Vegan Cream Cheese

I had SO many messages asking about vegan/healthy snacks and savoury foods, summer is definitely here and enjoy some savoury platters is one of my (and clearly lots of others') favourite things to do.

Cheese is an ok food to eat in moderation, but it ovbviously isn't suitable for vegans, and it is also high in saturated fat. I put together this recipe for a vegan cream cheese - two flavours; spinach and basil as well as garlic. This would go perfectly on a platter with crackers and normal cheese accompaniments or as a dip for vegetable sticks/corn chips etc etc.

Cheese lovers won't feel like they're missing out! It is smooth, creamy and savoury and you'll have difficulty to stop tucking in to it.

To make this, either blend together (high speed blenders only) or process:

1 cup of cashews (soaked for at least 4 hours)

2 tbsp of nutritional yeast

A pinch of salt and pepper

Juice of a lemon

To make both flavours, separate in to half.

For garlic:

Blend in 2 cloves of fresh garlic to half of the mixture

For spinach and basil:

Blend in 1 cup of baby spinach leaves + a handful of fresh basil

If you'd prefer just one of the flavours, just add double of the "add on" ingredents, blend till smooth and creamy and refirdgerate for at least 4 hours before serving.

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