The hardest part of going vegan is giving up cheese. Topping just about any dish with some happy cheese confetti is one of my personal favorite things in the world. This recipe helps you stick to a plant based modus operande by using the magical and strange texture of aquafaba (the syrup your beans come soaking in) to form a stretchy airy texture. Add in some seasonings and a little extra starch and you’ve got a yummy hunk of the good stuff in just a few hours.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cashews, soaked for at least two hours
- 1 cup aquafaba (liquid from a can of chickpeas)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
- 5 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons corn starch or tapioca starch
- 2 teaspoons agar agar or zuzu root starch
Direction
Mix the cashews and the aquafaba in a food processor or vitamix until smooth. Add all the other ingredients and give it a good mix. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and stir it constantly on medium heat until it bubbles and thickens. Pour it all into a bowl or a mold and set covered in the refrigerator overnight or for a minimum of 6 hours. Pop it out on your cutting board and slice it up served with some lovely garden fresh tomatoes & basil or you can even shred it on top of zoodles or a pizza. It even melts pretty nicely, which is wonderful when you are really craving some comfort food. It’s also awesome that it has nutritional yeast in there too so you can get those extra B vitamins your body needs. Healthylicious. 🙂
Give it a try and let us know what you think. Enjoy!
Just a little FYI, the nutritional yeast may give it a slight golden color. If you’d like a more orange cheese, try adding some extra nutritional yeast, a tiny bit of carrot juice, and turmeric to the mixture.
For more ways to use aquafaba check out this delicious aquafaba chocolate mousse.
Ohhhh! I can’t wait to make this! 😍
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Neat!
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I didn’t even know this existed! How cool!
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I’m not sure I’m brave enough to try. lol
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Amaze balls! So impressed.
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Aquafaba is a revolutionary discovery! To be able to replace eggs and cheese with something that has such a tiny footprint (water/carbon/land). I’ve seen a recipe for aquafaba macarons too!
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Have you tried VioLife Cheese also? It’s pretty damn good x
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I’ll look for it!
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It’s really good and their spread cheese as well. It smells really cheesy so I don’t know how they done it but they did x
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OMG, cheese was the hardest for me when I attempted Veganism…but this is great, will be trying this!
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I’m on such a cashew nut cheese kick, I eat it almost every day!
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I’ve tried this with rejuvelac and aquafaba but I think I have a process/blender problem. The cashews seem to stay a bit grainy and I have to keep stopping the lender to push them down. I may have to invest in a better one. Tastes nice though and yours looks great!
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I’ve got a vitamix. They really blend things up super tiny. You don’t need it for most things, but it’s a very fun toy to play with. I’ll post up a tofu cheese recipe some day soon. 🙂
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I took your advice @omprojectblog and bought a vitamix..
Can’t wait to try it.

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Awesome!
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I like your post 😊.
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So making this! I made a meringue with aquafaba, but never cheese! Great idea!
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Love this! I agree, giving up cheese is much more difficult than giving up meat!
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Looks delicious , but I just can’t imagine giving up cheese…
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You don’t have to! I like posting up plant based recipes, but I’m not forcing anyone be vegan 24/7 if it’s not right for them. 🙂
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👋🏻👋🏻 hi! Yum! 😍Looks good! I don’t think I’d manage to live without cheese 🧀 yet, I’ve been a vegetarian for years now but cheese is the hardest. 🙀♥️🙏🏻 thank you for the recipe, I’ve tried making vegan cheese from scratch with nuts 🥜 though 😊
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❤️🙏🏻❤️
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Sounds great, thanks for sharing!
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Wow! How did you manage to come up with that? Can’t wait to try it.
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This is genius I’m trying this ASAP
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This looks amazing! I’m trying to eat less meat but I’m not quite ready to commit to no chees
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No worries, try stuff out and see what you like. ❤
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Omg this is amazing! You have so many creative recipes I’ve never heard of!
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