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Cashew Ricotta, Cream, Mozzarella, and Garlic Cheese Recipe

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The problem with vegan cheese (and a lot of allergy free food) is that the manufacturers ignore that their ingredients start with a slightly different taste profile than the originals. Instead of working with those different tastes to create a unique foodstuff you can use as a “cheese”, they just bodge right through and declare that the finished product is tastes just like cheddar cheese when at its best it tastes like plastic and at its worst it tastes like cardboard. I had given up on dairy free cheese until I learned about cashew “cheese.” The thing that makes this dairy free vegan cheese recipe work is that it plays into the flavor of the cashews, adds a hint of nutty cheese flavor with nutritional yeast and the slight cheese tang with lemon juice. Cashew cheese doesn’t taste like a traditional dairy cheese (or plastic sawdust vegan cheese) but a unique flavor that allows you to do cheesy things with it. This cashew cheese recipe is very versatile. You can use it to make
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Peach Rum Smoothie Recipe

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I came back from the store with a big bunch of fresh peaches. It’s warm outside and I’m in a festive mood – peachy in fact – why not kick back on the front porch with a homemade peach smoothie?




Peach Rum Smoothie Recipe


 2 peaches

2/3 cup or so of plain yogurt (I had a single serving size of yogurt so that’s what I used.)

1 heaping tablespoon of apricot jelly (because we were out of orange juice. A splash of OJ works too.)

Spash of rum for fun (optional)

Make it

  1. Peel, pit, and slice the peaches.
  2. Blend the peaches, yogurt, jelly/juice, and rum in a blender until smooth.
  3. Chill in the refrigerator until cold (if you can wait that long.)
  4. Pour into a festive glass and enjoy! 
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Comments

Anonymous said…
A smoothie is often a breakfast, so I will surely enjoy trying this one, maybe without the rum early in the morning!
September 4, 2010 at 12:29 AM
Holly Lefevre said…
Yum! I am going to miss the summer peaches - my a favorite fruit.
September 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM

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