Vegan Melted Cheese

One of the characteristics that people miss most about cheese when they stop using it is its texture when it melts. This version of vegetarian cheese has a texture very similar to melted cheese, and therefore is excellent for use in recipes such as Salvadoran pupusas or any other recipe that requires melted cheese.


Yields32 ServingsPrep Time5 minsCook Time5 minsDifficultyBeginner

 

Ingredients

 ½ cup cashews
 ¼ cup tapioca flouror cassava starch
 2 tsp lemon juice
 1 ¼ cups water
 2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
 ¾ tsp salt
 ½ tsp garlic powder

Instructions

1

Soak the cashew nuts in water for a couple of hours to get a more creamy cheese, although it’s not absolutely necessary.

2

Blend all ingredients until it’s well combined.

3

Pour the mixture into a non-stick skillet and cook over medium heat until you get a sticky ball in the center of the pan.

4

Stir constantly while cooking to prevent the mixture from sticking.

5

Use in your favorite recipes for which melted cheese is needed.

Nutrition Facts

32 servings

Serving size

2 tbsp


Amount per serving
Calories15
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 0.2g1%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 56mg3%
Total Carbohydrate 1.2g1%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g1%
Total Sugars 0.1g
Protein 0.6g

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

 ½ cup cashews
 ¼ cup tapioca flouror cassava starch
 2 tsp lemon juice
 1 ¼ cups water
 2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
 ¾ tsp salt
 ½ tsp garlic powder

Directions

1

Soak the cashew nuts in water for a couple of hours to get a more creamy cheese, although it’s not absolutely necessary.

2

Blend all ingredients until it’s well combined.

3

Pour the mixture into a non-stick skillet and cook over medium heat until you get a sticky ball in the center of the pan.

4

Stir constantly while cooking to prevent the mixture from sticking.

5

Use in your favorite recipes for which melted cheese is needed.

Notes

Vegan Melted Cheese
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María Hummel

María José Hummel is a nutritionist, health educator, and a currently finishing a PhD in natural medicine with an emphasis on nutrition and natural remedies. María José has been certified by the American College for Lifestyle Medicine and has completed the plant-based nutrition certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies at Cornell University. She is also an international speaker and author, with nearly two decades of experience providing dynamic presentations and education on nutrition, health, prevention, and vegetarian cuisine. She has appeared numerous times as a guest expert on cooking and nutrition shows on 3ABN, 3ABN Latino, and several other television and radio networks in California. María José is the author of three vegetarian cookbooks, a book about reversing diabetes, and maintains websites in English and Spanish, where she provides free recipes and health information.

2 Comments
  1. i do PRAY, DEEPLY, HUMBLY and EARNESTLY that Seventh Day Adventist (… And ALL those who will HEAR, LISTEN and PRACTICE), while WAITING and WATCHING for the LORD’s APPEARING in the CLOUDS of HEAVEN will find GRACE and RIGHTEOUSNESS from their LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST to OVERCOME the vain DECEPTION to be BUYING, USING, EATING and CONSUMING the SO CALLED, “NUTRITIONAL YEAST FLAKES” which is just ‘MOULD’ (mold) grown on natural foods, then pasteurized, so that it DRIES and FALLS to be COLLECTED into BOXES and be SOLD at a PRICE under the FALSE TITLE of ‘NUTRITION’ …al… YEAST FLAKES. BE NOT DECEIVED, GOD is NOT MOCKED. the only PLACE in the GARDEN of EDEN that “MILDEW; MOLD; and MUSHROOMS and YEAST” could have existed in the GARDEN, would have been in the TREE in the MIDST of the GARDEN that GOD and CHRIST had INSTRUCTED ADAM and EVE to NOT GO NEAR, or even TOUCH it, lest they be DECEIVED and TAINTED with the DEADLY TAINT of DEATH. YEAST is NOT a PLANT and does not use SUNSHINE for PHOTOSYNTHESIS but it can and does GROW in the DARK. YEAST causes the SLOW, DEATH of AGING and WEAKNESS and DISEASE in ALL NATURE and LIVING THINGS of this LIFE. YEAST causes MILDEW DISEASES of which CANDIDA, FUNGAL; CANCER are the results. YEAST also CONSTIPATES as it is TOUGH to DIGEST. The LOVE of COMMERCIALISM is the LOVE of the WORLD which JESUS has PAID the PRICE to OVERCOME the WORLD. MAY GOD ADD HIS BLESSING to the READING and UNDERSTANDING here of. PRAISE, HALLELUJAH. AMEN.

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