CASHEW PULP CHEEZE

Since I don't like to waste anything, I came up with this.

1 ¼ c. cashew pulp

2 tablespoons high quality nutritional yeast

½ teaspoon sea salt

a pinch of cayenne pepper

2 tablespoons of premium organic extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons of plain kefir

Just mix it up and pack into a little container. Place in the refrigerator for 24 hours before eating. This is optional, of course, but I put some leftover hemp pulp on the top and mashed it in. I wanted to use up the hemp pulp and it makes it look a bit moldy like cheese. Okay, I admit it's not anything like actual cheese, but at least it is tasty and it is a healthy fermented food. How do you eat this, you might ask... well, it is good wrapped in a crunchy lettuce leaves for one thing, you could add a few tablespoons to salads and you can fold in finely chopped vegetables like raw carrots, celery, minced onion and whole garden peas.

You want a good nutritional yeast that contains lots of vitamin B. Some of this grocery store bin stuff is anemic compared to a good one from the health food store.

Be aware that some of the “olive oils” on the market today are adulterated (mixed with cheaper oils), some do not even contain any real olive oil at all.   Be sure to get an organic one that you can trust as being what it claims to be. Local farmers markets are good places to get the real deal. If you can't get to a farmers market, look for dark glass bottles with a harvest date.

By the way, olive oil is not the only product being adulterated. The pollen is often removed from honey and corn syrup and sugar syrup added. Orange juice and apple juice is sometimes mixed with sugars and water. Even coffee is being adulterated these days. Better to pay a little more and get real food than to pay good money for artificiality.