How to Make Vegan Cheese from Nutritional Yeast and Pine Nuts.

My boy invented this dairy free, soya free, vegan cheese substitute, and I think it's super yummy.  It makes lovely cheese flavoured stuff to sprinkle over pizza or pasta.

It's simple to make too, you'll need,

Pine nuts

Bread crumbs (the kind that come in a tub)

Nutritional Yeast

Salt

Onion granules

and a pestle and mortar.

The measurements are flexible and it's best to try it out and adjust to your own tastes.

Pop some pine nuts into the pestle and mortar, about a tablespoon or so, depending on how much vegan cheese sprinkles you need.  Crush them with the pestle and mortar.

Add some breadcrumbs and crush a bit more.

Mix in some nutritional yeast flakes.

Add a little, tiny pinch of salt and some onion granules.  Give the mixture a final crush in the pestle and mortar and then it's ready to use.

We usually use this as a pizza topping, but you can use it however you like, maybe on an oven bake, or over pasta. 

I also love using nutritional yeast flakes to make my own vegan cheesy crisps. 

What vegan cheese alternatives are your favourites?

Photo c/o Vegan Life Magazine

This issue of Vegan Life Magazine (which is the pizza issue, need I say more!) has lots more ideas for vegan cheese alternatives.

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