{"id":161268,"date":"2025-03-28T07:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/budget-food\/lazy-budget-chef-11\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T07:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:16:48","slug":"lazy-budget-chef-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=161268","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Budget Chef"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nThe problem with
\nvegan cheese (and a lot of allergy free food) is that the
\nmanufacturers ignore that their ingredients start with a slightly
\ndifferent taste profile than the originals. Instead of working
\nwith<\/i> those different tastes to create a unique foodstuff you can
\nuse as a \u201ccheese\u201d, they just bodge right through and declare that
\nthe finished product is tastes just<\/b><\/i> like <\/i>cheddar
\ncheese<\/i> when at its best it tastes like plastic and at its worst it
\ntastes like cardboard.<\/p>\n

I had given up on dairy free cheese until I learned about cashew \u201ccheese.\u201d
\nThe thing that makes this dairy free vegan cheese recipe work
\nis that it plays into the flavor of the cashews, adds a hint of
\nnutty cheese flavor with nutritional yeast and the slight cheese tang
\nwith lemon juice.\n<\/p>\n

Cashew cheese
\ndoesn\u2019t taste like a traditional dairy cheese (or plastic sawdust
\nvegan cheese) but a unique flavor that allows you to do cheesy things
\nwith it.\n<\/p>\n

This cashew cheese
\nrecipe is very versatile. You can use it to make cashew cheese sauce,
\ncashew cheese spread, a mozzarella like cashew cheese block, cashew
\nricotta cheese, cream cheese, and a flavored cheese (my favorite.)<\/p>\n

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\"how<\/a><\/div>\n

Save this versatile cashew cheese recipe to your Pinterest boards for later! Share it with your friends!<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Just keep in mind
\nthat the end product will have a slight cashew taste so if you are
\nusing it to make a cashew cheese cheesecake you may want to pair it
\nwith a bolder tasting ingredients like strawberries in your
\ncheesecake recipe than a milder tasting ingredient like vanilla to
\nstart (and you\u2019ll want to skip the flavored cheese ingredients
\nunless you like garlic in your baked goods.)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s make cashew cheeses!\u00a0 <\/p>\n

1. <\/b>Cover the
\ncashews with water and allow the cashews to soften. You can buy cashews here<\/span><\/b><\/a>.
\n(Disclosure: I am including affiliate links for your convenience<\/i>.)<\/p>\n