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- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- July 14, 2010
- 2:10 pm
- 138 comments
This cheese is so delicious no one will know it’s a healthy, dairy-free option. Check out my article on 11 Reasons to Stop Eating Dairy to learn why you should forego dairy products. This recipe offers all the benefits of yogurt and helps to balance your bowel flora. While it requires time for fermentation, it only takes about 5 to 10 minutes of preparation time.
Ingredients
2 cups of raw, unsalted cashews, soaked overnight or about 10 to 12 hours
1 teaspoon probiotics powder or 2 capsules of probiotics opened (available in most health food stores and is sometimes called L. acidophilus or flora) and dissolved in 1 cup of pure water
1 teaspoon of Celtic sea salt or Himalayan crystal salt (or more to taste if desired)
1 to 2 teaspoons of onion powder
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
In a blender or food processor, blend the soaked cashews with the probiotic powder and water mixture. Place in a glass bowl, covered with a clean cloth and let rest for 10 to 14 hours to ferment. Then stir in the salt, onion powder, and nutmeg until well mixed. Form the cheese into a ball or press in a spring form pan and serve with crackers, pita bread, or vegetable crudite.
Options
You can add a teaspoon or two of herbs like herbes du Provence to flavor the cheese once it has fermented or to coat the outside of a cheeseball.
You can serve the cheese coated with ground or chopped nuts like hazelnuts.
You can serve drizzled with a balsamic vinegar reduction.
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Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, PhD is an international best-selling and twelve-time book author and doctor of traditional natural medicine, whose works include: Healing Recipes, The Vitality Diet, Allergy-Proof, Arthritis-Proof, Total Body Detox, The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and The Phytozyme Cure. Check out her natural health resources and subscribe to her free e-newsletter World's Healthiest News at WorldsHealthiestDiet.com.
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+ add your ownCool, thanks
Although that isn't cheese, it sounds delicious. Can you melt it on your burger?
I haven't been able to cut dairy out yet, largely because we are big cheese lovers, but recipes like this definitely help move me toward it! Thanks!
that is not cheese it is cashew paste
tyler s is right thats all them cashews nuts that make u get colestrerol. !
Great!! Just forwarded it to my partner and told him what he can do over the weekend to please us ;)
Thanks for the wonderful idea :)
This will be great to try when I'm ready to kick my dairy habit. Thank you!
that is not cheese it is cashew paste
Interesting article, thank you!
I look forward to trying this!Thank you for posting it.
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