Chicken Free Vegan Parmesan
That savory, salty sprinkle you reach for to finish pasta, salads, and roasted vegetables just got a serious plant-based upgrade. Raw cashews form the base here, blending with nutritional yeast for that unmistakable umami depth, while garlic powder and fine sea salt round everything out into something genuinely crave-worthy. A few quick pulses in the food processor is all it takes — the goal is coarse, crumbly texture that mimics the real thing without turning into a paste, so it's worth going slow and checking as you go. It comes together in minutes and stores easily in an airtight jar, ready to shower over whatever needs a little extra something. No animal products, no fuss, and absolutely no poultry-derived ingredients to navigate — just four pantry staples doing a lot of heavy lifting. Once you have a jar of this in the fridge, you'll find yourself reaching for it constantly.
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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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