I don't know about you, but I love girly food :) Eating at tea rooms, lunching with my girlfriends at a local cafe where you can get something like this little salad plate is a true pleasure.(from one of my favorite Nashville girly places, The Puffy Muffin)
This cheeze would be great on crackers, toasted bread, made into a sandwich, or if you have a brunch you can plate some right between some chicken salad and cranberry salad :)
Pimento “Cheeze”
Yields: about 2 cups
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted cashews- preferably raw (about 10 oz)
- 1/4 cup of filtered water (2 oz)
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice (1 oz)
- 1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp of nutritional yeast ** (3/8 oz)
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped and seeded or 1 4 oz jar of cherry peppers like these , drained (these can usually be found near the canned tomatoes and artichokes at your grocery store)- make sure to save a couple Tablespoons worth of the peppers to add in whole at the end
- 1 medium to large clove garlic
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt
- Optional- 1 Tbsp finely diced red onion
Method- Soak the cashews for at least 2 hours, then rinse and drain
- Place all ingredients (except save out 1/3 of the chopped pepper or pimentos to stir in at the end) into a food processor or high powered blender
- Blend until smooth.
- Stir in, using a spoon or spatula, the remaining peppers/ pimentos and chopped red onion, if using, and serve
**Nutritional yeast is not like what you might think of when you thing of normal yeast- it also is different form brewers yeast (even though "brewers yeast" may come up on a search for "nutritional yeast"- they are not the same thing). You can generally find nutritional yeast at Whole Foods, but if not- here is a link to buy it on Amazon. This is what gives it the cheddar-like taste.
This post has been linked to Slightly Indulgent Tuesday @ Simply Sugar and Gluten Free (check out the link for more healthy recipes!)
I am making this tomorrow to stuff in celery. I'm sure it will be a hit!
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