I can't believe it's not cheese...

Makes 1.5 cups

Seriously good cheese, I promise :) Great on pizza.

Nutritional yeast is not technically raw but many raw foodists choose to use it. I’m sure this would still be good without it.

Best at room temperature or warmed in a dehydrator.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup pignoli
  • ¼ cup hemp seeds
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds
  • 1 clove garlic
  • ¼ onion
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 3 tablespoons oregano
  • 2 tablespoons hemp oil
  • 1 sun-dried tomato, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 small red pepper, chopped

Preparation

Whiz all ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. Use as a cheesy spread or dip or spread thinly on a teflex sheet and dehydrate into slices.

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coconut dream writes: (November 17, 2007)

yummy, all my favorite foods and tastes… I’m sure this is amazing

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zhanna8 writes: (November 17, 2007)

what is pignoli?

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Lucy writes: (November 17, 2007)

I belive that pignoli is pine nuts.

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ambiguous writes: (December 01, 2007)

This is fantastic.

I didn’t soak any of the seeds, but I think I could have, as I had to add water to get the cheese to process. Maybe the author can comment?

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subbacultcha writes: (December 07, 2007)

Thanks ambiguous :) I didn’t soak the seeds properly because I didn’t plan ahead, so they were soaked for about half an hour. I don’t think it really matters, either soak or just add some water while processing.

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Odonsoterias writes: (December 24, 2007)

pignoli is pine nuts. you gotta hunt around to find them affordable, though…

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3relefords writes: (March 04, 2008)

I’m not a big fan of pine nuts, has anyone substituted another type of nut with success?

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subbacultcha writes: (March 17, 2008)

I’m sure you could sub cashews, brazils, macadamias or adding more hemp seeds or sunflower seeds.

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rinda writes: (June 26, 2008)

I used only sunflower seeds (soaked – probably 1 1/2 cups before soaking). This cheese IS fantastic! Also, didn’t have any sun-dried tomato or red pepper, so I just skipped it and then threw 1/2 of a jalapeno in there too.

I thought the 3 T. of oregano would be too much but, I went ahead and put it in anyway. So glad I did. It’s yummy!

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nothinkingbehind writes: (September 28, 2008)

It’s so yummy! I used it with poemom’s pizza crust and sausage with a little red pepper stripped on top. So good! I’ve been trying different cheese combinations and didn’t find anything that appealed to me until now, this is awesome! thank you so much! The only thing I changed was to use grapeseed oil instead of hemp oil (didn’t have any) but other than that I stuck to the recipe. I think it would be really good with veges mixed in, like some chopped tomato and pepper, and then used as a dip with chips or crackers, veges, whatever! Yummy yummy!

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