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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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20 Pumpkin Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

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Helllllllllllllo pumpkin season! My family loves this time of year. We get to eat one of the world’s tastiest and most budget friendly and nutritional foods around – the pumpkin!

Many folks, including myself once upon a time, only use pumpkin to make desserts which is fine (and could you pass the pumpkin pie around the dinner table again? I want seconds) but are seriously missing out on pumpkin’s  national benefits.  According to WebMD:

”Pumpkins are loaded with vitamin A and fiber, and low in calories. So don't just buy canned pumpkin for pie; keep it in the pantry to whip up…homemade pumpkin recipes"






Once I started thinking about how to use pumpkin as the squash that it is, my meals got a lot more pumpkintastic and for less since I bake, puree, and freeze our Halloween pumpkins for later treats.

1. How to bake and puree fresh pumpkin from Lazy Budget Chef
2. Pumpkin pancakes with cinnamon syrup from Tastes Better From Scratch
3. Pumpkin waffles from Bombshell Bling
4. Pumpkin chili from Simply Stacey
5. Sweet pumpkin curry from Pumpkin Recipes
6. Pumpkin and black bean chili from Tastes Better From Scratch
7. Dried pumpkin treats from Lazy Budget Chef
8. Cheesy pumpkin lentil pot pies from Amuse Your Bouche (I love the name of her blog! Bouche is French for mouth.)
9. Pumpkin feta empanadas  from Amuse Your Bouche
10. Chicken enchiladas with pumpkin cream sauce from Cheeky Kitchen
11. Roasted pumpkin and rocket salad from Food on Paper
12. Pumpkin mac n cheese from Closet Kitchen
13. Pumpkin alfredo from Juanita’s Cocina
14. Chicken pumpkin curry from Pretty Elements
15. Spiced pumpkin chickpea stew from Elle’s New England Kitchen
16. Roasted pumpkins with bacon and brown sugar from Creative Cynchronicity
17. Crispy lamb with pumpkin rice from Samantha’s Supper
18. Beef and pumpkin stew from Meatified
19. Homemade pumpkin pasta from Minimalist Baker
20. Pumpkin and chorizo soup with cilantro from Closet Kitchen 

How do you eat pumpkin?

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