For a lot of people the hardest part of committing to a vegan lifestyle is giving up cheese. We totally get it—giving up cheese is hard! While there are some pre-packaged dairy-free cheeses available, most of them just don’t taste as good as the real thing, and they’re often loaded with synthetic additives and preservatives (which kind of goes against the grain over here at Sari Foods.)

The healthiest (and tastiest!) way to approach vegan cheese is to make it yourself, but unfortunately, many dairy-free cheese recipes are complicated, with long lists of ingredients and a laborious process! That’s why we wanted to share this super simple and easy recipe here.

Sari Foods delicious 5 ingredient vegan feta cheese takes only minutes to make and keeps ingredients to a bare minimum. It features the savory goodness of Sari Foods Non-Fortified Nutritional Yeast, which unlike most nutritional yeast products that are fortified with questionable synthetic vitamins, is a 100% natural whole food you can feel good about.

Now, we're not going to lie to you and claim that this vegan cheese recipe tastes just like the real deal, but if you're craving something satisfyingly “cheesy,” this homespun recipe is the way to go. It tastes great on its own, as part of a fruit and nut platter, or crumbled on top of salads, pizza, or soup. You really can go vegan without feeling deprived!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups raw macadamia nuts
• ¼ cup Sari Foods Non-Fortified Nutritional Yeast
• 2 ½ Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic
• Salt to taste (around ½ tsp)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Place all the ingredients in a food processor and process until well combined.

3. Using your hands, crumble the mixture evenly across the parchment paper. Transfer the mixture to the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Peace, love, and satisfied cheese cravings from the Sari Foods family!