No Cheese Spread

Ingredients:
  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped
  • 1 ½ cups raw cashews
  • ¼ cup raw sesame seeds
  • ½ cup water
  • ⅓ cup nutritional yeast flakes
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • ¼ cup canola or safflower oil
  • 1 tbsp Bragg Liquid Aminos (similar to soy sauce; used as a salt replacer)

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and cook until tender; 5-7 min. Transfer to a blender

Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Keeps up to a week in the fridge.

Recipe donated to FNB in 2002 by helennrick@ssm.ca, retrieved in 2022