vegan appetizer recipe

Easy, cheesy, totally dairy-free cashew queso! This luscious vegan cheese is loaded with flavor and easy to make, with just 7 ingredients.

Cashew Queso

cashews,

nutritional yeast flakes

vinegar-based hot sauce,

onion powder

garlic powder

Water

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Place the cashews, nutritional yeast, hot sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, and 1/4 cup of water into the bowl of a food processor fitted with an s-blade.

Blend until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

Thin with anywhere between 1/4 and 3/4 cup of water, depending on desired thickness (I used about 1/2 cup in the batch shown in the photos). Blend again until smooth.

Season the queso with salt to taste, and adjust any other seasonings to your liking.

Serve.

Delicious Vegan Lettuce Wraps are filled with Teriyaki Mushrooms and brown rice- an easy Asian-inspired lunch idea or appetizer that is healthy, vegan and satisfying. Gluten-free Adaptable! Made with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce.

Shiitake Lettuce Wraps

oil (avocado, peanut, or wok oil)

(5 oz) cremini mushrooms, cut into ½ inch chunks

(3 cloves) garlic, minced

ginger, minced

salt

scallions chopped

Teriyaki Sauce

cilantro,

butter lettuce

rice

Garnishes: toasted sesame seeds, furikake or chili flakes

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat and saute mushrooms for  7 -8 minutes, until tender and golden. Remove the mushroom mixture from the pan and set aside.

Add bell peppers, garlic and ginger to the same pan and cook about 2 minutes on medium high heat, adding a bit more oil if needed.

Add mushrooms back in pan along with salt, scallions and ¼ cup of teriyaki sauce.  Stir to combine. Remove from heat.  Allow to cool 10 minutes.  Stir in cilantro.

 Place lettuce cups on a plate or platter and fill with 2-3 tablespoons cooked rice or grain (optional). Spoon Teriyaki Mushrooms over top.

Top with toasted sesame seeds , furikake or  more warmed teriyaki sauce in a bowl, to spoon over top.

This is exactly what I was looking for... something light and fresh and luckily we had all the ingredients. Served over quinoa. Perfect.

Another winner.  One good side of being stuck at home is trying lots of new recipes.  This was delicious. Your Teriyaki Sauce is a must of course.  The only change I made was reducing oil a tad.  Thank you for so many excellent vegan options.  I cannot wait to make this for book club when we can  be together again. We've been doing book club meetings via Zoom - a blessing but not quite the same.  Thanks so much Sylvia.  I appreciate your hard work and dedication.
xo,
Suzanne

Simple quick delicious 
Thank you so much!

This sounds so delicious!  I love shiitake mushrooms and love making my own teriyaki sauce. It’s on my list for the weekend!

I made this along with your recipe for the Citrus Salad with dates and Pistachios, and it was amazing! I will make it again! So delicious - and the two dishes really complimented each other with their flavors. My husband is vegan, so it was perfect and my kids added some grilled chicken.

Made this with the citrus salad as per the suggestion of another commenter and all plates in my house were totally devoured. So good for a meatless evening!

I am on my way to the market. I will be making this recipe. It looks sooo delicious. Thank you!!!!

Freaking amazing!! I altered the recipe slightly by only using two cups of mushrooms and then replacing the other half with seitan crumbles to add more protein. I also left out the rice as the seitan made it more heavy. The teriyaki sauce is so good and so simple! Definitely going to the top of my rotation!

Absolutely loved this recipe! The flavors are amazing. My seven-year-old usually doesn't touch lettuce and even she loved it! Tangy, sweet and spicy all while feeling super light. I'll be making this every week now 😃

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