Artificial Food Coloring Free Vegan Parmesan
If you've ever flipped over a container of store-bought parmesan-style topping and squinted at a list of additives, this four-ingredient version is going to feel like a breath of fresh air. Raw cashews, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and sea salt are all you need — nothing synthetic, nothing suspicious, just real whole-food ingredients pulsed together in a food processor. The result is a savory, cheesy-tasting crumble that hits all the right notes without any of the artificial dyes or colorings that can sneak into packaged alternatives. It comes together in minutes and stores easily in an airtight jar, so you can keep a batch on hand for pasta, salads, roasted vegetables, or anything else that calls for a little extra umami. The trick is stopping the food processor before the cashews turn into a paste — you want that light, dry, flaky texture that actually mimics finely grated cheese. It's one of those recipes that sounds too simple to be good, and then you taste it and immediately want to put it on everything.
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8 servings
- ¾ cup raw cashews
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¾ tsp fine sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the cashews, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and salt in a food processor.
- 2
Pulse 10–15 times in short bursts until the mixture resembles coarse, dry crumbs — about the texture of finely grated Parmesan. Stop before the mixture turns into a paste.
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