Vegan Sprinkle On Cheeze & Lemony Creme

"My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese."  Jay London

There's enough information out there to get any thinking person to give up dairy.  Also, because most accidents happen in the home, it might be a good idea to give up cleaning.  The logic isn't perfect on that one but I'm going to play it for all it's worth!

And for those of you who are thinking of giving up, or have given up cheese, here are two substitutes that will put a smile on your face and do away with the lactose intolerance blues.  First there's the Lemony Creme, which is a great substitute for sour cream.

Ingredients:
  2 cups raw cashews, soaked for 5 hours
  3/4 cup water
  1/3 cup olive oil
  4 T lemon juice
  1 t salt

Distructions:
  To soak cashews you simply put them into a goodly amount of water and let them sit there.  After the appropriate amount of time, drain and rinse well.  Next, put everything into a blender, or better yet a Vita-Mix if you have one, and whip it good.  Store in the fridge in a jar.

Lemony Creme is delicious when used wherever you'd use sour cream or when mixed with chopped veggies and placed on top of organic mixed greens.  Yum!

Next is a great substitute for dairy-based Sprinkle On Cheese.

Ingredients:
  2 cups macadamia nuts, soaked for 2 hours
  2 T lemon juice
  1 T nutritional yeast
  3/4 t sea salt

Distructions:
  Place all the ingredients into a food processor and process until combined.  Crumble onto a dehydrator screen and dehydrate for 5 to 7 hours.  Store in the fridge in a jar.  More yum!

I served both of these to a group of guests.  We ate them on Bean and Barley Tostadas  (January 10 blog post).  In the picture with this post both the Sprinkle On Cheeze and the Lemony Creme are shown on a vegan, raw chili.  Beyond that I've been recklessly using the Sprinkle On Cheeze on everything except the cat.  Lucky for him I'm a vegetarian!

Loveya
The Mom