Nut Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese takes 5 minutes to make and may be your choice of parmesan after you’ve tasted it. High in protein and flavor hemp seeds are the star!
Have you ever taken a spoonful of hemp seed hearts? If you haven’t then you’re missing something. They are that good!
I have very loving nieces that are well over 20 and can easily tell me ‘no’ but I have held up a spoonful (well half a spoon so I didn’t freak them out) and said: “Here try it! You’re going to love them!”
They all hesitated but then took the spoonful and all of them couldn’t believe it. Their eyes would open wide and say “Wow! What is that!”
It’s raw hemp seeds and it’s also called hemp seed hearts. Not toasted. Those are different. But they are packed full of protein and the best addition to almost everything.
You’ll have only five ingredients to nirvana with this recipe. All it takes are some measuring spoons, measuring cups, and a food processor.
The food processor really does come in handy. I really don’t know how all of the ingredients would be broken down in any other way.
Come to think of it a mortar and pestle would probably work but then it would take more than mere minutes.
You can grind as fine as you like. I didn’t go real fine this time around but you can do whatever pleases you. The taste is still the same.
You can use a spoon, a shaker and even your fingers to sprinkle on the goods. Just make sure you get enough.
I just posted an Air Fryer Hasselback Potatoes recipes and sprinkled this all over the potatoes. Wow!
Health Benefits of Hemp Seed
- 6g of protein are in one ounce! If you’re like me I can use 1 ounce very easily.
- They have fat and they are the ‘good fat’ = omega-3 and omega-6 so make sure you have hemp seeds occasionally.
- There is Vitamin E included and so many more nutrients that you don’t want to miss.
- Lately ‘they’ are saying that hemp seeds may reduce symptoms of menopause. That’s got to be a plus!
- Minerals galore = iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfur, calcium, and zinc.
Tips for Making Nut Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese
- There aren’t too many notes to take for this recipe.
- I already mentioned a food processor is needed and it really is because you want to break everything down to about the same size.
- Don’t over-process it. You don’t want hemp butter. It just takes about 15 pulses or about 15 seconds.
- Do add the seasonings. Give it a try because it is over the top good but if you have picky eaters such as a child or an adult child then you can hold back and just use the salt.
- No need to add any other binder or filler. The ingredients are a really nice mix.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Your package of hemp hearts will have an expiration date on it and that is the date you can go by for how long it will keep in the fridge.
Helpful Tools
Stainless steel measuring cups and spoons – this set has so many sizes!
You don’t need a huge food processor and this 3 cup one will work great. If you have a big one that will work too!
Are you looking for cute little corked bottles for this nut free vegan parmesan cheese and other seasonings? Then these glass bottles might be what you’re looking for.
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Nut Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 cup hemp seeds, raw shelled and they are also called hemp hearts
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a food processor.
- Turn on high for about 15-20 seconds, tops. Scrape down the sides if needed. You can also pulse it about 15 to 20 times instead. Stir and sprinkle!
- Keep refrigerated.
Notes
Nutrition
Ginny McMeans
You are very welcome Jennifer and thanks so much. Great input!
Jennifer
Oh my gosh, I’m excited! I love it. It will now be my go to sprinkling on everything. Perfect as is and you can lessen some ingredients and/or add others. The options are endless. Thank you!!
Ginny McMeans
Oh, too bad! How about cashews? This is a great recipe. https://veganinthefreezer.com/make-vegan-parmesan-cheese/
cj
Hi,
Do you have a substitution for the hemp hearts … I’m allergic to hemp. Thanks
Ginny McMeans
Oh my gosh Anna. Mine are always refrigerated so that wasn’t it. Were they frozen first and had melted ice crystals in the mix? I think you must have processed them way too long and were actually turning it into hemp butter. Just process it a few pulses or on and off for about 20 seconds, tops.
Anna Johstono
Mine is like paste. Help! I think it’s because my hemp hearts were already refrigerated.
Sheilagh
Oh my gosh, so love this. Thank you so much
Ginny McMeans
You are very welcome and thank you so much Jane! You feel exactly as I do about the stuff 😀
Jane
Just made this! Never mind sprinkling it on stuff – it’s so good i could eat it straight out of the jar with a spoon!! This will become a regular for me. Love it. Thanks for the recipe.
Ginny McMeans
Thank you Gwen! Yes, refrigerate for sure. I’ll add that to the post. Thanks for the heads up!
Gwen
Love this. It will be a regular in my pantry now. I always refrigerate my hemp hearts. I suspect would be best to keep this refrigerated too.