It Ain’t Easy Being Cheesy

I mentioned early last week, I found new kitchen inspiration, by stumbling on a few raw vegan blogs. Who knew raw vegans are experts at coming up with cheesy creations without dairy by using nuts. After watching endless YouTube videos and scouring the internet for tips and tricks, I thought I would test out my own vegan cheesemaking skills. I started out simple and made a Cashew Parmesan Cheese. It was all it promised to be and more. I decided to up the ante a little and try my hand at a nut cream cheese. While nut cheese can be made with a variety of different nuts, the most popular ones are almonds, cashews and macadamia nuts. Since I had almonds on hand, that’s what I used and with much success. I have made this three times now and have been very pleased with the results. I have used it to make frosting for Not Sugar Cookies as well as Carrot Cake Cupcakes and as a spread instead of butter for Muffins.

6 Easy Steps to Making Almond Cream Cheese
Printable Recipe

1. Start with 1 c. of raw almonds.

2. Soak almonds in filtered water for 8 hours. Rinse and drain.

3. Blanch soaked almonds by pouring very hot water on them and let sit for 5 minutes.

4. Remove the skins by pinching the almonds between your fingers.

5. In Vitamix or food processor goes blanched almonds, 1/3 c. water, 1/2 tsp. Celtic Sea Salt, 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar and 1 tsp. lemon juice.

6. Blend until smooth. Voilà almond cream cheese.

Raw Vegan Almond Cream Cheese is delicious on Muffins instead of butter.

Raw Vegan Almond Cream Cheese Frosting Image

It makes a to-die-for almond cream cheese frosting that goes perfect on these
Not Sugar Cookies and is spectacular on healthy gluten-free, sugar-free, low-carb
Carrot Cake (recipe coming soon!).

ALMOND CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

To make the frosting, follow the steps above, in addition to the
salt, vinegar, & lemon juice, add the following:

1 tsp. Organic Vanilla
2 Tbsp. Coconut Oil
1/16th tsp. NuNaturals Pure White Stevia Extract Powder
4 Tbsp. Smart Sweet Non-GMO Erythritol Granules

Add frosting to a piping bag with a star-tip and have fun decorating!

About Vanessa

Vanessa Romero, owner of Healthy Living How To, is a healthy living enthusiast with experience in personal training, metabolic testing, nutrition coaching and weight loss. Her passion is to help others achieve optimal health through a wellness approach that encompasses living healthy in mind, body and spirit.

Articles and recipes are not intended for the treatment or prevention of disease, nor as a substitute for medical treatment, nor as an alternative to medical advice. Use of recommendations is at the choice and risk of the reader.

Comments

Brenda says:

April 13, 2013 at 6:33 am

Could I use the slivered almonds that Costco sells to save time?? They are already skinless

- HealthyLivingHowTo says:
  
  April 14, 2013 at 8:07 pm
  
  You can, but you will still want to soak to soften.
  
Eva says:

May 16, 2013 at 1:44 pm

Hello Vanessa,

My daughter has recently been diagnosed with celiac and therefore our whole family went gluten- and dairy free…
I’d love to try your dairy free cream cheese frosting, but I don’t have the Eythritol granules…
Can I just substitute them with powdered sugar?

I love our website, you’re my go to site these days…and I really admire your incredible transformation. You look 10 years younger!!!!

ALL the best,
Eva

- HealthyLivingHowTo says:
  
  May 16, 2013 at 2:01 pm
  
  Hi Eva…thank you for your nice compliments. You are free to modify my recipes to suit your needs. Absolutely. I don’t use sugar in any of my baking or cooking so you’ll have to play with the equivalents and go by your own taste buds.
  
- Eva says:
  
  May 16, 2013 at 3:18 pm
  
  …YOUR website, that is… Lol
  Even though I wouldn’t mind if it were ours…hahaha!