So, we have no lack of food issues in our house and we are always looking for ways to improve our repertoire.  Here is the ven diagram on what we can eat:
As you can see we don’t have a lot of wiggle room. That said, I was brought up on lots of pasta. Many of the dishes I love I have not figured out how I can eat with my family yet.  I need to sneak out more and get myself some good Italian food.  But I have solved, as best I can, the parmesan cheese problem – don’t worry this won’t provide any challenge to true Parmigiano-Reggiano, which I do sometimes sneak into the house.  So using salt, raw cashews, nutritional yeast, and the magic bullet I have created what my family seems to love.
Karmesan
1 cup raw cashews
½ cup nutritional yeast
2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
Put all ingredients in a the magic bullet (really food processors and blenders are too big) and pulse for a few seconds.  You want it to be chunky, about the texture of grated parmesan.
I started this recipe by using a hand food chopper – love those things, but the magic bullet makes this much easier.
Enjoy your fake parmesan on all your pasta meals – it really is surprisingly good, and I keep finding more uses for raw cashews.
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