This walnut parmesan cheese is made with walnuts and sunflower seeds, both of which are packed with healthy fats, vitamin E, and magnesium, as well as plant-based protein. Nutritional yeast gives it a “cheesy” flavor the nuts and seeds give it the moist parmesan texture. Sprinkle it on soups, salads, veggies, pasta, and grain bowls.
Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until the walnuts and sunflower seeds are mealy. Important: Don’t over blend or you’ll end up with parmezan butter!
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Taste for additional flavors of your choice (more onion, garlic, or nutritional yeast).
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Top on veggies, grain bowls, and pasta.
Chef's Notes
Substitutions Instead of walnuts, try almonds or cashews.
Use all walnuts in place of the sunflower seeds.
Use onion granules and/or garlic granules in place of onion and garlic powder, but know that you might need to use a little more of the granules to reach the same flavor.
Nut-free Replace the walnuts with more sunflower seeds.
Ingredients
¾cupwalnuts (raw, unsalted, chopped)
¼cupsunflower seeds (raw, unsalted)
¼tspgarlic powder
¼tsponion powder
2tbspnutritional yeast
¼tspsalt (optional)
Directions
1
Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until the walnuts and sunflower seeds are mealy. Important: Don’t over blend or you’ll end up with parmezan butter!
2
Taste for additional flavors of your choice (more onion, garlic, or nutritional yeast).