Homemade Gluten-free Cashew Cheese Coconut Shreds Cake. 🌱🧀🥥🍰😋❤️

Hello everyone, hope you have a joyful midweek so far ! 🤗

So I have been experimenting with making vegan cheese using homemade cashew milk.

First trial, I used lemon juice and it was liquid, did not form solid, not even a paste. 😅

This is my second trial, here is how I mixed:

1. Blended 80g cashew nuts with 150 ml water, and added 1 pre/probiotic capsule. Left mixture sit at room temperature for 12 hours.

2. Added 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, 240ml coconut oil, and 2 tsp nutritional yeast.

3. Poured in BPA free silicon herb mold and left in the fridge for few hours.

It didn’t form solid cube but more like a thick kefir type. Hmmm I’m thinking maybe adding agar. 🤔

I decided to bake coconut shreds cake with this soft cheese and it tastes delicious. 🍰😁👍

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! 😋❤️

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This is how my homemade cashew cheese looks like. 😁👍

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[Kainan Guest]

Looks great 👍 I’m always impressed with the variety of ingredients you use and the inventive creations you bring out from them

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Hey Kainan, thank you very much for saying that! 🤗🙏

It’s not a sweet kind of cake, more like a yogurt cake and the coconut shreds mixed with coconut milk baked makes it very savory too. 😋👍

Are you having any treat this week? 😁

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

Cool 😎 that’s neat. I’m having some ice cream rigtt he now

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Oh nice, how’s the weather there that you’re having ice cream 🍨 😂

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

It’s really nice comfortable weather, down from the scorching heat from last week

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

I’m glad. Same here, got a little rain earlier today. The air is so much fresher. I’m having pink lemonade from my butterfly pea tea.😋

[ZazenRiver345]

It looks delicious 👌😋. Glad you enjoyed your vegan kefir. It probably takes everyone a little experimenting before they get their vegan cheese just right👌. You enjoyed the taste of it so you are on the right track I feel. Enjoy your morning 🤗🙏.

[Hidden in reply to ZazenRiver345]

Thank you very much Zazen for saying that! 🤗🙏Yes you can call it vegan kefir at this point. 😁

You know I treat it as a dip now too considering it tastes tangy and delicious. 😋👍

I sure will try again to get the right texture. I do enjoy the process of experimenting as I can use for different purposes even I haven’t gotten to the solid cheese form yet. 😂

You too enjoy the rest of your evening Zazen!😊

[Nessie87]

😋 That looks delicious. I bet it tastes as good as it looks, if not better!Is it creamy like dairy cheesecake?

[Hidden in reply to Nessie87]

Thank you Nessie87 very much for saying that, much appreciated! 😊🙏

It does have creamy and tangy, cheese like taste for sure when I sampled by itself. Because I made a cake out of it as I blended with gluten free flour so it is very soft, milky kind of cake but it is not similar to traditional cheesecake with crust.

[Nessie87]

It’s all trial and error. The first ‘prototype’ sounds a bit like kefir, but it’s all healthful and edible, which is important thing.

[Hidden in reply to Nessie87]

You are absolutely right Nessie87, it’s all about experimenting and I do enjoy the process. It is like kefir but it is healthy and edible as we manage how much and which ingredients we put in our homemade food. 😊

[Hidden]

This all looks very impressive Koko and I'm sure that it was delicious so well done you. 😊

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Jerry very much for saying that, much appreciated! 😊🙏

I also enjoyed it as a cheesy dip by adding some freshly chopped herbs. I will try again to get to more of a solid cheese texture. 😁👍

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator]

What a delicous creation Koko - very enjoyable and looks very professional 🙃

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Awe thank you Debs very much, you are so kind!🤗🙏❤️

I haven’t figured it out the solid cheese texture form yet but I currently enjoy it as a cheesy dip with some herbs also. 😋👍

I will try again until I get it right. It is fun when we add this, substract that in homemade food. 😁👍

Hope you have a good night rest and a great start of the day ahead Debs! 😊

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

That does sound like fun, mind you a nice cheesy herb dip sounds lovely as well

Hope you have a great day 😊

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Hi Debs, it’s such a lovely day today as it is not gloomy and not too hot over here. I finished this cheesy herb dip yesterday. 😁 and I just ordered more raw cashew to redo the batch again with few changes, hopefully I get them delivered by Sunday. I think 3rd time is a charm, I’ll add a bit of tapioca starch and agar will work out the texture for sure. 😁👍

For today, i just made a quick veggie mixed with this new rice I am trying now (green pea, chickpea and cauliflower blend) casserole.😋

I hope you enjoyed your dinner over there.

Have a good night rest and a fabulous weekend ahead Debs! 😇❤️

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

That is a great Idea Koko - adding Agar 😊 Weather is a bit gloomy here, which I don't mind, Saturday's are the only day I stay in -so I can catch up on everything - I really need to finish painting the room in the toilet, I have been putting it off 🙂

Your casserole sounds super healthy, and I bet that was very tasty.

I did enjoy my Tea last night - It was one of my homemade veggie and cheese burgers with salad and a little tomato pasta bake - which I used chickpea pasta 😊

Have a lovely weekend Koko

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Awe thank you Debs, 🤗🙏

I am excited to make cheese with agar on Sunday evening. 😁👍

Oh wow you have bathroom-renovating paint job to do, I love how just repaint a wall would bring new vibe to our surrounding. I hope you pace yourself, not too overwork and I’m sure your choice of color is wonderful with your artistic skill/taste. 🎨😇

Your Tea last night sounds so delicious and healthy, I love chickpea pasta with tomatoes 😋👍👍 I’m glad you enjoyed your wonderful meals always. 😇

I have some casserole leftovers so no cooking for food today. Instead I made smoothie (beets, pineapple and parsley) plus dark choc chips cupcakes (I used matcha, purple potatoes and dragon fruit powder to get the desired colors and taste). It is my “take it easy weekend” for me. 😁

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday out! 🤗

🥤🧁😋❤️

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Wow! Those little cup cakes look adorable, and I love the colour of that healthy smoothie. Trouble with the paint in a tin is it looks completely differen't on the walls 😊

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Thank you very much Debs, I was in the mood for some cute looking cupcakes 😁 and smoothie because it’s too hot to have any appetite to be in over 100F. 🥵

You are right about how paint color can look different on the wall. When i remodeled my bathroom, I chose greyish blue and it looked much lighter on the wall. What I did was add another finishing coat on top to make it less bright. Hmm what can you change now?🤔

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Oh my goodness, so hot - thankfully we don't see heat like that - mind you must be nice in your pool.

Greyish Blue was the colour I used for the Toilet but it looks more a musky blue

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[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Hi Debs, right before season changes, it tends to heat up tremendously like this. It’s hard to eat solid food for me so I think It’s going to be all day Avocado 🥑 menu, starting 🥑smoothie 🍹as breakfast. 😁👍

The only time I use the pool is early morning and in the evening now because of the strong sun and heat. 😅

Oh my goodness you picked the same color as I did as we love nature. 😇❤️ You can see how the color turned out for mine after finishing coat. 😁

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[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

I love that colour, I think it looks very smart 😁 you have great taste.

Sounds like you have a lovely healthy start to the day 😉

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Awe thank you Debs very much, I am very glad we have so similar excellent taste! 😁👍👍

We will always set the day right with vegan love! 🌱😇❤️

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

So true Koko 🙃