Chicken Free Cashew Parmesan
That salty, savory sprinkle you reach for to finish pasta, salads, and roasted vegetables just got a serious plant-based upgrade. Raw cashews blended with nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and sea salt create a crumbly, umami-rich topping that genuinely mimics the texture and depth of finely grated Parmesan. The trick is in the pulsing — a few short bursts in the food processor keep everything light and dry rather than turning into a paste, so you get that perfect coarse crumble every time. It comes together in minutes with just four pantry ingredients and stores easily in an airtight jar, making it one of the most useful condiments you can keep on hand. Shake it over soups, toss it into grain bowls, or pile it onto pizza straight from the fridge — it holds up beautifully and adds a nutty, cheesy punch to just about anything.
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8 servings
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the cashews, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and salt in a food processor.
- 2
Pulse 10–15 times until the mixture resembles coarse, dry crumbs — roughly the texture of finely grated Parmesan. Stop before the mixture turns into a paste or butter.
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