Are you ready to dance? A better question is: Are your taste buds ready for a flavor party? This raw vegan kale pesto with pumpkin seeds is a blissful bowl of green goodness! This delightful twist on a classic pesto is not only a beautiful sight to behold, but also a powerhouse of flavor and nutrients that goes great on zoodles or as a dip for raw veggie sticks. You may find that you prefer this pesto to an unhealthy, processed jarred pesto sauce! And that jarred sauce belongs in one place: the garbage!

Kale is a super green that offers an earthy, robust flavor and an assortment of nutrients, including vitamins A, C, & K, an abundance of fiber, magnesium, iron, and calcium. It harmonizes with the creamy nuttiness of raw pumpkin seeds, or pepitas. Pumpkin seeds contain heart-healthy fats, protein, and good amount of magnesium. Those little green seeds add great texture to this pesto, in addition to helping you feel full and happy.

One of the traditional ingredients in pesto is parmesan cheese, which you cannot enjoy on a raw vegan diet. That’s why you use nutritional yeast to help achieve that signature cheesy flavor from classic pesto recipes. Nutritional yeast, in addition to offering a cheesy flavor, is packed with necessary vitamins and minerals, including vitamin B12, which can be difficult to get on a vegan or raw vegan diet.

SHARE:

The post Kale Pumpkin Seed Pesto appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

Sometimes, you make a salad dressing that is so good that it causes you to eat more salad. It doesn’t have to be a dressing filled with cheese, ketchup, or some other unhealthy product in order to taste great. This dressing, for example, only contains 5 ingredients and you can put it on just about anything. Dress your salads, pour it over Buddha bowls, drizzle it on potatoes, or pour it over anything else you can think of. Okay, maybe don’t pour it over cereal or ice cream, but it works with so many other recipes.

Nutritional yeast is valuable currency for vegans and raw vegans alike. It is a deactivated yeast that works as a cheese substitute in vegan and raw vegan recipes. Not only does it impart a cheesy flavor to your food, but it is also a great source of nutrients, especially vitamin B12, which can be tricky for vegans to get without supplementation. Nutritional yeast also contains protein, fiber, and essential vitamins and minerals.

The dressing is very simple to make and you can tinker with the measurements over time. Perhaps you decide to add a little bit of this or that to enhance this already delicious dressing. Great additions include ginger, green onion, cilantro, raw sesame seeds, grade A maple syrup, and red pepper flakes. What goes great with such a creation? More like what doesn’t go great with this creation?!

SHARE:

The post Super Addictive Nutritional Yeast Dressing appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

Believe it or not, not all pesto is green. The classic green pesto that you know and love is from Genoa, Italy, and it typically consists of basil, pine nuts, olive oil, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. If you peruse our recipe section, you will find many pesto variations, many of which are raw vegan. Your love for pesto doesn’t have to stop at the color green, though. There are many kinds of pesto sauces from various regions throughout Italy. This recipe is inspired by the traditional Sicilian pesto.

What makes a Sicilian pesto different from the classic green pesto is that it uses almonds instead of pine nuts. It also uses fresh tomatoes, which prominently grow in the south of Italy and Sicily. Traditionally, Sicilians use the small Pachino tomato, but this recipe calls for grape or cherry tomatoes. Adding tomatoes to the sauce brightens the flavor and gives the sauce a lighter consistency.

This is a great condiment and sauce to have on hand, especially now that the weather is warming up. You can use it as a dip or pour it over your zucchini noodles to enjoy a light raw vegan entree. If you aren’t cleansing, feel free to spread this pesto on a crostini, or serve it alongside roasted or grilled vegetables. It also makes for an excellent cheese board condiment. Try it out and let us know if you like Sicilian pesto more than a classic Genovese pesto!

SHARE:

The post Sicilian Pesto (The Raw Version) appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

These aren’t your average vegan nachos that have mediocre flavors with barely melted vegan processed cheese. These are simply the best vegan nachos you’ll ever eat, and we stand by that statement. The entire plate is an explosion of flavors, exhibiting notes of salty, cheesy, spicy, tangy, and freshness. It is going to change your life for the better! We’re saying it now that these vegan nachos are better than any nachos you’ll find in a restaurant.

There are quite a few components to this recipe, but it doesn’t take all day to make. Should you choose to make some salsa, pickled onions, or guacamole, then that will extend the prep time for this recipe. Sautéing the onions, bell pepper, and canned black beans takes five to seven minutes. Blending the cashew cheese only takes five minutes, which includes the time it takes to portion out the ingredients. The reason why the cashew cheese is so incredible is because of the secret ingredient: pickled jalapeños. You also add a couple tablespoons of the pickling liquid, which gives the cashew cheese an extra layer of spice and acidity.

There are many ways to assemble these vegan nachos, but we have a suggestion for you. Put a layer of chips on a plate or platter and then ladle some of the black bean mixture on the chips. Drizzle some of the vegan cheese over the black beans and then repeat the whole process. After drizzling the cheese for the second time, top with diced tomatoes, diced avocado, and chopped cilantro. Serve with lime wedges and enjoy.

SHARE:

The post The Best Vegan Nachos appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

“When the moon hits your eye like a big…” bowl of zoodles tossed in a savory tomato sauce, you know that’s amore, right? Sometimes you just have to improvise the lyrics to a classic song in order to fit your raw vegan lifestyle. Even more important than the lyrics are the ingredients you use. Forget the store bought jar of sauce and packaged pasta because you won’t need them for this recipe. In fact, you don’t ever need to use jarred sauce because it is filled with sodium and preservatives.

This raw vegan entree is not only filling, but also a pleasant break from salads and smoothies. The first task is to spiralize the zucchini, which is quite an easy process. We recommend that you use a spiralizer that is not handheld, i.e. it has feet and a hand crank so that you can secure it to your countertop. This type of spiralizer is great for zucchini, sweet potatoes, carrots, and more! Once you have your zoodles, you need to make the sauce. Before you do that, we recommend that you pat the zoodles dry with some paper towels.

The great thing about a savory, raw vegan tomato sauce is that you can achieve great depth of flavor without cooking. When you use the proper seasonings and ingredients, you can achieve greatness. Nutritional yeast gives your sauce a cheesy flavor, which would come from parmesan cheese. The sun-dried tomatoes (make sure they are packaged and not the ones that are jarred in oil) offer a lovely acidity and richness. To help thicken the sauce, you have one date and some raw sunflower seeds. Those may seem like odd additions to your sauce, but trust us…they work!

SHARE:

The post Zoodles With A Savory Tomato Sauce appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

One of the trickiest parts about switching from a vegetarian diet to a vegan diet is saying goodbye to cheese. A sharp brick of cheddar, creamy brie, or a luxurious cheese sauce can take your meal to the next level. Fortunately, you can make impressively delicious vegan and raw vegan renditions of cheeses and cheese sauces. You just need a handful of ingredients and a powerful blender!

The great thing about this low-fat vegan cheese sauce, besides the low-fat part, is that it comes together in just five minutes. Normally, vegan or raw vegan cheese sauces either have a base of cashews, another nut, or seeds. This cheese sauce packs a protein punch because the base is beans. This might just be the dairy-free cheese sauce you’ve been missing in your life. In fact, it may be the very sauce that gets you to convert from a vegetarian to a vegan.

Do beans give off that cheesy flavor, though? Unfortunately not, but that’s why you include nutritional yeast. Vegan cheese sauces depend on this ingredient! Fresh lemon juice gives this sauce a zesty zing and the almond milk provides a lovely creaminess to bring everything together. Once you blend all of the ingredients together, taste and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Feel like taking it up a notch? Add some garlic powder and onion powder and you won’t regret it!

SHARE:

The post Quick Vegan Low-Fat Cheese Sauce appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

A dish doesn’t always have to be complex or difficult to make in order for it to taste amazing. This easy peasy cheesy dehydrated broccoli fits that description. The hardest part of recipes is waiting the 10-12 hours that it takes to dehydrate. Yes, lovely people, dehydrating takes that long, but we promise that the juice is worth the squeeze. All you have to do is put the broccoli in the dehydrator in the morning and they’ll be ready by dinnertime!

These dehydrated cheese broccoli bites make for a great, healthy snack. It’s so much better and more enjoyable to eat these as opposed to raw broccoli florets. The reason for that is due to the sauce, in which you toss the broccoli prior to dehydrating the florets. The sauce has a cheesy quality because of the nutritional yeast, but it also has salty and sweet notes from the coconut aminos. The hemp seeds provide protein and fiber, but you can opt to use cashews if you have them on hand. Alternatively, leave out the hemp seeds or cashews completely! What these ingredients do is help thicken the sauce, but the majority of the flavor comes from the other ingredients.

SHARE:

The post Dehydrated Cheesy Broccoli Bites appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

If you frequent the grocery store, you have probably noticed and increase in the amount of vegan food products. People who are lactose intolerant, or those who prefer dairy-free food options, greatly appreciate the increase in vegan food substitutes. That said, many of these products contain a lot of processed ingredients and excess sodium. Unfortunately, that is not great news for your health, which is why we always encourage people to make their own homemade versions, for example, this vegan cream cheese.

Cashew cream cheese is the perfect spread for bread, crackers, bagels, and more. It also makes for a great dip and you can incorporate it into all sorts of no-bake appetizers or desserts, such as cheesecake or cream cheese truffles. Not only is this cream cheese dairy-free, but it is also gluten-free, grain-free, paleo, and easy to prepare. You only need a blender and three simple ingredients: cashews, coconut oil, and lemon juice. Sea salt, nutritional yeast, and onion powder are listed as optional ingredients on the ingredient list. You can easily flavor your cream cheese with one, two, or all of those ingredients!

This recipe requires you to soak the cashews in boiling water for about 15 to 20 minutes. This helps to soften the cashews, allowing them to blend smoothly. Let’s face it: nobody wants a grainy or nutty cream cheese. Soaking the cashews helps make this spread the creamiest vegan cream cheese ever! Although you can use a high-speed blender, a food processor will yield a creamier consistency. Let us know how you like it in the comments below.

SHARE:

The post Vegan Cashew Cream Cheese appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

We’re going to say this right away: this is one of those recipes you want to save. It is rich, but not overwhelming. Use it as a condiment, dip, spread, or sauce. You get that signature cheesy flavor without having to use fattening, sodium-rich cheese. You may love it so much that you abandon regular nacho cheese sauce for good!

Unlike other raw vegan “cheese” sauces, this nacho cheese sauce is completely nut-free. Instead of nuts or seeds, this sauce uses zucchini, red bell pepper, and nutritional yeast as thickening/flavor agents. The nutritional yeast is where that cheese flavor comes from, and it provides vegans with essential vitamin B12, which they typically lack due to their diet. Because zucchini has a lot of water, though, you have to dehydrate zucchini slices for about one hour at 115º F prior to blending it with the rest of the ingredients. That step, which may seem annoying, will help your sauce retain a luxuriously thick consistency.

The reason that this recipe uses zucchini instead of cashews is to help ease digestion. It is best that you do not mix a starch with protein. This may not matter so much to everyone, but those with sensitive digestive systems can benefit from knowing these types of food combining rules. If you ever want to familiarize yourself with those rules, click here for more information. Until then, enjoy the recipe!

SHARE:

The post Raw Vegan Zucchini Nacho Cheese appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

We are going to show you how easy it is to make bruschetta, the vegan way. It is a simple yet impressive appetizer that takes about 10 minutes to make. Not only is bruschetta a classic appetizer that most people enjoy, but this one is also vegan, dairy-free, nut-free, and soy-free. It can even be gluten-free if you choose gluten-free bread.

When making bruschetta, you want high quality ingredients because it is a fresh dish. For this reason, we recommend that you use heirloom tomatoes, which offer a rich, sweet and slightly tart flavor profile. They are only enhanced by the herbs, seasonings, garlic, and olive oil. Speaking of which, we encourage you to use cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil for this vegan appetizer. The richness of that type of olive oil only enhances the natural flavors of the rest of the ingredients.

A typical bruschetta recipe contains parmesan cheese, but this recipe does not. If your taste buds yearn for that signature, sharp cheesy flavor, feel free to sprinkle in some nutritional yeast. Certain vegan food manufacturers also make vegan parmesan, which you can include in this recipe if you want. This recipe, however, only uses simple, fresh ingredients that speak for themselves. We promise that you’ll fall in love with this vegan bruschetta immediately after your first bite. Wanting a little more pizzazz? Hit your bruschetta with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar!

SHARE:

The post Easy Vegan Bruschetta appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.