Sesame Free Vegan Parmesan
That savory, cheesy sprinkle you've been missing on your pasta, salads, and roasted veggies? It's made from four simple pantry ingredients and comes together in under five minutes. Raw cashews bring a rich, buttery base, while nutritional yeast delivers that unmistakably cheesy, umami depth — no dairy required. A little garlic powder and sea salt round everything out into something that genuinely rivals the real thing. Store-bought vegan parmesan options can be hit or miss, and many contain unexpected additives, so making your own means you know exactly what's going into the jar. The food processor does all the heavy lifting — just pulse until you hit that perfect coarse, crumbly texture and stop before it turns into nut butter. It keeps beautifully in an airtight container, so you can batch it once and reach for it all week long.
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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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