Cheezy Red Pepper Dip Ⓥ

Tangy, cheezy red pepper dip that you can use to make cute holiday appetizers.

Yield: about 20 toasts

Time: 20 minutes

Tools

  • 2-inch cookie cutters
  • knife
  • food processor
  • spoon

Ingredients

  • 8 thin slices of soft white sourdough or wheat bread*
  • 1 c raw cashews
  • ¼ c water
  • 1 T soy sauce
  • ½ c roasted red peppers, cut into thin strips
  • ¼ c nutritional yeast
  • 2 T green or white onion, chopped
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 1½ T balsamic vinegar

Directions

Cut the bread into shapes with cookie cutters, or into squares or triangles with a knife. Toast and set aside.*

Grind the cashews into power, add water and soy sauce, and process until smooth.

Add half of the red peppers and purée.*

Add nutritional yeast, onions, oil, and vinegar and blend until smooth.

Spread each piece of toast with a spoonful of the dip, then top with red pepper strips.

Notes

* If you want to serve this as a dip rather than as ready-made appetizers, just purée all the peppers and skip the final step.

As you can see, I took the lazy route and just cut the bread slices in half. If you do this, rather than use cookie cutters, you can use a heartier, whole grain bread.

Adapted from the recipe for "Cheezy cashew-roasted red pepper toasts" in Robin Robertson’s 1,000 Vegan Recipes (read my review).

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