This homemade vegan parmesan cheese is so tasty you’ll want to sprinkle it on everything! Easy 4-ingredient recipe, ready in 5 mins.
Yep, you’ll definitely want to sprinkle this on everything.
And I mean everything.
We sprinkle it on baked potatoes, on salads, on roasted veggies, on the no-cheese thin crust pizza take-outs we buy, on pasta dishes (of course) and whatever else we can think of.
If it’s a savory dish then chances are it’ll be even more delicious with a sprinkle of this on top.
It’s not something that will melt or anything like that, but it’s wonderful as a sprinkle and it tastes wonderfully cheesy.
And for more delicious homemade vegan cheese check out our vegan cheddar cheese, our sliceable cashew cheese and our cashew cheese sauce.
Ingredients For Homemade Vegan Parmesan:
Ingredient Notes
- Raw cashews – form the base of this recipe. If you have a cashew allergy you can make this with walnuts. It also works amazingly well. Use raw walnuts in the same quantity as the cashews and you have a great alternate version of this vegan parmesan.
- Nutritional yeast flakes – adds heaps of cheesy flavor.
- Salt and garlic powder – combine with the nutritional yeast flakes to make this really cheesy.
How To Make Vegan Parmesan Cheese
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
All you need to make your own vegan parmesan is a food processor. You simply put in the S blade, add in your cashews, nutritional yeast, salt and garlic powder.
And then just pulse it until you have the consistency that you see in the photo below. You don’t just want to run the food processor on this one because, ya know, cashews when processed for too long can start to turn into cashew butter, and you don’t want that here.
So pulse it. Don’t set it and forget it.
Storing Tips
You can keep it stored in a sealed container at room temperature for 3-4 weeks. However, you also can keep it in the fridge if you like. As long as it’s in a sealed container, either/or is fine.
More Vegan Cheese Recipes
- Vegan Mozzarella Cheese
- Creamy Vegan Cheese Sauce
- Vegan Cream Cheese
- Vegan Ricotta
- Vegan Feta Cheese
- Vegan Cottage Cheese
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Vegan Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw Cashews (150g)
- ¼ cup Nutritional Yeast Flakes (15g)
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ¾ teaspoon Sea Salt
Instructions
- Add the ingredients to the food processor and pulse it on the S blade until it reaches a fine consistency.
- Sprinkle it on pastas, pizzas, casseroles, salads and anywhere else you can think of!
Video
Notes
- If you have a cashew allergy you can also make this with walnuts. Just use walnuts in the same quantity (1 cup).
- Keep it stored in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge. It will last for 3-4 weeks.
- This recipe was first published in January 2016 and has now been updated with new photos and text.
Delicious and quick to prepare for Boxing Day rissotto thank you so much!
Glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe Rachel! Thanks for sharing and for your great review!
Hello, I have found your page to be ever so helpful and many of the recipes are just fantastic. I have been recently asked to make this particular cheese. however the person i need to make it for is allergic to every thing in the family of onions and garlic. How can i make this without the garlic and non of the same family plant line?
Thank you
Hi Rhonda. You can just leave out the garlic powder.
Hi Rhonda,
Have you tried hing or Himalayan salt? You can probably buy them at a health food store. I haven’t bought hing but I did purchase the salt in a small amount, very inexpensive. You can also get them on Amazon.
We made this last night to go on your other recipe for asparagus pasta. Both recipies were super easy and super yummy! Both will definately be in our regular roation!
Yay! Thanks so much Kimberli!