Vitamix cashew ricotta7/27/2023 This ricotta would also be awesome in my Spicy Lasagna Verde recipe! I will post the Spring Veggie Lasagna recipe later this week, but here are a few preview pics… So I made a delicious spring ricotta lasagna with my Greenmarket veggies. My Chive Ricotta recipe seemed like a perfect fit for lasagna. Here I jazzed up my “busy day” to-go veg salad with a nice heaping spoonful on top: Savory Ricotta is perfect for dolloping onto salads. Strawberry Cream: Fold in maple syrup and fresh strawberries and top with fresh soy cream. Sweet Peach: Fold in chopped fresh peaches and maple syrup for a sweet twist on this ricotta dip. Ultra Cheesy: Add in some Daiya or another brand of vegan cheese – this is a great idea if you plan on baking your ricotta into a pasta dish. Savory Olive Mushroom: Add in black olives and raw button mushrooms. Spicy: Process in a fresh jalapeno, horseradish or roasted spicy pepper. Thyme and Citrus: Grind some orange zest and crush fresh or dried thyme into your ricotta.īlack and Blue: Add a few drizzles of a thick balsamic, throw in a few grinds of mixed color peppercorns and maybe even some sweet fresh or dried figs. Roasted Garlic: add a handful of sweet roasted garlic cloves soaked in a bit of EVOO. Lemon/Basil: add juice from one lemon and a handful of fresh basil. ![]() Below are a few flavor modifications to try… You can easily add whatever flavors, herbs, spices you’d like to accent. I used fresh Farmer’s Market chives for my flavoring in this ricotta dish. With raw soaked nuts it is easy to simply grind them in a food processor with a wide variety of flavoring ingredients to create unique nut combos for nut cheese, nut spreads, dips, desserts and apparently, a really awesome ricotta cheese substitute.Ĭhives. ![]() The main difference is that when you soak beans, you usually end up cooking them. The process is similar to the idea of soaking beans. I like to add a grind of sea salt to my soak. Soaking Nuts is a basic process where you soak raw nuts in a bowl of water for a few hours or overnight. A few tweaks, and voila, my dip suddenly turned into a perfect vegan substitute for vegan ricotta cheese! Vegan ricotta-stuffed lasagna here I come! Get my recipe for Vegan Chive Ricotta… My idea for Vegan Chive Cashew Nut Ricotta came about when I messed up a nut cheese recipe and my dish came out a bit too watery and creamy. Isn’t everyone? It all started last week, when I soaked a bowl of raw cashews and Brazil nuts for a spicy nut cheese spread I was experimenting with – and my ideas for ‘soaked nut’ recipes began to flow. I’ve been obsessed with soaking nuts lately.
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