Make Your Own Vegan CREAM CHEESE! (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Healthy)

This easy vegan cream cheese is creamy, tangy, and made with just a few base ingredients + an optional Chimichurri spice blend to make herbed cream cheese! It’s dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, soy-free, and oil-free! 😍
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INGREDIENTS:
Vegan Cream Cheese:
1 cup (140 g) sunflower seeds
2 tbsp nutritional yeast or use white miso paste
1½ tbsp lime juice or lemon juice
2 Tbsp Chimichurri spice blend (optional)
½-¾ tsp salt
Black pepper to taste
½ cup (120 ml) water
1 tsp olive oil for the container
Chimichurri Spice Blend:
1½ tsp dried oregano
1½ tsp dried basil
1½ tsp dried parsley
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
¼ tsp smoked paprika
¼ tsp red pepper flakes
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 How To Make The Recipe
03:08 Taste Test
03:32 Outro

[@bokettooo]

Oh so cute! You love your pet and she loves you! Thank you for the lovely recipe!

[@ElaVegan]

Thanks so much 😊

[@melodyk.]

Perfect timing - this looks delicious! Shortly before this posting I was eyeing the bag of sunflower seeds in my fridge and wondering what I might do with them! Thanks, Ela.

[@ElaVegan]

Perfect! Enjoy 😍❤️

[@donnadurkins2668]

Yum looks delicious 😋

[@ElaVegan]

Thank you 😋

[@zxs7170]

I like this recipe very much. Looks delicious and very easy. I will be trying this for sure! Thank you Ela! 😊🧡

[@ElaVegan]

You are very welcome. Hope you like it! 😍

[@boelschenlaer]

Huge💫💫💫Thank You, Ela!💫💫💫From Sweden 🇸🇪 😊

[@ElaVegan]

You are very welcome ❤

[@ashtweth]

Never heard of this blend before! interesting !!. Thank you! :).

[@ElaVegan]

Hope you like it!

[@marionanthony1530]

Ela I have seen a few recipes for cream cheese. This is the only one I have wanted to try. Thank You

[@ElaVegan]

Aww, I hope you will like it 😊

[@cilenee]

❤thanks for the video! I've made cheese with sunflower seeds before, one time also added water kefir, gonna try this one as well.

[@ElaVegan]

Sounds great! Enjoy! ❤

[@pablocastro8663]

I'll try this one❤

[@mexi33330]

Das sieht sehr lecker aus 😍 das probiere ich mal aus. Danke fürs Rezept ❤

[@ElaVegan]

Das freut mich sehr! ❤

[@pertonellavanzyl823]

Dit lyk heerlik! My mond water!

[@daisygurl3601]

Oooh, I need to go out and get some sunflower seeds! Thank you! Blessings…

[@ElaVegan]

You are welcome ❤

[@emelinkaram6751]

❤❤ so good I am so happy with your recipe

[@elizabethdenis-rm6qy]

Goodmorning chef😊 Ived been struggling lately I don't no recepies to prepare my food in vegan as I open your video it gives me the joy to prepare some new dishes for me and my family.be blessed ived been blessed to

[@silviacosenza4510]

muchas gracias!!!

[@ElaVegan]

De nada!

[@ynnep72]

Oh! Looks so good. Also, hello kitty!

[@ElaVegan]

He says hi 😻

[@cmetalhager]

Dear Ella, you have amazing recipes, I love to try, but I am disappointed, you do not include the amounts in most of them, is there some where I can get those? Thanks

[@ElaVegan]

Everything is mentioned in the video description

[@Glutenfreevegans]

Looks super delicious🥰

[@jacquelineguillaume8436]

I like this cream cheese, it looks good. I will try it tomorrow. It looks healthy and it simple. thinks so much Ela.

[@ElaVegan]

You are very welcome! 😊

[@soumeyamadine7808]

😋😋😋😍merci

[@tanyoscaosca5048]

Stupende ricette bravissima😊

[@katharinehartnett]

Amazing ❤

[@ElaVegan]

Thanks 🥰

[@aliwannigerry2060]

Like 393, Thats really yummy, thanks for sharing this nutritious and healthy mouthwatering recipe, stay safe always.

[@phillipsmom6252]

Delicious 😋

[@daisygurl3601]

Just made this. I can’t say it tastes like cream cheese, but it is delicious! Another recipe for the family files! Thank you!

[@ElaVegan]

Glad you liked it!!

[@charmainec7472]

Hi Ela , look very tasty and I will try this . Can you do a vegan Chicken Pot Pie recipe without using corn and celery , Fennel would be great replacement for celery ? Please , Thank you

[@ElaVegan]

I have a vegan pot pie recipe on my blog. elavegan.com/vegan-pot-pie/ You could replace corn with a vegetable you like.

[@mikeskylark1594]

Nice cream cheeze

[@cookhands]

Great my friend❤❤❤❤

[@acolhimentoveg]

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[@alyarunsas4991]

Hello Ela! Can I cook it without nutrition yeast?

[@ElaVegan]

Yes you can, but it won't be as flavorful.

[@user-lh4eg1hk8p]

Thanks Looks delicious. Please can you give the quantities of the sunflower seeds nutritional yeast Water? Thanks from Western Galilee, Israel

[@ElaVegan]

Please check the video description

[@user-lh4eg1hk8p]

Thanks Ela The reply is in the printed version not in the description. Glad this time the link to the printed recipe opened.

[@bksilvana]

😋😋😍😍💜👍🏻

[@chhiwat.maghribiya]

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[@helenhelen5571]

Je m’abonne parce que j’aime les recettes mais pas la musique,énervante....dommage

[@pablocastro8663]

I'll try this one❤

[@pablocastro8663]

I'll try this one❤

[@pablocastro8663]

I'll try this one❤