to use unshelled raw sunflower seeds, or other nuts such as pine nuts or cashews. I do not recommend peanuts or almonds for this one as they have more of a sweet taste in my opinion. I’ve never tried it though, feel free to share your experience if you do.