The holidays are upon us! Everyone is looking for healthy raw food recipes that will look great on their holiday tables! This recipe makes it easy for you to put three different raw “cheese” spreads on your table. Your non raw food eating friends will never know that you have secretly provided them with healthy food!
Starting with one basic spread, divide it and quickly make three dramatically different spreads. Think sweet cranberry walnut, savory garlic pepper rosemary and spicy chipotle sun dried tomato! I truly love these recipes. So fast, so easy, so versatile!
The Base:
- 3 C Cashews, Soaked
- 1 C Pine Nuts
- 1 Lemon (juice from)
- 1/4 C Water
Combine all ingredients in food processor and process until smooth. This will take a bit of time. You will want to stop and scrape down the sides, once in a while.
Remove 2 cups and split between two bowls. (1 cup in each bowl.)
Garlic Pepper Rosemary Spread
To the remaining mixture that is in the bowl add:
- 2 Cloves Garlic, chopped
- 1 T Nutritional Yeast
- 1/2 t Salt
- 1 t Pepper
- 1 T Rosemary
Process until well mixed. Chill.
Sundried Chipotle Spread
- 1 C Base
- 1/2 t Ground Chipotle
- 1 t Smoked Paprika
- 1/2 t. Salt
- 1 T Nutritional Yeast
- 1/3 C Sundried Tomatoes (softened and chopped)
Mix all ingredients together. Chill.
Cranberry Walnut Spread
- 1 C Base
- 1 T Agave
- 1/2 C Dried Cranberries
- 1/2 C Chopped Walnuts
Mix all ingredients together, chill.
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Yay!! Thanks!
Perfect! I’m very excited to try these!
xo
Eco Mama
These sound great, can’t wait to try them.
You amaze me every day with your recipes.
Beautiful! They all sounds fantastic, and the photos are lovely!
Thank you! I’ve not tried the cheezes yet, so I’m excited to try them, esp with the holidays coming, perfect timing!
these look great! where do i get chipotle?
You should be able to find it in the spice section.
These look so good!
I will start soaking the cashews today. This looks great!
What do you think of serving this with veggie slices?
I think they would be fab with veggie slices. I also think that the cranberry walnut would be great with apple slices.
Oh boy, I’m going to making this at Thanksgiving for my dear not-so-raw family!
These look amazing! I am definitely going to make them for christmas.
thank you for this lovely trio
i made the cran/walnut 1/3 and loooove it!!
then blogged about it this morning on http://adkrawfood.blogspot.com/
with a link back to here for the recipe
great day to you!
xo
snowdrop
Your recipes are delish. Thanks.
As is your presentation. You have many beautiful dishes and know how to set off the food. Where did you, for example, find these lovely star-shaped bowls? I have been looking for some just like that but because I live in the boonies have had no luck finding any. Do you happen to have a link for them?
Thanks,
Ludia
Most of the dishes come from Ampersand..you can visit their website by clicking on the yellow link on the sidebar. The star dishes I have had for years. Have no idea where they came from but I will try to do some research for you.
Thanks for your prompt reply. I love the Ampersand web site, thanks for the link.
how long do you soak cashews?
At least 3 hours.
this was amazing! i soaked overnight and i only made the savory and chipotle mixture. it made alot more then i had expected, which is awesome because pine nuts are expensive. i am saving the rest of the mix to make some other things on this blog.
thank you susan, this blog really spiced up my veganism. i am trying to be 50% raw. im about 25% now.
My husband is allergic to cashews. Can I use macadamia nuts instead?
I haven’t tried it but you sure can…
How long do you think this cheese would last in the fridge? I am planning on making a batch to use for school lunchbox snacks.
3-5 days, well covered.
Can probiotics be used in place of nutritional yeast in this recipe? Thanks !
The nutritional yeast is for flavor. It gives it depth. Probiotics accomplish a completely different thing. They give it a sharper taste.
Did you use dried rosemary or fresh?
Honestly, you can use either. Cheers!
What is Base and Ground Chipotle ? Could you please explain because I get nothing using the dictionary .
Thank you.
should the cashews in this recipe be whole versus the pieces youcan find in the bulk section? thanks : )
Yvonne, it doesn’t matter. Cheers!
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