Base for Dairy Free, Vegan, Paleo Cheeses

Flexibility is an important feature of our dairy free, Vegan and Paleo recipes, but it should be noted that the ingredients called for in each recipe were chosen because they result in the closest match to the traditional dairy cheese. The final texture, mouth-feel, color and flavor of your creation will changes as the ingredients are altered... but you might like your version even better.  Enjoy experimenting!

Base ingredients:

Nuts

• Blanched almond flour (not almond meal, store-bought or homemade) 
• Raw cashews (whole or pieces)
• Raw, blanched skinless almonds (usually slivers)
• Raw macadamia nuts
• Raw walnuts
• Raw Brazil nuts (try to remove the brown skin)
• Raw or roasted pine nuts (strong taste - best mixed with others)

Seeds

• Raw sunflower seeds
• Hemp seed hearts (strong taste - best mixed with others)

Beans

• White beans - Cannellini, Northern Beans, etc., cooked and drained (canned are fine)