MMM,…home-made Vegan rucola (arugula) cashew cheese spread!
Yummy vegan rucola cashew cheese spread!
Recipe: For about 400 ml of Rucola cashew cheese spread
Ingredients:
1 cup of raw & unroasted cashews, soaked in water for 1 night, well-rinsed & well-drained / Now, they are softer, healthier & easier to digest
1 teaspoon of dried garlic
1 teaspoon of Maldon sea salt flakes
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
18 grins of finely grinned black pepper
2 fat spring onions, cleaned & green & white parts used, cut into rings
1 cup + 1/4 cup of roughly chopped fresh rucola, ( arugula) ( rocket leaves ) pushed into the 1 cup + 1/4 cup
Method:
1. Place everything in this order into your Vitamix. If you don’t have a powerful blender, use a good mixer. Place the tamper into your Vitamix lid & press the power on, go from low-speed from 1 to 10 & push on higher power. Use the tamper & push all the ingredients into the blades & blend until it is to your liking. I blended it for about 1 minute. I checked the consistency & turned the power back on from low-speed, from 1 to 10 & then on high & blended for about 20 seconds more. Turn the high power off, turn the lower speed from 10 to 1 & turn the power off. Taste! Mine tasted fabulous!
2. Place all of your rucola cashew cheese spread into a lovely bowl with fitting lid & place into the fridge or use it instantly on some good bread. It is also great as a healthy dip on some crackers.
Note: This cheese will firm up a lot after being in the fridge for at least 4 hours. After 1 night in the fridge, it has stiffen up quite a bit, like a cream cheese! You can taste the flavours even more! 
Happy eating!
Enjoy, my lovely ones! 
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All of the ingredients into my Vitamix before blending!
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Yum!
Yum, indeed! Enjoy it like this on bread, as a lovely dip, on pizza, in a pasta as a lovely sauce, etc!
Gosh, what incredible colour! Looks healthy and delicious, great recipe.
It looks a bit strange but i assure you it tastes like heaven on your slice of bread!
Vegan cheese spread? Genius indeed
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks, humble friend!
This I would love! Great color!
It looks a bit like greenish snot from the Gostbusters!
But it tastes much better too! 
Sophie – that sounds delicious! Be great as a veggie dip too!
That too, Ina! Or on a pizza, as a sauce or in a pasta as a sauce, etc!
YEAH Indeed! Or even on pizza! NOM!
That’s a great & genius idea!
What a beautiful color, looks healthy and delicious. You sure are making the most of your Vitamix.
That’s so true, Norma!
That spread is such a beautiful vibrant colour Sophie. I think the cashews, garlic and rocket would be a wonderful combination of flavours xx
They are, Charlie! Enjoy the spread!
I think it is yumi yumi. The colour is also beautiful. Well done!
Mamalou
Thanks, mom! Enjoy the spread!
Wow, I can’t believe how creamy this looks! And why does arugula have so many names?? It gets so confusing…
I agree! We call it in Dutch: raketsla. Americans call it: arugula. In English, they say: rocket leaves. In Italy, it is rucola!
Enjoy the spread, my friend!
Oh, what a brilliant idea!!! This looks so good, and so healthy! What a perfect spread for sandwiches or appetizers. I love peppery arugula! I wonder if you could ferment this cashew cheese…hmm…Thanks Sophie!!! I hope your summer is going very well xoxo
It is, isn’t it? Enjoy it as much as we did, Koko!
I am trying a sweet version now!
This looks fantastic, Sophie! I bet it would be good spread onto an heirloom tomato sandwich!
That’s a great & tasty idea, Christine!
Sounds great! (And I’m jealous you have a Vitamix!)
I got it for my Bithday!
It is expensive but there isn’t a powerful machine like a Vitamix here in Belgium! 
love it! I made a kind of it with zucchini and peppers…so delicious to spread on fresh bread at lunch time
That sounds eaqually tasty! Yum!
hi Sophie, this is a very creative idea! it looks so creamy and yummy! especially with cheese as an ingredient!
I didn’t use any cheese, my friend! I used soaked cashews as a cheesy base! More healthy & dairy-free, vegan & gluten-free too!
What a great idea to create a spread using arugula! It looks delicious and must be very flavorful!
It is , it surely is!
The color is dazzling. Great for a summer appetizer shared with friends.
Try it & I know that you will love it. it firms up a lot in the fridge!
That color is amazing
It is beautiful & apart!
This sounds delicious, a bit like a hummus. The color is incredible!
Thanks you! Enjoy it!
Ooooh fabulous Sophie!! If you don’t mind I would like to mention this link when I post my Poblano cashew cream recipe??!
Ooh, …a huge thanks: you do that!
This is a fringe recipe for me (arugula and nut puree?), but it sounds intriguing so I’m going to give it a try. I don’t have a Vitamix, but I think my Thermomix ought to be able to handle it. Thanks. Ken
It is so good. when it has been in the fridge overnight, it becomes much ticker like a cream cheese ! So tasty too!
Wow, I bet this is fantastic. I’m bookmarking this
You must make this soon! It is so good: great as a tasty appetizer spread too! Or use it as a thicker sauce through warm vegan pasta! Yum!
Wow, right?! YUM or on the right sandwich..
I’ve been making a lot of cashew “cheese” spreads. While in my option they don’t taste anything like cheese, they are soooo very good and have a way of satisfying that craving for dairy by being creamy and savory. This looks great!
Thanks so much & enjoy this tasty spread!